Gerd Müller

Glad to welcome 🇮🇹 Deputy Minister @edmondocirielli @ItalyMFA. We discussed our expanding cooperation to support coffee‑producing countries in Africa, increasing climate resilience & local value addition. 🇮🇹 is one of our top donors with 28 projects in key sectors.@ItalyUN_Vienna

Glad to meet with @ITU @ITUSecGen Doreen Bogdan-Martin. We discussed how to further strengthen our cooperation, particularly in the areas of #AI and #digitalization for industrial development.

#UNIDO and #Festo signed a Joint Declaration, the first step toward Festo becoming a founding partner of the UNIDO Foundation, scaling up skills, innovation & sustainable industrial development worldwide. 👉unido.org/news/unido-and…

#UNIDO and the UK announce 4 new projects under the #A2DFacility 🌍advancing clean, inclusive industrial growth in Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria & South Africa, from green hydrogen & battery recycling to low-carbon minerals & clean steam. 👉unido.org/news/unido-ann…

#UNIDO & #Japan launch six new projects across Africa & Asia, advancing food security, climate resilience, skills development and circular economy solutions. Delivering impact for the #SDGs through collaboration. 🌍 👉unido.org/news/unido-and…

🇮🇹 Special Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine,@ambdlacecilia, met @UNIDO DG Gerd Müller and @iaeaorg DDG Karine Herviou. 🤝 Discussions on coordinated action, innovative partnerships and enhanced cooperation with VBOs to support 🇺🇦 reconstruction. 🇮🇹 stands firmly with 🇺🇦!

We also launched major projects: 🇨🇳transfers 2 GEF projects totaling 45m from the World Bank to @UNIDO, working together on sustainable management of metal supply chains & a agribusiness project in Kenya with @cidcaofficial. Proud of our strong partnership advancing the GDI &SDGs

Marking new milestones in China–UNIDO relations with @Amb_LiSong. Glad to welcome 🇨🇳 as a member of our Global Alliance for Responsible & Green Minerals - supporting mineral-rich countries to move up value chains, create local added value and jobs, and uphold high ESG standards.

Day 1 of #WEIF2026 delivered a full day of dynamic dialogue and collaboration. Throughout the day, discussions focused on entrepreneurship, sustainable finance, digital transformation and inclusive growth. 📽️Stay tuned for more tomorrow: youtube.com/live/zzWG1Tf9f… @unidobahrain

#UNIDO @DGGerdMueller at the #IWEC Conference in #Bahrain: “UNIDO supports women around the world to successfully build & scale their businesses & bring innovations to market. Women entrepreneurs need fair systems, access to opportunities & the ability to compete on equal terms.”

Dr. Tarifa A. Al Zaabi, Director General of #ICBAAgriculture, welcomed H.E.@DGgerdmueller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (@UNIDO), and Manuel Mattiat, Chief of Cabinet, on an official visit to discuss sustainable industrial development

#UNIDO and #Bahrain have partnered since 1986 to advance #industrialization, entrepreneurship & #MSME development. With 30 years of UNIDO presence through @unidobahrain, this partnership empowers entrepreneurs worldwide, fueling #innovation and economic growth.

The Deputy King, His Royal Highness Prince #Salman_bin_Hamad Al Khalifa, meets with Gerd Müller @dggerdmueller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization @UNIDO #Bahrain

At Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, one of the world’s largest ports with companies from 140 countries - a symbol of globalization & trade. Free zones like this are essential for industrial development and access to global markets, especially for developing countries.

Great meeting Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, DG of @ABUDHABI_FUND & Rashed Al Hemeiri, ED of Operations at @UAEAid. We discussed cooperation on industrial recovery in Syria, Sudan, and Palestine-creating jobs, supporting SMEs, boosting food security & rebuilding economic foundations.

Growing healthy food in the desert? 🌱 Around 20% of irrigated land is affected by salinity, and #ClimateChange is making it worse, putting global #FoodSecurity at risk. #UNIDO @DGgerdmueller visited #ICBA in the #UAE to support more sustainable and resilient food systems.

H.E. Gerd Müller, Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, during a session titled "Are Governments Ready for the Industries of the Future?" “Public funding can start projects, but transformation from projects to business only happens when private partnerships invest in infrastructure." @DGgerdmueller

Adding a city’s worth of infrastructure every month means decisions made today will lock in economic outcomes for the next 20 years. @DGgerdmueller

H.E. Gerd Müller, Director General, UNIDO, and H.E. Roberto Mito Albino, Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Fisheries, Mozambique, addressed a central imbalance in global development: the gap between available solutions and political commitment. @DGgerdmueller

“Progress by innovation” that’s what #UNIDO stands for, and the UAE is showing it in practice, from robotics and renewable energy to agro-innovation.
  Watch the video to learn more about UNIDO Director General @DGgerdmueller’s field visits to the UAE.