UNFCCC expert workshop on technology information Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

Tsinghua University, 18–19 April 2002

Mandate

By its decision 4/CP.7, the Conference of the Parties requested the secretariat to organize an expert workshop on technology information, including options for the establishment of an information clearing house and enhancement of information centres and networks, and to further define the user needs, criteria for quality control, technical specifications and the role and contribution of the Parties and to make recommendations to the SBSTA for further consideration at its sixteenth session.

At its fifteenth session, the SBSTA invited the Parties and relevant international organizations to register and test the prototype system and to submit their views to the secretariat by 15 February 2002 on: the technical paper FCCC/TP/2001/2; the issues identified in the annex to document FCCC/SBSTA/2001/4; the roles of Parties in supporting the technology information system; and any feedback on testing the system. It further requested the secretariat to continue its work on the technology information system, drawing on links between its work and the work of existing institutions and networks, in particular, information relating to adaptation technologies; and to explore the feasibility of including information on private and publicly-owned technologies, joint research and development programmes, examples of success stories and case studies on technology transfer.

Annex A.docxAnnex B.docxAnnex C.docx

Objectives

The objectives of expert workshop were to identify and elaborate possible options for establishment of a technology information clearing house and enhancement of technology information networks. In addition, the workshop also reviewed the feedback from Parties on testing TT:CLEAR, and further defined users needs of information, criteria for information quality control, technical specifications of the clearing house and roles and contributions of Parties.

Documents

• Agenda
• Workshop report
• List of Participants
• Info for participants

Presentations

• Development and transfer of technologies under the UNFCCC -The Marrakech accords & beyond
  Wanna Tanuchaiwatana, UNFCCC Secretariat  

• UNFCCC secretariat technology information system
  Iulian Florin Vladu, UNFCCC Secretariat
  
  
• GEF Project Map - Availability of Integrated Operational and Financial Data pertaining to Environmental Investments and Projects
  Tay Boon-Tiong, GEF  
  
  
• The UNEP-GEF Networks - A Cross Cutting Support System for Technology Transfer Practitioners
  Frank Ritner, UNEP-GEF  
  
  
• The UNEP-GEF technology transfer networks: an integrated support system for technology transfer practitioners
  Quan Yi, UNEP expert 
  
  
• Technology Information Clearinghouse under the Montreal Protocol
  Rajendra Shende, UNEP-DTIE
  
  
• IEA CADDET and Greentie
  Debra Justus, CTI (for IEA-EETIC)  
  
  
• CTI activities of technology information
  Debra Justus, CTI  
  
  
• Knowledge Network for Industrial Technology Transfer
  Peter Pembleton, UNIDO  
  
  
• Build up Global Directory of Environmentally Sound Technologies
  Ming Chen, UNEP-IETC (available only in hard copy)  
  
  
• Technology Dynamics and Carbon Mitigation - from IIASA CO2DB Database
  Leo Schrattenholzer and Bing Zhu, IIASA  
  
  
• Role of technology information in needs assessments in Ghana
  William Agyemang-Bonsu, Ghana  
  
  
• Role of technology information in needs assessments in Bolivia
  Javier Hanna, Bolivia  
  
  
• Donor experiences on the role of technology information in supporting needs assessment
  Ron Beniof, CTI  
  
  
• Technology transfer and information centers in China
  Zhou Li, Tsinghua University, China (available only in hard copy)  
  
  
• Technology Information in Thailand
  Vute Wangwacharakul, Thailand  
  
  
• Technology Information in Fiji
  Mahendra Kumar, Fiji  
  
  
• Practical lessons on utility of the technology clearinghouse
  Liu Yi, expert (SEPA) 
  
  
• Bilateral cooperation on technology information
  Virginia Gorsevski, USA  
  
  
• Cleaner Production Germany
  Holer Liptow, Germany  
  
  
• Canadian Approach to Convention Commitments: Technology Transfer
  Alexandra Mallett, Canada  
  
  
• Denmark
  Yieng-Kow Vivi, Denmark  
  
  
• Japan
  Morihiro Kurushima, Japan  
  
  
• Technology Information & Technology Need Assessment - the French contribution
  Arthur Riedacker, France  
  
  
• Aid targeting the Rio conventions
  Julia Benn, OECD-DAC (video presentation)  
  
  
• Summary of submissions from Parties (FCCC/SBSTA/2002/Misc.12)
  Florin Vladu, UNFCCC secretariat  
  
  
• Information clearing house. Comments and options
  
  
• Technology transfer network and matchmaking system: Practical experience and lessons from working with various stakeholders
  Daniele Bouille, Argentina
  
  
• Technology transfer network and matchmaking system: Practical experience and lessons from working with various stakeholders
  James Ramsey, expert
  
  
• Possible elements for technology transfer networks and matchmaking systems
  Iulian Florin Vladu, UNFCCC secretariat

Other Documents

• FCCC/TP/2001/2 Technology transfer clearing house and international information network - Proposal for activities
   
• FCCC/SBSTA/2001/4 Development and transfer of technologies. Progress report on the development of a technology information system. Note by the secretariat
  
  
• UNEP-GEF Technology Transfer Networks. Draft progress report and outlook: Towards a cross-cutting sustainable support system fro technology transfer practitioners (available only in hard copy)
  
  
• UNIDO - Technology transfer: from data to knowledge