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Istanbul ¨C 09/05/2024 The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵTB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Deodat Maharaj as its new Managing Director. Deodat Maharaj, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, brings more than 25 years of international leadership experience to his new role including serving in Least Developed Countries. His international background and experience position him well to lead this Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ institution into¡­

Tweet Blog by Deodat Maharaj 2 May 2024 Just two days ago, my staff and I had the opportunity to engage with a range of key stakeholders on the work of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank has as its remit the leveraging of science, technology and innovation to help fast-track development in the world¡¯s poorest countries or the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). T¨¹rkiye is the host country of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank and has been a big¡­

23 August 2023 / Simonetta Zarrilli Tweet Accessing the Internet and making a productive use of it To engage in e-commerce, access to the Internet and a mobile phone, a computer or a tablet are the minimum requirements. Low use figures, especially in the least developed countries (LDCs), are driven by multiple factors, including affordability. It is estimated that in East Africa only 10 to 20 per cent of informal cross-border traders, a¡­

Gebze/Guangzhou/Ningbo ¨C The International Design Education (IDE) Program jointly launched by the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank), the World Eco-Design Conference (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Consultative NGO) and the Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University (ZJÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵB) has completed its selection process this year successfully. The selected students will be awarded full scholarships and they will start pursuing¡­

Press Release 16 June 2023 Istanbul ¨C Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP Istanbul International Centre for Private Sector in Development (ICPSD) and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵTB) signed today a letter of intent with regard to the ' Frontier Tech Leaders' Programme. With that, the partners affirmed their commitment to work together for supporting the LDCs, gave a start to the Programme's implementation and announced the call for the first cohort¡­

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 19, 2023 His Excellency Prof. Dr. Chhem Kieth Rethy, Minister Delegate attached to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI) on behalf of H.E. Kitti Settha Pandita Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister, Minister of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation, presided over the dissemination and launching of the ¡°Technology Needs Assessment for the Kingdom of¡­

Press Release 08 May 2023 On 4 May 2023, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵTBLDC) co-organized a joint side event on the margins of the eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to underscore the role of marine science to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and support¡­

The 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will take place from the 03 to 04 of May 2023 and is organized by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ interagency task team on STI for the SDGs (IATT), convened by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-DESA and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD, and the 10-Member Group of high-level representatives appointed by the Secretary General. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank's Acting Managing Director, Dr. Taffere Tesfachew, will speak at the¡­

29 March 2023 / Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Kee Hwee Wee Tweet ASEAN least developed countries have attracted 2 to 5 times more FDI in the last decade. Investment facilitation played an important role in attracting foreign direct investment in these countries. Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) least developed countries (i.e. Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar) have increased remarkably in the¡­

(Extracted from OHRLLS Press Release - 09 March) The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) that took place in Doha, Qatar from the 05 to 09 March brought together member states, participants from the private sector and civil society in LDCs, as well as relevant Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ representatives to discuss and commit to measures to deliver on the Doha Programme of Action. This ten-year plan aims to manifest a new generation of¡­