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Iran and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Iran-UNIDO co-operation began in 1974, in which UNIDO, as the Executive Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), implemented 14 projects in Iran. Many of these projects remained unfinished due to the suspension of the United Nations Development Program in 1979 at the time of the revolution. In 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran signed the new constitution of UNIDO, and formally became a member of Unido in 1986. The Ministry of Industries of the time was responsible for tracking the activities of UNIDO in Iran, which in 1989 was transferred to the Minister of Industry for the use of UNIDO's training capacity by the First Vice President of Iran. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization's Office of the United Nations was established in Iran in 1999. The purpose of this office is to support the government in order to create a comprehensive and sustainable industrial development program.

Objectives of UNIDO in Iran
The objectives of this office, which were held on the basis of 70 expert meetings between experts and officials of the Iranian organizations and UNIDO, are: - Increasing the non-oil sector's share in the economy of the Islamic Republic of Iran; - Supporting sustainable competitive development; - creating jobs; - Making income; - Reducing livelihood difficulties. This app has 5 main axes: - Basic capacity building for the promotion of private sector development and support services for small economic units; - Providing assistance for the modernization of Iranian agricultural industries; - Development of administrative frameworks to increase investment; - Increasing the competitiveness of Iran's industries by rewriting laws and regulations; - Optimization of energy consumption at the national level and selected industries. Among other programs UNIDO in Iran, the entrepreneurship of women and young people, noting that the establishment and development of entrepreneurs and economic entities split is to increase employment and create job opportunities for women and young people. The Office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNO) also builds capacity to facilitate multilateral environmental agreements in Iran. In this case, we can mention a series of UNIDO programs funded by the Montreal Protocol on the Removal of Ozone Layers, and the Stockholm Treaty on Permanent Organic Pollutants.

Projects accomplished by UNIDO in Iran
Among the projects that are underway by UNIDO in Iran, we can mention the following: - Industrial cluster development project in Iran; - Iranian Dairy Processing and Packing Modernization Project; - Industrial capacity building for technology management at the level of economic units; - A National Strategic Plan for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving in Iran; - A project related to the reduction of ozone depleting gases; - Reduce methyl bromide consumption in agriculture; - A project supporting startup activities and a variety of services and partnerships to create jobs in the field of ICT. Examples of ongoing projects include: - Creating a South-South Cooperation Center in Iran; - Carrying forward studies of automotive industry in Iran; - Designing the International Center for Nanotechnology; - Establishing a Center for Exchanging the Contract; - Creation of the National Center for Clean Production.