JAPAN-UNIDO COOPERATION

2020/5/7

Japan and UNIDO are working together in collaboration with many developing countries and regions in various fields. The private sector contributes greatly to our projects as a key partner providing technology and know-how. Please find below topic sheets showcasing recent examples of cooperation.

UNIDO-JAPAN COOPERATION TO DELIVER #GLOBALGOALS

These topic sheets were published in April 2020 as a joint communication project between Japan and UNIDO. Our special thanks goes to all project managers involved, and the UNIDO communication team for their wonderful work.

● Preface
● Partnership
● Human Security
● Trade & Investment
● Energy & Environment
● Research

(日本語 / English)

Partnership

◦ Support to UNIDO's role in the implementation of IDDA3

Human Security

· Egypt

◦ Youth employment for socio-economic stability in Upper Egypt

· Gabon

◦ Strengthening food security and quality to improve livelihoods in Gabon

· Iran

◦ Employment and economic growth through fishery value chain development in the Islamic Republic of Iran

◦ Enhancing the Economic Resilience of Chabahar through Strengthening the Fishery Industry

· Iraq

◦ Promotion of social stabilization by creating employment and improving food security in Iraq

◦ Integrated stabilization, economic recovery, and reconstruction upport for displaced persons and returnees in Iraq

◦ Promotion of Social Stabilization and Acceleration of Economic Recovery in Ninevah Governorate of Iraq

· Jordan

◦ Creating jobs to enhance economic resilience and social stabilization in the northern region of Jordan

◦ Creating employment and promoting social cohesion in the host communities of Syrian refugees in Jordan

· Lebanon

◦ Market-based construction skills training for all

· Liberia

◦ Promoting social stabilization through vocational training and job creation for vulnerable people and communities in Liberia

◦ Promoting youth employment by supporting technical and vocational education in Liberia

◦ Reintegration of Liberian returnees through skills training and job creation

· Nigeria

◦ Promoting social stabilization through entrepreneurship development in north-eastern Nigeria

· Pakistan

◦ Project for Agri-food and Agro-industry Development Assistance in Pakistan

· Palestine

◦ Supporting the garment and textile value chain for increased employability of women and youth in the State of Palestine

· Somalia

◦ Community stabilization through livelihood recovery in post-crisis Somalia

· South Sudan

◦ Empowering displaced persons through food security, employment, and income opportunities

· Syria

◦ Technical cooperation for long-term capacity-building and supporting the industrial sector in the Syrian Arab Republic

· Turkey

◦ Vocational training in apparel manufacturing for Syrian refugees in Turkey

· Uganda

◦ Project for Development of the Construction Equipment Operator Training Centre

Trade & Investment

◦ Facilitating private sector development and direct investments through public-private partnership

Energy & Environment

· Ethiopia

◦ Energy efficiency through product standard and comparative labeling of electric stoves

◦ Improving public health by solar-powered water sanitation systems in Ethiopia (Phase 1 and 2)

· South Africa

◦ Project for Support for Transitioning from Conventional Plastics to More Environmentally Sustainable Alternatives

· Africa

◦ Geothermal power generation for sustainable development

◦ LCET Programme - clean energy through technology transfer

· World
◦ Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN)

· Africa (Egypt, Kenya, Senegal and South Africa)
◦ Low-carbon and climate-resilient industrial development in Africa

Research

◦ Structural change for inclusive and sustainable industrial development