UNIDO has been involved in a ten-year partnership with developing countries in low-cost building materials and other initiatives, through its International Centre for Science and High Technology, ICS-UNIDO, Trieste, Italy, and the International Centre for Advancement of Manufacturing Technology, ICAMPT, Bangalore, India, in partnership with India’s Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council, BMTPC. Countries high on the ‘needs list’ for low-cost building projects include Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia. ICS is involved in initiatives for the development of low-cost housing technologies in Mozambique and Tanzania. Bamboo is widely grown in developing countries; new technologies have been developed to overcome problems when using bamboo caused by moisture and insects. Other technologies have enabled the production of stabilized soil building blocks, blended with cement or other binders, such as ashes and slag from furnaces and power plants.