Overview of the UNFCCC technology information clearing house TT:CLEAR and the work done on networkin

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Overview of the UNFCCC technology information
clearing house (TTCLEAR) and the work done on
networking

• Iulian Florin Vladu
• Adaptation, Technology and Science Technology
  Sub-programme
• UNFCCC

Bonn, Germany
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TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION (I)

• The need to enhance the access of the developing
  countries, within the UNFCCC process, to
  information on state of the art environmentally
  sound technologies was recognized since the
  first Conference of the Parties
• That information includes, inter alia
• Technology cooperation projects
• Mitigation and adaptation technologies
• Directories of companies, organizations
  technology centers and experts
• Case studies and lessons learned
• Financial resources, project documents and
  financing
• Internet resources, information exchange forums

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TTCLEAR

• In order to address the needs of information on
  environmentally sound technologies, the
  Convention secretariat has designed and developed
  a web-based technology transfer information
  system/clearing house (TTCLEAR)
• The main objective of TTCLEAR is to improve the
  flow of, access to and quality of the information
  relating to the development and transfer of
  environmentally sound technologies under the
  Article 4.5 of the Convention and contribute to a
  more efficient use of the available resources by
  providing a synergy with other ongoing efforts

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CHARACTERISTICS (I)

• Targets experts from all stakeholders involved in
  the process of technology transfer, from
  regional specialists, public interest groups,
  intergovernmental organizations, lending agencies
  and trade associations to business and industry
• Complements and works with existing web sites and
  clearing houses of other relevant international
  organizations and national/regional technology
  information centres
• It has the potential to act as a gateway for fast
  access to up-to-date information on the latest
  technology transfer projects and case studies of
  successful technology transfer, environmentally
  sound technologies and know-how, and
  organizations and experts involved in the
  development and transfer of technologies

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CHARACTERISTICS (II)

• Includes an innovative search engine which
  enables users to access distributed sources of
  information such as UNFCCC, GEF, IEA, OECD and
  some national databases

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CONTENT (I)

• Inventory of technology cooperation projects. The
  inventory contains at present some 1,850 projects
  and programmes, including
• Projects cited in National Communications of
  Annex I Parties
• Projects cited in initial national communications
  of Parties not included in Annex I to the
  Convention
• Projects cited in submissions from Parties within
  the consultative process on technology transfer
• Some Global Environmental Facility climate
  projects and programmes
• Some bilateral projects not reported in national
  communications of Annex I Parties
• Some multilateral projects and programmes such as
  non-GEF related activities of UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO,
  regional development banks and other multilateral
  implementing agencies

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CONTENT (II)

• Over 40 case studies and/or success stories on
  technology transfer
• 850 links to relevant web sites
• An inventory of methods, models and tools
  covering different aspects of mitigation of and
  adaptation to climate change
• A database of organizations, technology centers
  and experts involved in the development and
  transfer of technologies
• Preliminary databases of mitigation and
  adaptation technologies
• A technology forum, including a web board, chat
  rooms and user feedback
• Information on the political process development
  and transfer of technologies under the UNFCCC

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INFORMATION SHARING

• Sharing on-line information in real time between
  the nodes of the virtual clearing house could
  minimize duplications, enhance the quality of the
  information available to users and reduce the
  costs of developing and maintaining the systems
  participating in the clearing house.
• The scope of this exchange of information can
  cover, inter alia, projects, technologies,
  experts/contacts and organizations, case studies,
  calendar of events, methods, models and tools,
  and publications.

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IMPLEMENTATION (I)

• The key element in achieving a effective
  information sharing and dissemination is to
  establish a seamless connectivity between these
  systems transparent to the users. At present,
  web services, the next generation of web-based
  technology for exchanging information, can make
  this possible.
• Conceptually, web services represent a model in
  which discrete tasks within processes are
  distributed widely throughout a value net.
• Web services forms the technology architecture
  for building new generation systems that need to
  alter functionality dynamically, connect
  different systems and form a bridge across
  various computing platforms, operating systems
  and languages.

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IMPLEMENTATION (II)

• Information agents in the basic architecture can
  take on one or all of the following roles
• Service requester -- requests the execution of a
  Web service
• Service provider -- processes a Web service
  request
• Discovery agency -- agency through which a Web
  service description is published and made
  discoverable

XML
TTCLEAR
SANet
Web service server
Web service client
Web serviceclient
Web serviceserver
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WORK DONE Service provider (I)

• Specialized search engine
• GEF
• CADDET/Greentie
• OECD/CAC
• Information sharing using web services. Four web
  services are provided
• ProjectDB - searches information on technology
  transfer projects
• DocumentDB - searches documents available on
  TTCLEAR (e.g., decisions, SBSTA conclusions,
  reports and notes by the secretariat, EGTT
  documents, workshop reports and presentations,
  technology needs assessments reports)
• ContactDB, searches relevant experts and contacts
  registered in TTCLEAR database
• LinksDB, searches relevant links to Internet
  sources of information available in TTCLEAR
  database.

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WORK DONE Service provider (II)

• Implemented using open source software
• Web server Apache
• Dynamic web pages Tomcat, Java
• Web services SOAP
• For example, ProjectDB provides five methods to
  allow web services consumers to search the
  database of projects
• getProjectByName (name) -gt returns projects with
  name including words provided by parameter name
• getProjectsByDonor (name) -gt returns projects
  funded by country name, 3 letters code, 2 letters
  code or full name of the country could be
  accepted.
• getProjectsByHost (name) -gt returns projects in
  the host country name, 3 letters code, 2 letters
  code or full name of the country could be
  acceptedgetAllProjects () -gt returns all the
  projects in TTCLEAR database.
• getProjectsByTechType (techtype), returns
  projects with technology type of techtype (the
  codes of technology types are provided)

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WORK DONE Service provider (III)

• Example of providing a web service to ITTC

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WORK DONE Service requester (I)

• Example of consuming a web service provided by
  Clean Energy Canada

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WORK DONE Service requester (II)

• Example of consuming a web service provided by
  (U.S.-CTC) Gateway!

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MATCHMAKING (I)

• Projects Projects developers
• SANet, by using expert referral, will bring
  project proposals/concepts from TTCLEAR to
  experts/project developers with relevant
  experience on similar sustainable development
  projects in that particular region of the world.
• The project developer will provide support in
  developing the project to a concrete project
  proposal ready to be absorbed by financing
  sources.
• During the project development phases the project
  developer will be able to utilise a number of
  available project development services and tools
  offered by TTCLEAR and SANet (TTN).
• Suppliers of funds/finance will be able to
  identify project concepts and proposals developed
  through the information and services provided by
  TTCLEAR and SANet.
• Know-how and capacity building (e.g, engineering,
  financial, legal)

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MATCHMAKING (II)
SANet
TTCLEAR
Project Proposals
Project proposals
Technology Needs Assessment
Information on Project Developers/Experts, Financ
ing sources, successful stories
Initial National Communications
Interface (web services)
Other National Reports
Parties
Expert Advice Local Desks
Case Studies
Contacts/Experts Organization
Investment support
Links
Documents
Tools
Technologies
Expert advice
Investment support
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SHOWCASING
US-CTC Gateway
Programs
TTCLEAR
Project Proposals
Project proposals
Technology Needs Assessment
Case Studies
Expert centers
Initial National Communications
Donors
Expert Centers
Other National Reports
Interface (web services)
Tools
Financial Institutions
Links
Tools
Case Studies
Businesses
Contacts/Experts Organization
Documents
Publications
CTI
Methodologies Case Studies
Links
Documents
Workshops
Tools
Technologies
Calendar of Events
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POSSIBLE TEMPLATE DERIVED FROM INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT MARKUP LANGUAGE
Enhanced by climate change specific information
(e.g., GHG emissions),financing options (e.g.,
government involvement, co-financing), the
status of the project (e.g., concept, feasibility
study)
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TECHNOLOGY CLASSIFICATION

• A complete set of criteria can be created to
  allow an efficient searching and reporting
• Mitigation/Adaptation/Combined

• Mitigation technologies
• Energy generation and supply
• Renewable
• Fossil fuels
• Nuclear
• Energy transmission and distribution
• Engines and transmissions
• Energy distribution
• Energy end-use
• Transportation sector
• Industrial technologies
• Energy management
• Building technologies
• Manufacturing technologies
• Transport
• Forestry
• Agriculture
• Waste management
• Industry

• Adaptation Technologies
• Capacity building
• Coastal zone management
• Agriculture
• Human health
• Forestry
• Natural resources management
• River base management
• Other vulnerability assessments
• Combined

• Hard/Soft
• Publicly owned/Privately owned

All the technologies and their levels are
available on web site
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Experiences and lessons learned

• Networking may contribute to
• Harmonize the templates used for projects and
  expert databases
• Appropriate information quality control system.
• Further define and harmonize the terminology used
  (e.g., case study versus success story)
• Networking requires additional resources to
  develop clients for services provided by each
  node, integration of these clients in TTCLEARs
  web pages and for developing procedures for using
  this information, as appropriate
• While networking will provide better
  opportunities and value added results will depend
  of the capabilities of each node to provide
  high-quality information in a reliable manner

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Experiences and lessons learned

• Possible benefits of a full functional network
  may include
• An increase of financial flows to developing
  countries for technology transfer projects.
• A higher utilization of the local project
  developers and local experts.
• Better tracking of the successful projects and
  their contribution to mitigation of and adapting
  to climate change.
• Networking could benefit from access to human
  expertise. In this regards, an integrated
  approach thak links this exercise to other
  activities such as innovative financing and PFAN
  will increase significantly the value added

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• THANK YOU