REPORT OF LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP

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REPORT OF LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGIONAL
WORKSHOP

• San Salvador, El Salvador
• 29 -31, March 2000
• Sheik M. Khan
• GUYANA

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COUNTRY PAPERS

• THE FOLLOWING WERE ADDRESSED
• Technology Needs
• Technology Need Assessments
• Technology Information Assessment
• Barriers To Technology Transfer
• Capacity Building Needs

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OBJECTIVES

• Generate and share information on situations and
  needs of countries in LAC
• Advance the consultative process by discussing
  possible elements of a framework for meaningful
  and effective actions to enhance the
  implementation of Article 4.5 of the Convention

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PARTICIPANTS

• LAC -- 42
• AFRICA -- 2
• ASIA -- 3
• ANNEX 1 -- 19
• (PRIVATE SECTOR -- 14)

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THE STRATEGY

• EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS
• PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE IPCC SPECIAL
  REPORT ON METHODOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES
  IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• CONSIDERATION OF MULTILATERAL INITIATIVES TO
  ENHANCE THE TRANSFER OF ESTS IN LAC
• DISCUSSIONS ON WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING
  TRANSFER OF ESTS AND KNOW-HOW UNDER THE
  CONVENTION
• UNFCCC TECHNOLOGY WEBSITE
• DEVELOPING POSSIBLE ELEMENTS OF A FRAMEWORK FOR
  MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE ACTIONS TO ENHANCE
  IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 4.5

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WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS ADDRESSED

• How technology transfer, under the convention
  could be effectively and sustainably carried out
  between parties?
• The Role and Function of the Private Sector in
  Technology Transfer in LAC

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TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS ASSESSMENT

• FEW DETAILED ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE IN LAC
• CONDUCTING COUNTRY-BASED TECHNOLOGY NEEDS
  ASSESSMENTS - A PRIORITY FIRST STEP
• PARTICULAR NEED OF LAC
• MANY SMALL COUNTRIES WITH LARGE RURAL POPULATIONS
  
• LACK OF NETWORKED ENERGY SUPPLIES
• PRIORITY FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND
  PROJECTS ON SMALL SCALES AND NOT TOO
  TECHNOLOGICALLY SOPHISTICATED
• PROMOTING USE OF INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL
  TECHNOLOGIES
• ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGIES SEEN AS VERY IMPORTANT
  PARTICULARLY COASTAL ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGIES

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TECHNOLOGOGY INFORMATION

• Technology Information Transfer Inadequacy in LAC
• Technology Needs Assessment Activities
• TCAPP CTIP
• The Role of the Private Sector

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BARRIERS

• Institutional Barriers
• Lack of Commercial Entities
• Inadequate National Coordination of Technology
  Transfer Activities
• Political Barriers - Low Priority by Policy
  Makers
• Technological Barriers
• Economic Barriers
• Lack of Access to Information
• Financial Barriers

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CAPACITY BUILDING

• Small Countries lose out to Large Countries
• Human, Institutional, Technical Capacities need
  to be Strengthened.
• Need for Systematic Identification of Capacity
  Building Needs
• Lack of Indigenous Capacity to carry out RD

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WORKING GROUPS SUGESSTIONS

• Suggestions for Possible Actions by all Parties
• Suggestions for Possible Actions led by ANNEX 11
  Parties
• Suggestions for Possible Joint Activities and
  Partnerships
• Suggestions for Possible Intergovernmental Actions

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CTI SEMINAR

• GOAL To understand regional - specific issues
  and barriers limiting more rapid adoption of
  climate-friendly technologies
• PERSPECTIVES OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS
• INFORMATION NEEDS
• INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS
• FINANCING AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATION