UNIDO Centre to draw action plan to promote biz with Africa
17 Sep '07
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The blueprint of an action plan to promote south-south cooperation with countries of Africa will be drawn up soon by the UNIDO Centre For South-South Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC), following deliberations of the 5-day International Conference on India-Africa Cooperation on Industry, Trade and Investment, jointly organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with the Government of India, under the aegis of the recently established UCSSIC, which concluded here on 14th September.
The selected industry sectors for cooperation would include cluster development, pharmaceuticals, low cost housing and building materials, renewable energy, leather, ICT applications in industry, food processing and traditional knowledge and traditional medicines.
Participants from 13 African countries said they had learnt a lot about India's industrial experience over the last five days, and evinced particular interest in cluster development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), while participating in the valedictory session of the Conference dedicated to the memory of Prof. Sanjaya Lall which was chaired by Shri Ajay Shanker, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Government of India and addressed by Shri N.N. Prasad, Joint Secretary/DIPP; Mr. Philippe Scholtes, Representative and Regional Director of UNIDO; Shri Anthony de Sa, Director/UCSSIC; representatives of UNCTAD/ITC, and participating civil servants and private sector business representatives of the 13 countries of Africa.
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