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UNIDO REPORT ON SUPPPORT MEASURES TO LLDCs AT THE AFRICAN REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE ALMATY PROGRAMME OF ACTION
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA 17 JULY 2013
UNIDO’s response: the LDC Operational Strategy
3 pillars:o Converting commodities into
productso Targeting communitieso Promoting the regional
dimension for value chain (regional commodity belts)
1 horizontal axis:o Women and Youth
Empowerment
UNIDO’s Support To LLDCs
UNIDO SUPPORT TO LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (LLDCs)
REGIONALNATIONAL
UNIDO’s Regional Support To LLDCs
Example 1: The West Africa Quality Programme
Goals: Increasing trade and competitiveness. Strengthening regional and national quality infrastructure. Giving training programmes.
Achievements: More than 150 national standards were developed in Mali. It provided quality assessment for two large enterprises. Training was given to more than 48 laboratory assistants in
Niger.
Beneficiary countries : Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. UNIDO is also implementing quality programmes in
Afghanistan and Zambia
Example 2: Trade Capacity Building
Goals: Cooperate with national stakeholders to improve businesses
climate, reinforce human capital development. Assist in national standards, norms, metrology and regular
testing. Assist in installing new facilities for testing and calibration
activities. Advising and assisting the Governments in improving the
national quality infrastructure.
Achievements: UNIDO interventions benefits small and medium enterprises. UNIDO supports the design of a regulatory frameworks for
fostering trade. UNIDIO assists in development of a laboratory accreditation
plan. Organizing training workshops on calibration and traceability.
Beneficiary countries: Malawi, Mongolia, Bolivia, South Sudan
Example 3: Energy and Environment
Goals: Providing reliable energy for LLDCs in line with APoA’s
objectives. Help governments with evaluation and recommendations. Deliver technical assistance and feasibility studies.
Achievements: A 100kW Shiwang’andu small hydro-power was established
by UNIDO in Zambia. This hydro-power mini grid provides renewable energy to
communities and small businesses. UNIDO also provided a solar-mini grid which supplies the
Mpanta community with 60kW. In Chad, four solar mini-grids are under construction.
Beneficiary countries : Chad, Uganda, Malawi, and Zambia.
Selected Global Forum Activities
Regular
Conference of the African Ministers of Industry (CAMI)
- Accelerated Industrial Development of Africa (AIDA)
LDC Ministerial Conferences
- UNIDO LDCs strategy
Selected Global Forum ActivitiesOthers
AU-UNIDO Conference on Economic Diversification and Manufacturing in Africa (2012)
-Promotion of economic diversification and South-South cooperation for agribusiness and pharmaceutical sectors
-Development of a business-to-business platform to link stakeholders
High-level Conference on the development of agribusiness and agro-industry in Africa (2010)
- African Agribusiness and Agro-industries Initiative (3ADI)
International Conference on Renewable Energy in Africa (2008)- Plan of Action for Scaling Up Renewable Energy
Development in Africa
Funds Mobilization and Partnerships LDCs:
o Reliance on international donors community (ODA)
1% 3%
8%4%
8%
28%13%15%
20%
Technical cooperation activities: proportion of project expenditure in 2012 in Africa by source
Regular Budget
Industrial Development Fund
Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
Montreal Protocol
Self-financed trust funds
Third party- financed trust funds
European Union
UNDP core funds and UNDP administered trust funds
other sources
Funds Mobilization and Partnerships
African Union (CAMI 20, AFRIPANET, PMPA Action Plan, 3ADI) NEPAD Secretariat (Industry, Trade and Market Access Cluster)
Regional Economic Communities (ECREEE, EACCREE, Industrial Upgrading and Modernization Programme SADC, Trade Capacity in Agro Industry EAC)
Global Environment Facility Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund European Union Japan United Nations Trust Funds Public Private Partnerships
Partnerships ○ Institutions
Poverty reduction through productive activities: UNDP, FAO,IFAD, etc. Trade capacity building: European Commission, WTO, UNCTAD, UNECA, etc.
Energy and environment: UNEP, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Multilateral Fund for the implementation ofthe Montreal Protocol, UN Energy.
Example of institutional cooperation: 3ADI, a joint UNIDO-FAO-IFAD initiative to enhance food security through the development of agribusiness
Partnerships
○ Examples of Business partnerships HP:
→ equipping African young professionals and entrepreneurs with IT skills through the HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs (HP Life).
→ trainings held in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa since 2008.
Chevron:→ supporting UNIDO’s efforts to develop and integrate an
entrepreneurship curriculum → programme implemented in 40 secondary schools in 9
provinces of Angola
Future programmatic outlook Objectives for post- 2015:
Focusing on structural transformation and economic diversification
Shifting from poverty reduction to social and inclusive development (post MDGs)
Strengthening relationships and mainstreaming with the UN system, partner UN agencies, DaO engagement
Implications of the post- 2015 goals on the industrial development of LLDCs.
Taking advantage of the African Green Growth Initiative and Sustainable Energy for All Initiative
Agribusiness and Mineral Beneficiation to enhance Value Addition and Job Creation
Partnerships with private sector
Way forward: UNIDO delivers targeted assistance to accelerate industrial development for inclusive growth
LLDCs: accompanying the emergence of industrial sector
Thank you for your kind attention.