UNIDO GLOBAL CALL 2024

Change language KOR

Apply Now

Global Call 2023, Beijing

UNIDO ITPO Beijing hosted the Global Call 2023 Award Ceremony at the Shanghai International Import Expo under the theme “Clean and Smart Energy for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development”. At the Global Call 2023, institutions with innovative solutions to address global challenges in the following sub-categories, including ‘Green Hydrogen’, ‘Energy Efficiency’, and 'Clean Energy Innovation’, were selected and awarded. Approximately 300 institutions from 60 countries engaged in Global Call 2023, 88.5% of which were situated in developing countries.

Global Call 2023 Theme

Clean and Smart Energy for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development

Host Entity

UNIDO ITPO Beijing

Category

Category 1

Green Hydrogen - Green hydrogen production (including “super green” hydrogen production)
- Green hydrogen in manufacturing
- Green hydrogen in transportation
- Green hydrogen storage and integration into energy networks

Category 2

Energy Efficiency - Digital solutions for energy efficiency
- Secure and efficient energy network (including decentralized energy system)
- Energy efficiency improvements in industry, construction, and homes
- Industrial design and commercialization of energy efficient products

Category 3

Clean Energy Innovation - Renewable energy development and application
- Fuel cell innovation
- Clean energy storage, transportation, and load shifting
- Climate resilience of energy systems

Jury Members

Supee Teravaninthorn

Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) / Special Advisor
Alois Posekufa Mhlanga

UNIDO / Chief
Juan Pablo Davila

UNIDO / Senior Industrial Development Officer
Yabin WU

UNIDO ITPO Beijing / Head
Ayfer Veziroglu

International Association for
Hydrogen Energy / CFO
Xiaolong FU

Beijing Tsinghua Industrial
R&D Institute / Deputy Director
Yuzhen LIN

Research Institute of Aero-Engine
of Beihang University / Professor
Yongping ZHAI

Tencent / Senior Advisor
Jie WANG

Schneider Electric / Vice President
Wei WEI

Jiangsu Guofu Hydrogen Energy
Equipment Co, LTC / Co-founder

Global Call 2023 Winners List

Green Hydrogen Grand Prize

xi'an 1908 new energy technology co. ltd
Energy Efficiency Grand Prize

Lenovo Group
Homepage >
Clean Energy Innovation Grand Prize

Mayu (Beijing) new energy tech co. ltd

* Thirty-seven other institutions received awards such as the First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize, and Special Awards at the Global Call 2023

Related Links

Global Call 2023 homepage https://unido-itpo-beijing.cn/detail/20230426123019m744?lang=en
Global Call 2023 Winners List https://unido-itpo-beijing.cn/detail/20240104102912m55a?lang=en

Global Call 2022, Shanghai

UNIDO ITPO Shanghai hosted the Global Call 2022 Award Ceremony at the Hongqiao International Central Business District in Shanghai under the theme “Green Technology and Solutions towards Net-Zero". Global Call 2022 played a significant role in discovering innovative companies to address the issues in the following four sub-categories, which are: ‘Medical & Health(MH)’, ‘Green Growth(GG)’, ‘Advanced Digital Production(ADP)’, and ‘Agriculture & Food(AF)’.

Global Call 2022 Theme

Green Technology and Solutions towards Net-Zero

Host Entity

UNIDO ITPO Shanghai

Category

Category 1

Green Growth(GG): Solutions for building resilient green manufacture cycle - Efficient and clean utilization of fossil energy/clean energy/energy storage and carbon neutrality application by digital technology

Category 2

Advanced Digital Production(ADP): Advanced digital solutions for net-zero infrastructures and facilities - Promoting industrial design and manufacturing efficiency solutions embedded with digital technology, solutions to optimize the green-energy assets with digital technology, digital technology application to empower regional emergency governance

Category 3

Agriculture & Food(AF): Solutions for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and efficiency increase in agriculture & food - Green recycling of agricultural by-products and waste, greenhouse gas emission reduction solution, solution for green food transportation and distribution, green food packaging solutions, innovative green organic food

Category 4

Medical & Health(MH): Solutions for sustainable management of medical and bio waste - Innovative solutions to set up the feasible and efficient way to reach the sustainable management of medical and bio waste

Jury Members

James George

UNDP / Deputy Resident Representative for China
Yong Geng

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
/ Chair Professor
Bankole Oloruntoba

Nigeria Climate Innovation Center
/ CEO
Sara Roversi

Future Food Institute / Founder and President
Weihing Yang

KTH-Royal Institute of
Technology / Senior Researcher
Hashim Hussein

UNIDO ITPO Bahrain / Head
Xiaolei Zhao

UNIDO ITPO Shanghai / Head
Hideki Murakami

UNIDO ITPO Japan / Deputy Head

Participation Ratio by Institution Type for the Global Call 2022

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 45%

Large Companies 28%

Start-ups 22%

Others 5%

Global Call 2022 Winners List

Green Growth Category

Shanghai MS Energy
Homepage >
Electric Container Vessel, Box Power and Port Charging and Switching Network from COSCO Shipping Development
Homepage >
Advanced Digital Production: Advanced digital solutions for net-zero infrastructures and facilities

eeaser GmbH
Homepage >
Solstice® from Honeywell (China) Co Ltd.
Homepage >
Agriculture & Food Category

Tianzhu Textile
Homepage >
O⬝PARK2 from the China State Construction International
Homepage >
Medical & Health Category

Bertin Technologies Group
Homepage >

Related Links

Global Call 2022 homepage https://www.unido.org/globalcall2022
Global Call 2022 Flyer https://www.msmeda.org.eg/newsimages/5_Tenders_Flyer_UNIDO_Global_Call_2022_ENG.pdf
Global Call 2022 Winners List https://www.unido.org/news/unido-global-call-2022-winners-announced

Global Call 2021, Germany

UNIDO ITPO Germany hosted the Global Call 2021 themed “Innovative Solutions in Cleantech and Sustainable Land Management” at Remscheid’s Teo Otto Theater, Germany. In the Global Call 2021, award-winning institutions successfully demonstrated their innovative technologies and ideas to solve global problems within four sub-categories: ‘Decarbonized Green Urban Environment Growth,’ ‘Clean and Efficient Energy Production and Storage’, ‘Circular Production and Industrial Processes’, and ‘Sustainable Land Management’.

Global Call 2021 Theme

Innovative Solutions in Cleantech and Sustainable Development

Host Entity

UNIDO ITPO Germany

Category

Category 1

Decarbonizing growing urban environments - Solutions for decarbonizing growing urban environments by addressing the demands and distribution of water, agricultural, energy, mobility and other resources
- Solutions for areas that are vulnerable to climate change (e.g. coastal areas)

Category 2

Clean and efficient energy generation and storage - Solutions for generating and distributing energy in a clean and smart way, especially affordable and decentralized renewable energy solutions that are applicable in developing countries

Category 3

Circular production and industrial processes - Solutions related to the re-use, re-cycling and re-manufacturing of resources
- Energy and process efficiency solutions
- Smart approaches for more climate-cautious consumption

Category 4

Sustainable land management - Solutions for productive lands, including new technologies and approaches to production with a demonstrable positive contribution to soil health, land rehabilitation and combating desertification.

Jury Members

Luise Baker

UNCCD / Managing Director
Andrea Camponogara

UNFCC / TEC Liaison Officer
Alois Posekufa Mhlanga

UNIDO / Chief
Abimbola Wycliffe

UNIDO ITPO Nigeria / Head
Rolf Steltemeier

UNIDO ITPO Germany / Head
Xiaolei Zhao

UNIDO ITPO Shanghai / Head

Participation Ratio by Institution Type for the Global Call 2021

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 40%

Large Companies 4%

Start-ups 47%

Others 9%

Global Call 2021 Winners List

Decarbonizing growing urban environments Category

RUNWITHIT Synthetics Inc.
Homepage >
Clean and efficient energy generation and storage

BETTERIES AMPS GmbH
Homepage >
Circular production and industrial processes

Polycare Research Technology GmbH & Co. KG
Homepage >
Sustainable land management

Zhejiang Chint New Energy Development Co., Ltd.
Homepage >

Related Links

Global Call 2021 Brochure https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2022-02/UNIDO_Global_Call_2021_Brochure.pdf
Global Call 2021 Winners List https://www.unido.org/news/unido-global-call-2021-winners-announced

Global Call 2020, Italy

UNIDO ITPO Italy hosted the initial Global Call event, themed “Innovative Ideas and Technologies vs. COVID-19 and Beyond”, to identify innovative ideas and technologies to combat the pressing issue of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, the Global Call 2020 Award Ceremony was coordinated online. Global Call 2020 selected winning institutions from four sub-categories: ‘Energy and Environment’, ‘Food and Agriculture’, ‘Health Emergency’, and ‘Resilient Industries and Infrastructure’. Twelve jury members consisting of the experts of the field were engaged in the selection process.

Global Call 2020 Theme

Innovative Ideas and Technologies vs. COVID-19 and beyond

Host Entity

UNIDO ITPO Italy

Category

Category 1

Energy and Environment - Medical waste management and recycling
- Renewable energy for health-care
- Water management

Category 2

Food and Agriculture - Smart food logistics and Distribution
- Urban farming
- Inclusive local market ecosystem

Category 3

Health Emergency - Telemedicine
- Biotechnologies and digital health
- Prevention and control

Category 4

Resilient Industries and Infrastructure - Manufacturing of protective and medical equipment
- Distributed networks and fabrication laboratories
- New organizational model

Jury Members

Diana Battaggia

UNIDO ITPO Italy / Head
Hyundong Cho

UNIDO ITPO Korea / Head
Sergey Korotkov

UNIDO ITPO Russia / Head
Marisa Marini

World Manufacturing Foundation
/ COO
Alois Posekufa Mhlanga

UNIDO / Chief
Rolf Steltemeier

UNIDO ITPO Germany / Head
Cecilia Ugaz Estrada

UNIDO / Chief Advisor
Yabin Wu

UNIDO ITPO Beijing / Head
Xiaolei Zhao

UNIDO ITPO Shanghai /Head

Participation Ratio by Institution Type for the Global Call 2020

Start-ups 36%

SMEs and large companies 26%

Universities 13%

Research Institutions 5%

Incubators 2%

Others 18%

Global Call 2020 Winners List

Energy and Environment Category

EcoWorth Tech
Homepage >
Food and Agriculture Category

ColdHubs
Homepage >
Health Emergency Category

Indoor real-time dynamic air and object surface disinfection
ECO4CO
Homepage >
Resilient Industries and Infrastructure Category

Plasticpreneur
Homepage >

Related Links

Global Call 2020 Brochure https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2020-09/UNIDO_Global_Call.pdf