UNIDO

UNIDO Global Alliance on Artificial Intelligence for Industry and Manufacturing (AIM Global)

Global ArmeniaBahrainBrazilChinaCroatiaMalaysiaSaudi ArabiaSpainSri LankaTürkiyeUnited KingdomUnited States

AIM Global to catalyze international partnerships across governments, industry, private sector, academia and civil society, committed to the responsible development and deployment of AI and frontier technologies in industry and manufacturing. The Alliance strives to redirect the trajectory of technological advancement towards shared progress and reduced digital divide by advancing industrial competitiveness, sustainable development, while ensuring fair and responsible access to AI’s benefits across countries and industries.

Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsPolicy/Regulatory GuidanceAwareness/AdvocacyNetworks/Mentorship/Exchange

UNIDO

Promoting sustainable bush-processing value chains in Namibia

Africa, Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and the Caribbean Namibia

This project aims to bolster food and income sources by converting invasive bush species into valuable products. It leverages digital tools for sustainable land management and biomass processing, including automated Acacia detection using AI with satellite and drone images. The project also transfers technology and knowledge to enable the eThekwini Municipal Government to leverage BEAM to more effectively target their upgrading and basic urban service delivery interventions.

Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsResearch/Reports/AssessmentsNetworks/Mentorship/Exchange

UNIDO

AI & Digital for Industry Navigator (AIDIN)

Latin America and the Caribbean BrazilMexico

AIDIN is a platform developed by UNIDO in partnership with IBM under the IBM Impact Accelerator. It measures a country's maturity and capacity to adopt, benefit from, and develop AI and digital technologies for industry, and converts this diagnosis into actionable pathways for industrial transformation. The platform combines a structured maturity framework — covering five enabling pillars (Infrastructure, Data, Innovation Ecosystem, Capital, and Governance) — with an AI-powered conversational assistant that supports governments, policy-makers, and industry stakeholders in identifying gaps, benchmarking progress, and prioritizing AI and digital initiatives. The project is currently in active development following completion of the discovery and design (Garage) phase, with an MVP prototype in place and a soft-launch foreseen at UNGA in September 2026.

Activity Type Research/Reports/Assessments

UNIDO

Fostering Slovenian – Cuban innovation cluster for biopharma, medical and nanotechnologies sectors 2020 – 2023

Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and the Caribbean CubaSlovenia

The project intends to develop a Slovenian – Cuban innovation cluster model for biopharma, medical and nanotechnologies sectors along the period 2020 – 2021. The project can be considered a pilot model for interregional cooperation, facilitating knowledge sharing and technology transfer from and to participant countries, and could be replicated or extended to other countries in Latin American and Caribbean region, and in Southeastern Europe/The Balkans region as well. An e-training course “Application of Advanced Technologies and New Business Models in the Biopharma and Medical Sectors” was launched in May 2023.

Activity Type Trainings/Workshops