Government and UNDP to implement USD 3.3m project for promoting environmentally friendly and energy efficient technology

                   Monowar Ahmed, Secretary, Economic Relations Divisions and Kyoko Yokosuka, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP. Bangladesh signed the project agreement on behalf of their respective organisations.     Photo): UNDP

The Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement on 05 May at the Economic Relations Division to implement a US$ 3.3 million grant approved by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund for making environment friendly and energy efficient refrigerators at Walton Hi Tech Industries Ltd.

Under this initiative, UNDP, with assistance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, will provide technical support and necessary equipment to Walton Hi-tech Industries Ltd. to produce and promote environmentally friendly and energy efficient refrigerators. As a partner of this project Walton is also contributing the same amount of resources to implement it.

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