Eni and UNIDO sign joint declaration on the SDGs

General News of Thursday, July 18, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-07-18

Eni and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed a joint declaration establishing a new innovative model of public-private cooperation aimed at contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

In a statement issued by UNIDO and made available to the GNA on Wednesday, the Declaration set out a new model of innovative cooperation between the private sector and an international organization through which partners work together and leverage each to enhance the effectiveness of the project.

The Declaration was signed by Eni's Director-General Claudio Descalzi and UNIDO Director-General LI Yong in the presence of Giorgio Marrapodi, Director-General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development. Development cooperation.

Eni-UNIDO cooperation aims to contribute to the achievement of SDG objectives through strategic cooperation in areas of common interest such as youth employment, agricultural value chains, energy renewable energy and energy efficiency, particularly in Africa.

Moreover, it is hoped that the cooperation will generate many more concrete interactions between the companies, which will lead to a growing number of public-private partnerships for the sustainable industrialization of Africa.

"Partnerships between the private and public sectors are essential to fostering development and improving access to energy worldwide," said Claudio Descalzi, Eni's Chief Executive Officer.

"This joint statement underscores our commitment to sharing know-how, skills and economic resources to become an engine of growth for the communities and countries in which we operate."

"The establishment of multi-stakeholder partnerships is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals," said UNIDO Director General LI Yong. "UNIDO is actively seeking cooperation agreements with stakeholders in the business sector and Eni and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation share our ambition to promote cooperation between the public and private sectors with other partners. "