Training and Capacity Building:

UNIDO’s Programmes in the Area of Energy, Environment and Trade

Training and Capacity Building:

UNIDO’s Programmes in the Area of Energy, Environment and Trade

1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF GHG PROTOCOL PROGRAMS

World Resources Institute, Washington DC,

March 22-23, 2010

1. A Succinct Overview of UNIDO

2. UNIDO’s Global Presence

3. The Nexus of Cleaner Production, Energy and Trade

4. Ongoing Capacity Building Programmes

5. Way Forward

Contents

A Succinct Overview of UNIDO The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized

agency of the United Nations, whose mandate is:

i. to promote and accelerate sustainable industrial development in developing countries and economies in transition;

ii. 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 development agenda by focusing its activities on three thematic priorities:

UNIDO was established in 1966

It has 173 Member States

1) POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES

2) TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING

3) ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

AlgeriaCameroonChinaColombiaCôte d'IvoireEgyptEthiopiaGhana GuineaIndiaIndonesiaIranKenyaLebanon

UNIDO’s Global Presence

Afghanistan

Angola

Armenia

Bolivia

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Ecuador

Eritrea

MadagascarMexico MoroccoNigeriaPakistanPhilippinesSenegalSouth AfricaSudan ThailandTunisiaTanzaniaTurkeyUruguayViet Nam

FIELD OFFICES DESKS IN UNDP OFFICES

Jordan

Kyrgyzstan Laos

Mali

Mozambique

Nicaragua

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

NATIONAL CLEANER PRODUCTION CENTRES

INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION OFFICES

BahrainChina (Beijing & Shanghai)France (Paris & Marseille)GreeceItalyJapan

Republic of Korea Russian FederationMexicoUnited KingdomWalloon region of Belgium

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:

i. International climate agreements

ii. National cap and trade programs, carbon or energy taxes

iii. Corporate sustainability/responsibility programs

iv. Increasing market value of “green manufacturing”

v. Carbon trading schemes

New instruments like carbon accounting and labelling of products are also bound to affect trade and developing country export opportunities

The Nexus of Cleaner Production, Energy and Trade

Ongoing Capacity Building Programmes

1. Cleaner Production: Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production

2. Energy: Industrial Energy Efficiency

3. Trade: Global Food Safety Initiative

Examples focusing on SMEs in developing countries

Addresses three sustainability dimensions simultaneously:

i. Production efficiency: Through improved productive use of natural

resources (including energy) by enterprises

ii. Environmental management: Through minimisation of the impact of enterprises on nature

iii. 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):

i. Established by UNIDO and UNEP since 1994

ii. 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

iii. The economic and environmental benefits of applying CP demonstrated in thousands of industries through industrial training and demonstration projects

Industrial Energy Efficiency

System optimization (steam systems, pumps, compressed air, etc.)

i. 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:

i. A framework for understanding significant energy use ii. Action Plans to continually improve energy performanceiii. Documentation to sustain energy performance improvements

Special attention to SMEs:i. About 30% of industrial energy use but disproportionally high savings potentialii. Better understanding of SMEs energy baseline (practices and performance)iii. Development of tailored supporting tools, best practices and success stories

Building capacity at institutional and market level in two core areas:

ObjectiveTo pilot and test the GFSI Global Markets Protocol – Basic Level, and provide concrete feedback to the partners for possible improvements of the protocol.

ScopeBasic 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

i. Nov. 2009 – Jan. 2010ii. The very first full pilot of the Global Markets Protocol

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WRI/UNIDO cooperation in

Thailand/ Malaysia

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/WRI cooperation

in India

UNIDO project to improve resource efficiency and environmental performance of business

Calculated on the basis of WRI’s Corporate GHG inventory methodology

WRI/UNIDO cooperation

through UNIDO-UNEP NCPCs

Training of trainers

Dissemination to private sector companies

Road testing of new standards on product footprint

and scope 3

With selected developing country producers

Commissioning primary data collection

Dissemination of information on new standards in dev. countries, training of consultants, trainers etc.

Way Forward

Thank You

For more information contact:

Ms. U. Muge Dolun BoraIndustrial Development Officer

Trade Capacity Building BranchU.Dolun@unido.org