كما بذلت جهود كبيرة لتحديث كفاءة الموظفين والارتقاء بها من خلال إعداد برامج ملائمة للتدريب وتنمية الإدارة؛ وكان الأثر الصافي لذلك هو زيادة المهارات المهنية للموظفين وحفزهم على العمل مما أدى إلى تحسّن واضح في نوعية الخدمات التي يقدمونها.
There had also been a significant improvement in the gender balance and geographical distribution of the staff, and considerable efforts had been made to update and upgrade staff competencies through appropriate training and management development programmes; the net effect had been to increase both the professional skills and the motivation of UNIDO staff, with obvious implications for the quality of the services that they provided.