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Training and Capacity Building: UNIDO’s Programmes in the Area of Energy, Environment and Trade

1 st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF GHG PROTOCOL PROGRAMS. Training and Capacity Building: UNIDO’s Programmes in the Area of Energy, Environment and Trade. World Resources Institute, Washington DC, March 22-23, 2010. Contents. A Succinct Overview of UNIDO UNIDO’s Global Presence

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Training and Capacity Building: UNIDO’s Programmes in the Area of Energy, Environment and Trade

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  1. 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF GHG PROTOCOL PROGRAMS Training and Capacity Building: UNIDO’s Programmes in the Area of Energy, Environment and Trade World Resources Institute, Washington DC, March 22-23, 2010

  2. Contents A Succinct Overview of UNIDO UNIDO’s Global Presence The Nexus of Cleaner Production, Energy and Trade Ongoing Capacity Building Programmes Way Forward

  3. A Succinct Overview of UNIDO • The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, whose mandate is: • to promote and accelerate sustainable industrial development in developing countries and economies in transition; • to work towards improving living conditions in the world’s poorest countries by drawing on its combined global resources and expertise. • In recent years, UNIDO has assumed an enhanced role in the global developmentagenda by focusing its activities on three thematic priorities: • POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES • TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING • ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT • UNIDO was established in 1966 • It has 173 Member States

  4. Algeria Cameroon China Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Guinea India Indonesia Iran Kenya Lebanon UNIDO’s Global Presence NATIONAL CLEANER PRODUCTION CENTRES FIELD OFFICES DESKS IN UNDP OFFICES Afghanistan Angola Armenia Bolivia Burkina Faso Cambodia Ecuador Eritrea Jordan KyrgyzstanLaos Mali Mozambique Nicaragua Rwanda Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Madagascar Mexico Morocco Nigeria Pakistan Philippines Senegal South Africa Sudan Thailand Tunisia Tanzania Turkey Uruguay Viet Nam INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION OFFICES Republic of Korea Russian FederationMexicoUnited Kingdom Walloon region of Belgium BahrainChina (Beijing & Shanghai)France (Paris & Marseille)GreeceItalyJapan

  5. The Nexus of Cleaner Production, Energy and Trade • Large global corporations increasingly demand cleaner and low-carbon production by their suppliers. Examples include Wal-Mart and Toyota. • Standards gaining momentum as key policy-driven market-based instrument to enact change towards sustainable consumption patterns and practice (incl. ISO 50001 – Energy Management Standard, to be released in Q1 2011) • Use of ISO 50001 will be also driven by companies seeking an internationally recognized response to: • International climate agreements • National cap and trade programs, carbon or energy taxes • Corporate sustainability/responsibility programs • Increasing market value of “green manufacturing” • Carbon trading schemes • New instruments like carbon accounting and labelling of products are also bound to affect trade and developing country export opportunities

  6. Ongoing Capacity Building Programmes Examples focusing on SMEs in developing countries • Cleaner Production: Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production • Energy: Industrial Energy Efficiency • Trade: Global Food Safety Initiative

  7. Addresses three sustainability dimensions simultaneously: Production efficiency: Through improved productive use of natural resources (including energy) by enterprises Environmental management: Through minimisation of the impact of enterprises on nature Human development: Through reduction of risks to people and communities from enterprises and supporting their development Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) National Cleaner Production Centres (NCPCs): • Established by UNIDO and UNEP since 1994 • Core Cleaner Production (CP) capacity created through NCPCs in 46 countries - Information dissemination and awareness raising - (Professional) training - In plant assessments and demonstrations - Policy advice - Technology transfer • The economic and environmental benefits of applying CP demonstrated in thousands of industries through industrial training and demonstration projects

  8. Industrial Energy Efficiency Building capacity at institutional and market level in two core areas: System optimization (steam systems, pumps, compressed air, etc.) Methods to identify and develop energy performance improvement opportunities that can provide significant energy savings also with limited capital investments Energy management system standards provide: A framework for understanding significant energy use Action Plans to continually improve energy performance Documentation to sustain energy performance improvements Special attention to SMEs: About 30% of industrial energy use but disproportionally high savings potential Better understanding of SMEs energy baseline (practices and performance) Development of tailored supporting tools, best practices and success stories

  9. Objective To pilot and test the GFSI Global Markets Protocol – Basic Level, and provide concrete feedback to the partners for possible improvements of the protocol. Scope Basic Level – Food processing – Local sourcing Undertaken activities UNIDO has been a member at the GFSI Global Market Committee. For the pilot of the benchmarked standards, UNIDO mobilized local Etrace team, conducted training of trainers, and facilitating on-site assessments of selected suppliers for METRO using the Global Markets Protocol kit including FSKN training modules and the assessment pack provided by GFSI. Global Food Safety Initiative Global Market Protocol Pilot in Egypt for METRO Nov. 2009 – Jan. 2010 The very first full pilot of the Global Markets Protocol

  10. Way Forward WRI/UNIDO cooperation in Thailand/ Malaysia Road testing of new standards on product footprint and scope 3 WRI/UNIDO cooperation through UNIDO-UNEP NCPCs UNIDO/WRI cooperation in India • With selected developing country producers • Commissioning primary data collection • Dissemination of information on new standards in dev. countries, training of consultants, trainers etc. • GHG Protocol training tools tailored to local exporters • Intensive trainings on GHG Protocol according to industrial sectors • Implenentation and adoption of GHG Protocol for SMEs • UNIDO project to improve resource efficiency and environmental performance of business • Calculated on the basis of WRI’s Corporate GHG inventory methodology • Training of trainers • Dissemination to private sector companies 10

  11. Thank YouFor more information contact:Ms. U. Muge Dolun BoraIndustrial Development OfficerTrade Capacity Building BranchU.Dolun@unido.org

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