By its decision 4/CP.7, the Conference of the Parties (COP) requested the Chairman of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), with the assistance of the secretariat, in consultation with the Expert Group on Technology Transfer, to organize a meeting with representatives from governments, experts drawn from the UNFCCC roster of experts, and representatives from relevant international organizations, to identify methodologies needed to undertake technology needs assessments and to report its findings to the SBSTA at its sixteenth session (FCCC/CP/2001/13/Add.1).

The objectives of the meeting were "to identify methodologies needed to undertake technology needs assessments and to report its findings to the SBSTA at its sixteenth session (FCCC/CP/2001/13/Add.1)" and to generate and share information on experiences, special situations and needs of countries in different region and on possible next steps for further consideration by the SBSTA.

Agenda (37 kB)

List of participants (78 kB)

Presentations and other documents

Information for participants (45 kB)

Workshop report (advance unedited copy) (34 kB)