The round-table discussion between governments, international financing institutions, the private sector and other stakeholders was organized in order to present different experience and lessons learned, and strategies for short- medium- and long-term international technology cooperation and partnerships in the development, deployment, diffusion and transfer of environmentally sound technologies and know-how. Participants emphasized the importance of government, public–
private and private-sector initiatives in technology cooperation and technology transfer, highlighting experiences, lessons learned, and needs and concerns drawn from existing international technology cooperation initiatives, partnerships and agreements