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.