On 17 November 2023, UNIDO signed a Joint Declaration with the Slovene Enterprise Fund. The objective of this Partnership is to promote the uptake of hydrogen for industrial applications in developing countries and emerging economies.

The collaboration within the framework of The Global Programme for Hydrogen in Industry will be developed in the following areas:

• Awareness raising, knowledge exchange and capacity building (policy, standards, skills, technologies).
• Promotion of hydrogen technologies and their applications in industry.
• Organization of joint events and global forum activities.
• Pilot Projects for hydrogen applications in industry.

The joint declaration was signed by Petra Schwager (on behalf of UNIDO), and Maja Tomanič-Vidovič (on behalf of the Slovene Enterprise Fund).