Milan, 13 October 2015 - The Annual UNIDO ITPO Heads meeting took place this year in Milan, in parallel with the participation to the International EXPO Milano 2015. The meeting was held at Banca Popolare di Sondrio with the aim to stock out the annual results achieved by each ITPO office and to discuss a range of issues related to investment promotion and international economic development as well as the forthcoming investment fora to be organized by UNIDO. The meeting was opened by the Head of UNIDO ITPO Italy, Mrs. Diana Battaggia and the Director of the UNIDO Business Investment and Technology Promotion Branch, Mr. Lamine Dhaoui. The meeting was attended by the ITPOs Coordinator, Ms. Lucia Cartini, the Head of UNIDO ITPO Bahrain, Mr. Hashim Hussein; the Deputy Head of ITPO Tokio, Mr. Ferda Gelegen;the Head of ITPO Beijing, Mr. Yuandong Hu, the Head of ITPO Shanghai, Mr. Weicheng Wang, the Head of UNIDO ITPO Moscow, Mr. Sergey Korotkov and the Head of the recently established UNIDO ITPO in Nigeria, Mrs. Adebisi Olumodimu. 

For the occasion, UNIDO ITPO Italy arranged a full week agenda including company visits, institutional meetings, and participation to EXPO Milan 2015 and to the UN World Food Day.