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UNIDO
is represented by and acts through designated country or regional
offices, a network of Investment and Technology Promotion Offices,
National Cleaner Production Centres, and International Technology
Centres.
UNIDO maintains strong communication and cooperation links with
Ministries of Industry, the closest to UNIDO’s mandate, links which
also enormously facilitate the work of ITPO Italy.
UNIDO ITPO Italy, though fully participating in the UNIDO HQ
network, is linked directly to a set of institutional counterparts
including public ones in charge of promoting investment, industry,
or the private sector, located in several developing countries
whether in the Mediterranean (Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt),
Latin America, Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa.
ITPO Italy further works closely with sector, industry or craft
associations (Employers’ groups, Chambers of Commerce and Industry,
other specialized groupings of industries, crafts, or trades) in the
countries where it is actively engaged in cooperation.
MDGs and Poverty
Together with UNIDO Vienna, ITPO Italy contributes to the
reaching of MDG 1, the halving of poverty, by acting on the creation
of sustainable jobs in industry. It further intends to support the
reaching of this goal by giving greater importance to the countries
of Sub-Saharan Africa. Through its work on the reduction of
post-harvest agricultural losses, by promoting the use of improved
preservation, storage, and packaging methods, ITPO Italy acts
directly on the reduction of poverty and hunger. |