UNIDO's mission is to promote industrialization for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization, and environmental sustainability.

UNIDO was established in 1966.

UNIDO is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

UNIDO has 193 member states.

UNIDO's main objectives are to promote industrial development, enhance the competitiveness of industries, foster entrepreneurship and innovation, and promote sustainable industrial development.

UNIDO's role in promoting sustainable industrial development includes helping countries develop and implement policies and strategies for sustainable industrial development, providing technical assistance and capacity building to countries in the areas of sustainable industrial development, promoting the adoption of environmentally sound technologies and practices in industries, and facilitating partnerships between governments, businesses, and civil society organizations for sustainable industrial development.

UNIDO's flagship program for promoting inclusive and sustainable industrial development is the Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID) Program.

UNIDO's role in promoting entrepreneurship and innovation includes providing training and support to entrepreneurs and innovators, facilitating access to finance for entrepreneurs and innovators, creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurship and innovation, and promoting networking and collaboration among entrepreneurs and innovators.

UNIDO's role in promoting trade and investment includes helping countries develop and implement trade and investment policies and strategies, providing technical assistance and capacity building to countries in the areas of trade and investment, promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries, and facilitating trade and investment between developing countries and developed countries.

UNIDO's role in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in industrial development includes promoting the participation of women in industrial development, providing training and support to women entrepreneurs and innovators, facilitating access to finance for women entrepreneurs and innovators, and creating an enabling environment for women's entrepreneurship and innovation.

UNIDO's role in promoting youth employment and entrepreneurship includes providing training and support to young entrepreneurs, facilitating access to finance for young entrepreneurs, creating an enabling environment for youth entrepreneurship, and promoting networking and collaboration among young entrepreneurs.

UNIDO's role in promoting industrial development in least developed countries (LDCs) includes providing technical assistance and capacity building to LDCs in the areas of industrial development, promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in LDCs, facilitating trade and investment between LDCs and developed countries, and helping LDCs develop and implement industrial development policies and strategies.

UNIDO's role in promoting industrial development in conflict-affected and post-conflict countries includes providing technical assistance and capacity building to conflict-affected and post-conflict countries in the areas of industrial development, promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in conflict-affected and post-conflict countries, facilitating trade and investment between conflict-affected and post-conflict countries and developed countries, and helping conflict-affected and post-conflict countries develop and implement industrial development policies and strategies.

UNIDO's role in promoting industrial development in countries affected by climate change includes providing technical assistance and capacity building to countries affected by climate change in the areas of industrial development, promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in countries affected by climate change, facilitating trade and investment between countries affected by climate change and developed countries, and helping countries affected by climate change develop and implement industrial development policies and strategies that are resilient to climate change.