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The paper assesses UNIDO’s experience in the development of SEZs and IPs in developing countries based on its function of providing policy advice, its convening power and normative role as well as standard-setting activities. In the same vein, it examines UNIDO’s contribution to the development of SEZs and IPs in China.

Economic growth in Ethiopia is progressing at an impressive rate, where industrial parks have piqued the interest of international investors in the country's economy. The Industrial Park study analyzes the adequacy of industrial parks as a means for industrialization, and focuses on how to use industrial parks effectively, seeking to answer three main research questions: What is the current status of Industrial Parks in Ethiopia? How could the country's industrialization benefit from industrial parks? How could industrial park development be enhanced in future?

This publication presents the key results and insights stemming from the work undertaken as part of the pilot projects on eco-industrial parks (EIPs), managed by UNIDO in the period from 2012 to 2018, as part of the Global RECP Programme, which was funded by Switzerland.

The aim of this handbook is to assist private and public sector stakeholders with the practical implementation of eco-industrial park concepts into existing industrial parks and new industrial parks . It aims at supporting practitioners with the implementation of EIPs, covering scoping EIP interventions, awareness raising, policy support, park management models, upscaling resource efficiency and industrial synergies, performance monitoring, and contribution to sustainable cities.

This global comparative assessment, carried out in twelve countries, is undertaken by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) within the framework of its joint global Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) program with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Recalling its resolution 35/66 B of 5 December 1980, in which it proclaimed the 1980s as the first Industrial Development Decade for Africa, its resolution 44/237 of 22 December 1989, in which it proclaimed the period 1991-2000 as the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, its resolution 47/177 of 22 December 1992, in which it adjusted the period for the programme for the Second Decade to cover the years 1993-2002, and its resolution 57/297 of 5 March 2003 on the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, Recalling also its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which reflects the importance of industrial development to the 2030 Agenda, including Sustainable Development Goal 9, Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, and its interrelated targets, Recalling further its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and complements it and helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, and in which the General Assembly stressed the critical importance of industrial development for developing countries, in particular African countries, as a critical source of economic growth, economic diversification and value addition.

The present note by the Secretary-General containing the framework of operational guidelines on South-South and triangular cooperation is submitted in compliance with decisions 16/1, 17/1, 18/1 and 18/IM/1 of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation and General Assembly resolutions 69/239 and 70/222. The document provides priority actions and performance indicators for United Nations organizations and agencies, including regional commissions, towards mainstreaming their support for South-South and triangular cooperation at the global, regional and national levels. It has been revised to reflect the views of the High-level Committee expressed at its seventeenth and eighteenth sessions and to align the guidelines with the objective of applying South-South and triangular cooperation during the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The report presents a detailed background of the Kigali Special Economic Zone, followed by an analysis on Industrial Parks. The publication includes recommendations for the SEZ policy and provides recommendations for improvements to the SEZ Policy, Institutional and Operational Frameworks for SEZ regulation in Rwanda. The report concludes with a roadmap for how UNIDO's proposed recommendations could be implemented.

The paper estimates more than 1,000 economic zones in the ASEAN (893 industrial parks, 84 special economic zones, 2 eco-industrial parks, 25 technology parks, and 1 innovation district). The study focuses on understanding the different types of economic zones that have been used as competitive strategies before providing the country profile for each ASEAN member as well as a detailed profile for Viet Nam.

The report’s general objective is to provide a comprehensive review of international and national experiences on prevention, preparedness and response to environmental accidents to ensure that all stakeholders are able to respond in a timely and effective manner. The report aims to review Vietnamese policy documents regarding the rights and tasks of communities in preventing and responding to environmental accidents/ disasters, as well as environmental protection.

This publication presents the key results and insights stemming from the work undertaken as part of the pilot projects on eco-industrial parks (EIPs), managed by UNIDO in the period from 2012 to 2018, as part of the Global RECP Programme, funded by Switzerland. The publication is a well detailed report on how eco-industrial parks have changed and fostered economic activities.

This global comparative assessment, carried out in twelve countries, was undertaken by UNIDO within the framework of its joint global Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) program with (UNEP. The programme is aimed at scaling-up and mainstreaming the application of RECP policies, practices and techniques with the underlying objective to improve resource productivity and environmental performance of industries, in particular small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The purpose of this document is to provide training guidelines for planning and managing industrial parks in developing countries. The guidelines prepared by UNIDO and Michigan State University, aim at helping promoters of industrial parks in developing countries capitalise on the experience and know-how that has been accumulated in developed countries.

The “Developing Sustainable Industrial Parks in Latin American and Caribbean countries” initiative, supported by the UNIDO LAC Trust Fund, is in line with the commitments and strategies of the eight participating countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Panama and Paraguay) to strengthen cooperation and potential synergies for promoting social development and sustainable industrial growth, minimizing negative impacts on the environment.