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SECOND FORUM INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ISID4 – 5 NOVEMBER 2014 VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE CONFERENCE REPORT PARTNERSHIPS TO SCALE UP INVESTMENT FOR . www.unido.org1 SECOND FORUM INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT I4 –S 5 NOVEMBERID 2014 VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE ii • UNIDO Forum on Partnerships to scale up investment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development – Conference Report Copyright © 2015 United Nations Industrial Development Organization The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Designations such as “developed”, “industrialized” and “developing” are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the state reached by a particular country or area in the develop- ment process. The mention of firm names or commercial products does not imply endorsement by UNIDO. This report is based on discussions recorded during the Forum’s sessions and has not yet been verified by participants. Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted, but acknowledgement is requested, together with a copy of the publication containing the quotation or reprint. Foreword The past two years have critical for innovation, job creation, and inclusive and been a period of remark- sustainable economic growth. As industry develops, able change for UNIDO. it increases value addition; enhances the application In 2013, our Member of science, technology, and innovation; and encour- States endorsed the Lima ages the development of skills and education. It also Declaration, mandating provides opportunities for social inclusion and gen- the Organization to pur- der mainstreaming, and it generates opportunities for sue inclusive and sustaina- youth and marginalized communities. ble industrial development The first forum, on strategies and instruments for (ISID). Following this ISID, was held on 23–24 June 2014 in Vienna. The landmark decision, two global forums were organized forum presented policies, best practices, programmes, in Vienna in 2014 to bring together representatives and instruments that countries can replicate and scale from government, the private sector, international up in their specific contexts when promoting ISID. organizations, academia, and the world of finance to Member States also agreed that collective action is discuss cooperation to advance the ISID approach. necessary to support sustainable growth. The key out- At both forums, countries and international develop- comes of the first forum served as the foundation for ment stakeholders expressed strong support toward the second forum on partnerships to scale up invest- UNIDO’s vision, as defined in the Lima Declaration, ment for ISID, which was held on 4–5 November of a new approach to development that is sustain- 2014. able across three dimensions—social, environmental, Multi-stakeholder partnerships are necessary given and economic—and is anchored in vibrant industrial the complexity of pursuing ISID in an era marked by sectors. rising interdependence; the globalization of industry The impact of both forums has been profound, and trade; and the vulnerability to global financial helping to rally international support for a Sustainable and economic crises, environmental degradation, and Development Goal (SDG) on industry, and prompt- social exclusion. Addressing these challenges requires ing increased demand from countries around the collective and concerted action. Multi-stakeholder world for UNIDO’s technical services and expertise. partnerships combine resources—such as knowledge, Further, since 2013, UNIDO’s growing involvement finance, and human skills—in a synergistic way to in national and regional initiatives to share knowl- deliver integrated solutions for pursuing ISID. A edge and experience on industrial development, and partnership creates shared value among participants, in assisting countries to formulate and implement enhances mutual exchange and learning, reduces the their industrial policies and strategies, has attracted risk of failure, and increases the impact of develop- increased international attention to the expanding ment assistance. influence of our mandate. This clearly observable This second forum introduced UNIDO’s international industrial renaissance demonstrates that Programme for Country Partnership (PCP), an inno- UNIDO’s role has never been more relevant. vative partnership model for achieving ISID, which UNIDO promotes ISID as a proven and effec- leverages technical, human, and financial resources to tive path to lowering unemployment and inequality, raise the impact of UNIDO technical cooperation. promoting social inclusion, and eliminating poverty. The forum elaborated on how UNIDO can work Experience shows that a vibrant industrial sector is with partners to support the implementation of iv government industrialization strategies and focused influence the implementation of the 2030 Agenda on interventions in an action-oriented manner. It dem- for Sustainable Development. The third ISID Forum onstrated the concrete potential of multi- stakeholder recognized the Programme for Country Partnership FOREWORD partnerships that could be achieved through the PCP model as an effective means of fostering ISID. approach and initiated two pilot PCPs in Ethiopia We believe that support of the international and Senegal. community for the Sustainable Development Goals The forum benefited from the participation of the (SDGs), including SDG 9 to build resilient infrastruc- Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, ture, promote inclusive and sustainable industrializa- and the Prime Minister of Senegal, Mahammed tion, and foster innovation, is a necessary response to Dionne, as well as the United Nations Secretary- combat rising inequality in wealth and incomes, to General Ban Ki-moon, and high-level representatives eradicate extreme poverty, and to protect the envi- of international organizations, the private sector, ronment. No single entity or country can address development finance institutions, bilateral aid agen- these challenges alone. Therefore, we at UNIDO are cies, civil society, and academia. strongly committed to international collaboration to The second forum led to concrete action, given its achieve these goals, and will strongly push forward focus on partnership-based programmes and the lev- cooperation with regional organizations, development eraging of resources from various stakeholders for the finance institutions, the private sector, civil society, pursuit of ISID. Following the examples of Ethiopia and academia. and Senegal, several countries requested inclusion in the next round of ISID pilot countries, including countries from Africa, Central and South Asia, and Latin America. The third ISID Forum on financing for inclusive and sustainable industrial development took place on 14 July 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The forum LI Yong complemented the third International Conference on Director General, UNIDO Financing for Development, a crucial event that will v Acknowledgments This Report was prepared by Olga Memedovic with Conde, Rafik Feki, Weixi Gong, Alois Mhlanga, support from Thomas Jackson, Tanmay Misra, Meryem Sghir, Raymond Tavares and, in the field, Theresa Rueth, Emina Alic, and Daniel Laaber. It pre- Victor Djemba and Ibra Gueye Dioum. sents a summary of the discussions and proceedings The development finance institutions participa- from the UNIDO second Forum on Partnerships to tion group was led by Tidiane Boye with the support Upscale Investments for Inclusive and Sustainable of Alejandro Vera Casso, Rima Al-Kaisi, and Yi-Ming Industrial Development, held from 4 to 5 November Tang. The private-sector participation group, led by 2014 in Vienna. Barbara Kreissler, comprised Romana Benisch, Sabine The forum was supported throughout by the Haspel, and Henry Hutton Mills and was assisted by UNIDO Director General and his office, including Anastasia Filippova and Yangkajia Wang. Prakash Shichun Wang, Karin Hruby, and Constanze Silber- Mishra provided ad hoc support for mobilization of bauer. The organization of the forum was overseen by private-sector companies. the project manager Ciyong Zou, with support from The financial management and logistics group Raluca Ursu. The UNIDO Executive Board provided was led by Bassel El Khatib and supported by Maria strategic direction and institution-wide support. The Eduarda de Andrade e Sousa, Charlotte Bernard, project manager was supported by a task force led Galya Dimitrova, Anastasia Filipova, Silvia Fuereder, by Weixi Gong. The content-development working Lukas Hecke, Dragana Marusic, Tanmay Misra, group, led also by Weixi Gong, performed the overall Sophia Safa, Orkhan Saidov, Karin Schwaiger, Ingrid coordination and implementation of the forum as well Polzerova, Kanishka Rathore, Yi-Ming Tang, Yang- as content development. The members of the group kajia Wang, and Hongfei Yue. The advocacy and out- were Fabrizio Condorelli, Tillman Guenther, Richard reach team, coordinated by Sayaphol Sackda, consisted King, and Kjell Sundin, supported by Anastasia Filip- of Nora Aoun, Charles Arthur, Tajudeen Bello, Ama- pova, Kanishka Rathore, and Yangkajia Wang. The lia Berardone, Simone Carneiro, Mikhail Evstafyev, Policymaking