The Conference of the Parties (COP), by its decision 6/CP.11, invited Parties to submit to the secretariat, by 4 August 2006, their views and suggestions on the status and continuation of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT) by addressing, inter alia, the following:
(a) Progress and achievements of the EGTT in enhancing the implementation of the framework;
(b) Adequacy of the terms of reference of the EGTT contained in the annex to decision 4/CP.7;
(c) Availability and allocation of resources for the EGTT and the secretariat in enhancing the implementation of the framework and addressing issues mandated by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
The COP, by the same decision, requested the secretariat to compile the submissions of Parties into a miscellaneous document and make it available for consideration by the SBSTA at its twenty-fifth session. The secretariat has received ten such submissions. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are attached and reproduced in the language in which they were received and without formal editing