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Introduction
Focus Areas
Policy Making Organs
India - UNIDO:
Country Programme
UNIDO Regional Office in India
UNIDO
Centre for South-South Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC)
International Centre for Advancement of Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT)
UNIDO Projects
in India
Introduction
UNIDO was set up in 1966 and
became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1985. The United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the only worldwide organization
dealing exclusively with industry from a development perspective. It focuses its
resources and expertise to support developing countries and economies in
transition in their efforts to achieve sustainable industrial development. As a
technical cooperation agency, it designs and implements programmes focussed on
three thematic priorities, which directly respond to global development
priorities. Through these thematic priorities, UNIDO addresses some of the key
UN Millennium Development Goals. UNIDO has at present 173 countries as its
Members and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. UNIDO is headed by a
Director-General who is elected by the General Conference of UNIDO for a term of
four years. The current Director-General, Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella was elected second time
by the 13th General Conference of UNIDO in December, 2009.
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Focus Areas:
The three areas of
current focus in UNIDO’s activities are ;
Poverty reduction
through productive activities:
UNIDO seeks to enable the poor to
earn a living through industrial activities, thus to find a way out of poverty.
It provides a comprehensive range of services customised for developing
countries and transition economies, ranging from industrial policy advice to
entrepreneurship and SME development and from technology diffusion to
sustainable production and the provision of rural energy for productive uses.
Trade capacity-building:
Developing countries are
benefiting from increasingly participating in the global trading system. Thus,
strengthening their capacity to participate in global trade is critical for
their future economic growth. Especially after their accession to the WTO, their
technical ability to enter into global production and value chains is the key
for their successful participation in international trade. UNIDO is one of the
largest providers of trade-related development services, offering customer-focussed
advice and integrated technical assistance in the areas of competitiveness,
trade policies, industrial modernisation and upgrading, compliance with trade
standards, testing methods and metrology.
Environment and
Energy:
Energy is a pre-requisite for
poverty reduction. Still, fundamental changes in the way societies produce and
consume are indispensable for achieving global sustainable development. UNIDO,
therefore, promotes sustainable patterns of industrial consumption and
production. As a leading provider of services for improved energy efficiency and
sustainability, UNIDO assists developing countries and transition economies in
implementing multilateral
environmental agreements and in simultaneously reaching their economic and
environmental goals.
The geographical focus of
the Organization’s activities is the developing countries, in particular the
least developed countries.
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Policy Making Organs:
The main Policy Making Organs
of UNIDO are the General Conference, Industrial Development Board and the
Programme and Budget Committee. India is a Member of all these three organs.
General
Conference (GC):
The General Conference (GC) is
UNIDO’s supreme policymaking organ where all Member States meet once every two
years. It determines the guiding principles and policies of the Organization,
approves the budget and work programme of UNIDO. Every four years, the GC
appoints the Director-General. The GC also elects the members of the Industrial
Development Board and the Programme and Budget Committee.
Industrial
Development Board (IDB):
The IDB comprises 53 members,
elected for a four-year term on a rotational basis from all Member States. It
reviews the implementation of the work programme, the regular and operational
budgets, makes recommendations to the GC on policy matters, including the
appointment of the Director-General. The IDB meets once in General Conference
years, and twice in other years.
Programme and
Budget Committee (PBC):
The PBC consists of 27 members,
elected by the GC for a two-year term. The PBC, which meets once a year, is a
subsidiary organ of the IDB and provides assistance in the preparation and
examination of the work programme, the budget and other financial matters.
The geographical focus of
the Organization’s activities is the developing countries, in particular the
least developed countries.
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India - UNIDO:
India is a founder Member of the
UNIDO. It is both a recipient as well as a contributor to the programmes of
UNIDO. India contributes 0.613 % of the regular budget of UNIDO, which
currently amounts to Euros 0.5 million or Rs.2.72 crores. In addition, India
also makes a voluntary contribution of US $ 1.2 million to the Industrial
Development Fund (IDF) of UNIDO annually. This contribution has two components;
a)
A General Purpose Component of US $ 0.1 million (approximately Rs.50.00
lakhs) which is utilized by UNIDO for its technical cooperation activities in
developing countries.
b)
A Special Purpose Component of US $ 1.1 million (approximately Rs.5.4
crores) utilized for implementation of projects in India.
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Country Programme of Cooperation between the Republic of India and UNIDO
-2008-2012
Towards inclusive growth: Strengthening the competitiveness and productivity of
industrial enterprises.
A Country Programme of Cooperation
between the Republic of India and UNIDO was signed in Vienna in May 2008.
The US $ 42 million five‐year
programme focuses on :
1.
environment‐friendly technologies for raising the competitiveness and
sustainable development of industry;
2.
Social capital and promotion of small and medium enterprises (SME)
clusters; and
3.
South‐South cooperation.
It builds on the recommendations
of an independent evaluation of the preceding UNIDO country strategy for India
called the Country Service Framework 2001‐2006, based on which both sides agreed
to formulate a new five‐year country strategy synchronized with and aligned to
the objectives of the country’s 11th Five Year Plan 2008‐2012 and the National
Manufacturing Competitiveness Strategy, as also the UN Development Assistance
Framework for India – the India UNDAF 2008-2012.
The aim is to enhance the
productivity and competitiveness of industrial enterprises through induction of
clean technologies; promotion/transfer, commercialization and diffusion of
advanced manufacturing technologies; quality control; design and IPR inputs;
skill development programmes and investment promotion. This in turn will augment
the quality, turnover and exports of products manufactured by industrial
enterprises especially in the various small and medium enterprises (SME)
clusters. The enhanced productivity and competitiveness of enterprises is
expected to generate employment and contribute towards a balanced and inclusive
pattern of industrial development in the country, which would also serve as a
strategy for poverty alleviation.........more...
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UNIDO Regional Office in India
The UNIDO Regional Office for
South Asia set up in New Delhi on 1st January 2000 covers seven
countries – India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and
Afghanistan – and acts as a focal point to mobilize knowledge, information,
skills and technology to promote competitive industry, productive employment and
a sound environment by applying best practices and approaches to common problems
of the region.
The core elements of UNIDO’s
delivery of technical cooperation services in the South Asia region are to focus
its activities in harmony with national policy priorities and development
strategies; to build strong and long‐term partnerships with donors; to increase
UNIDO’ visibility and image in the region; and to focus its assistance in a
manner that addresses international development goals, especially the UN
Millennium Development Goals, of reducing poverty and promoting implementation
of national strategies for sustainable development.
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UNIDO Centre for
South-South Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC)
The UNIDO
Centre for South-South Industrial Cooperation, a first of its kind in the world
was launched in New Delhi on February, 15, 2007 with full support of the
Department of IPP for facilitating investment and manufacturing, trade
partnership among developing countries and map the potential for and operational
modalities of industrially more developed countries with benefit accruing to
other developing countries in general and least developed countries (LDCs) in
particular in a mutually advantageous partnership framework.
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International
Centre for Advancement of Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT)
The International Centre for
Advancement of Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT) has been established by the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with cooperation of
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
Government of India, as one of the ten International Technology Centres (ITC’s)
of UNIDO. These centers are engaged in diffusing technological knowledge and
innovations into industrial processes and building up technology partnerships
among the developing countries in order to bridge the technology divide.
The Centre aims (i) to stimulate
the diffusion of new technologies and innovations into SME to enable them cope
with the demands of competitive global markets and meet quality and environment
standards; (ii) to strengthen institutional and technical capacity in India and
other developing countries through enhancing transfer of new technologies and
innovations, their absorption and diffusion; (iii) to assist the industry in
enhancing their technological performance in manufacturing, productivity,
quality of goods and competitiveness through diffusion of advancements of and
appropriate manufacturing technologies and (iv) to promote business alliances
through technology dissemination and absorption.
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UNIDO Projects in India
UNIDO has successfully implemented
over 301 projects in India with a total expenditure of US$ 149.44 million in the
last four decades, covering the major sectors like leather, SME clusters,
automobile, power, machine tools, jute, electronics, cane and bamboo, cleaner
environment low cost housing and energy efficiency etc. UNIDO is currently
executing a portfolio of 30
projects in India – 26 India‐bound and 4 of a global nature, the
latter including the UNIDO Centre for South‐South Industrial Cooperation (
UCSSIC), International Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT),
Technology Diffusion and Support Programme for Small Scale Industries (TDSP) and
the Regional Network on Pesticides – Neem‐based – for Asia and the Pacific (RENPAP).
The total value of the ongoing projects is US $ 30 million.
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