Welcome to the fourth issue of the Industrial Policy Research and Statistics Newsletter!During the last quarter of 2025, UNIDO strengthened its global analytical leadership through the launch of flagship reports, including the Industrial Development Report 2026, the SDG 9 Progress Report 2025 and the International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, as well...
Milan, Italy, 12 January 2026 – Generali and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have today signed a joint declaration under the ACT Programme (Advancing Climate-Resilience and Transformation in African Coffee) to promote sustainable coffee production in Africa. The collaboration aims to strengthen international partnership...
Vienna, Austria, 16 December 2025 – The World Development Report 2025 highlights the strategic role of standards and Quality Infrastructure in advancing sustainable development, drawing on UNIDO’s long standing technical engagement to illustrate how coherent Quality Infrastructure systems support industrial competitiveness, innovation and inclusive growt...
7 January 2026 - Every day, Quality Infrastructure ensures that the products and services we rely on are safe, reliable and fit for purpose—from the accuracy of a kilogram of rice at the market to trusted measurements in healthcare and environmental monitoring. Comprising standards, metrology, accreditation, conformity assessment and market surveillance, ...
Assesse, Belgium, 6 January 2026 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with financial support from the European Union (EU) has successfully concluded a turbine fabrication training programme to improve technical manufacturing and licensing capacities in the Nigerian private sector as part of a knowledge and technology excha...
At the Partnership and Investment Day of UNIDO’s 21st General Conference and Global Industry Summit, a high-level side event underscored the central role of industrial recovery in rebuilding economies affected by conflict and crisis. The event brought together Member States and funding partners to mobilize investments while underlining how restarting indu...
Riyadh, December 2025 — UNIDO Member States delivered a powerful endorsement for ScaleX, the Organisation’s new platform designed to accelerate the adoption and scaling of proven industrial and digital solutions. During the high-level roundtable “Accelerating the Scaling of Proven Innovations for Industrial Transformation” at the twenty-first sess...
Riyadh, December 2025 — UNIDO Member States delivered a powerful endorsement for ScaleX, the Organisation’s new platform designed to accelerate the adoption and scaling of proven industrial and digital solutions. During the high-level roundtable “Accelerating the Scaling of Proven Innovations for Industrial Transformation” at the twenty-first sess...
Riyadh, December 2025 — During the high-level event “NextGen Mission Lab: Building Youth Innovation Programme” at the 21st UNIDO General Conference, UNIDO announced its commitment to develop the Youth Innovation Programme, supporting young innovators in bringing early-stage prototypes to market under the UNIDO Youth Empowerment Framework 2026...
Vienna, Austria, 9 December 2025 - The International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum (IVECF 2026), to be convened on 9–10 April 2026 at Vienna’s Hofburg Palace, comes at a pivotal moment. As the world races to deliver on sustainable development, energy and climate goals, growing concerns over international security and stability emph...
