Strategic Partner

UNIDO is the specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalisation and environmental sustainability. As of 1 April 2019, 170 states were UNIDO members. Members regularly discuss and decide UNIDO’s guiding principles and policies in the Policymaking Organs sessions. UNIDO’s mission, as described in the Lima Declaration (adopted at the 15th session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013) and the Abu Dhabi Declaration (adopted at the 18th session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2019), is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) among Member States. The relevance of ISID as an integrated approach to all three pillars of sustainable development is recognised by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related SDGs, which will frame UN and country efforts towards sustainable development in the next 10 years. UNIDO’s mandate is fully recognised in SDG-9, which is to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. ISID’s relevance, however, applies to the different SDGs to varying degrees.