In response to a request by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, at its nineteenth session, the secretariat, in consultation with the Expert Group on Technology Transfer, organized a workshop on innovative options for financing the development and transfer of technologies from 27 to 29 September 2004 in Montreal, Canada. Participants at the workshop exchanged views on definitions and scope of innovative financing, and discussed various existing mechanisms for financing the development and transfer of technologies within and outside the UNFCCC process, and how those might be relevant to Article 4.5 of the Convention. Participants suggested possible areas where further work is needed, and specific activities that could be initiated within the UNFCCC process