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- International Conference “Organization of Management of Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment in Russia: the Situation in the Industry and its Prospects”
The UNIDO Center for International Industrial Cooperation in the Russian Federation invites you to take part in the International Conference „Organization of Management of Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment in Russia: the Situation in the Industry and its Prospects“, which will be held 28-29 May 2014 in Moscow in the building of the Analytical Center of the Government of the Russian Federation at Akademika Sakharova, 12.
- Summary Report on DG’s visit to the Russian Federation 23-24 October 2013
The DG, LI Yong visited the Russian Federation from 23-24 October 2013. The DG was accompanied by H.E. Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to UNIDO, Vienna and UNIDO staff members including, Mr. Zhao Jie, Special Assistant to the Director General, Ms. Olga Memedovic, Chief, Europe and NIS Programme, Ms. Marina Ploutakhina, Chief, Energy Efficiency, Energy and Climate Change and Mr. S. Korotkov, Director of UNIDO CIIC Moscow.
- Summary article about the Competition “Protect the Ozone Layer and the Climate of Earth”
On September 16, 2013, a ceremony of awarding the winners of all-Russian competition “Protect the Ozone Layer and the Climate of Earth” took place in the conference hall of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
- VII International Environmental Forum «NATURE WITHOUT BORDERS»
10 – 11 October, 2013 in Vladivostok, in the building of the Primorsky Territory Administration (Svetlanskaya 22), VII International Ecological Forum „Nature without borders“ will be held.
- Regional expert group meeting (EGM). Elimination of CFCS contained in aerosol metered dose inhalers (MDI) in the commonwelath of independent states (CIS)
4-5 October, 2011
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- International Theoretical and Practical Conference «Contemporary Approaches to Rubber goods and Tires Recycling and Disposal»
On the 1-2nd of June in Moscow (Russia) the International Theoretical and Practical Conference “Contemporary Approaches to Rubber goods and Tires Recycling and Disposal” was held in Russian Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas. Conference was held in the framework of the UNIDO/Russia project “BAT/BEP Centre for environmentally safe disposal of potentially hazardous consumer products and industrial wastes”. The event was organized by the UNIDO Centre for International Industrial Co-operation in the Russian Federation, the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
- Nevsky Ecological Congress backs UNIDO’s Green Industry initiative
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, 17 May 2011 – The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, today called for a fundamental change in the way the world produces and consumes, saying that countries should green their economies.
“We need a fundamental change in how we produce, consume and exchange goods. This is how we can green our economies, our growth strategies, and our industries, creating new green jobs, stimulating green investments, and encouraging green innovations,” said Yumkella. He was speaking at the Fourth Nevsky International Ecological Congress in St. Petersburg.
- UNIDO delegation visit to VALORPNEU
On the 04-08 th of May 2011 UNIDO delegation headed by the Director of the UNIDO Centre for International Industrial Co-operation in the Russian Federation Sergey Korotkov visited VALORPNEU in Lisbon (Portugal) with a working visit.
VALORPNEU is a non-profit private limited company, created on February the 27 th, 2002, with the objective to organize and manage the system for collection, recovery and ultimate disposal of used tyres. VALORPNEU is one of the first European companies of its kind created to handle used tyres.
- First Russian-Armenian Regional Business Forum
18-19 April 2011, Yerevan – under auspices of the Russian and Armenian Presidential Executive Offices the first Russian-Armenian Regional Business Forum was held in Armenia.
The Forum was organized by the Russian Federation, presented by the Development Fund “Institute Of Eurasian Studies” and Rossotrudnichestvo, and the Republic of Armenia, presented by the Government of Armenia and the Armenian Development Agency.
- Workshop-meeting «Waste recycling: state of the industry, international experience and attractive projects and advanced technologies»
In the framework of the UNIDO/Russia project “BAT/BEP Centre for environmentally safe disposal of potentially hazardous consumer products and industrial wastes” on March 22, 2011 in the Analytical Centre under the Government of the Russian Federation was held the workshop-meeting with the heads of the permanent missions of the subjects of the Russian Federation under the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation on the subject: „Waste recycling: state of the industry, international experience and attractive projects and advanced technologies“.