📋 Tender Overview
Project ID
220166
Thematic Priority
Advancing Economic Competitiveness
LocationGlobal
Project ManagerStein HANSEN
Donor
Japan
Fund
IDF - Special purpose convertible
Gender Marker1 (Limited expected contribution to GE)
The main purpose of the project is to support developing and emerging countries in attracting investment and technology from Japan. It will also assist investors in Japan in making decisions on the establishment of industrial partnerships by providing support in the development of partnership opportunities, providing detailed information thereof in the host country as well as in negotiations of these proposals. UNIDO’s Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) in Tokyo, Japan was established in 1981 as one of UNIDO’s first ITPOs based on an agreement between UNIDO and the Government of Japan. It is funded by the Government of Japan through annual voluntary contributions to UNIDO, administered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The agreement, in the form of the exchange of notes, has been renewed and extended for a period of six years each based on the results and recommendations of a joint evaluation. The current agreement as well as Project Document (Project ID Number: 160239) for the current phase is valid through the end of December 2022. The recent independent evaluation (2022) was conducted to evaluate the performance of the project during the period of 2017-2022. The evaluation recommends UNIDO and the Government of Japan to extend the project for another 6 years for the period from 2023 to 2028 in its final draft dated August 2022, considering the excellent overall performance of the ITPO Tokyo and the results achieved in developing and emerging countries in terms of investment, technology promotion and creation of jobs. The project addresses issues related to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and contributes to all the SDGs, in particular SDG 8 (Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all), SDG 9 (Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation), SDG 17 (Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development). This falls in line with UNIDO’s vision of Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID) and Progress by Innovation
