Practices and Lessons Learned in Conducting TNA:Thailand

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Practices and Lessons Learned in Conducting
TNAThailand

• Vute Wangwacharakul (vute.w_at_ku.ac.th)
• Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University

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Outline of Presentation

• Thailands TNA Activities
• The TNA Process
• The Outputs/Outcomes
• Lessons Learned and Future

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Thailands TNA Activities

• When did Thailand do TNA?
• Depends on what do we mean by TNA (TNA in
  general, TNA under Climate Change, TNA under Art.
  4.5, TNA under NC, TNA under other relevant
  activities etc.)
• TNA under Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Practically done since conducting Climate Change
  Research (1980s)
• In 2001, under Enabling Activities II
• In 2007 under the Second National Communication
• In 200X under NCSA

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• How did Thailand do TNA?
• Automatic
• It was part of the research process (e.g.
  implications from research works such as NC
  preparation, EAII, National CDM strategy, SIDA
  projects, AIAAC project)
• It was output/outcome of planning process ( e.g.
  Climate Change RD plan, Education and public
  awareness plan)
• Scope given by the UNFCCC/GEF
• EAII
• NCSA

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TNA activities in Thailand

• Knowledge about the needs accumulated from RD on
  CC among climate change researchers, experts, NFP
  etc.
• USCSP, AIAAC etc.
• UNEP, ADB, UNDP, SIDA, World Bank/AUSAID, etc.
• National Communication Preparation
• Enabling Activities II (conducting TNA process)

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The TNA Process under EAII project

• Identifying key areas
• Technology
• Capacity building
• Categorizing types
• Research vs Action
• Mitigation vs Adaptation
• Identifying sectors e.g. agriculture, energy,
  water resources
• Analyzing technical options
• Prioritizing the options
• Detailed review of key areas i.e. technology,
  know-how, capacity building

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THE PRACTICE

• Summary of technology transfer and capacity
  building needs
• Preliminary identification of technology needs
• Brainstorming process (mainly experts)
• Revisiting technology needs identification
• Opened workshop
• CDM Strategy project
• Further in-depth specific know-how need
  assessment

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The Outputs/Outcomes

• Obtained technology needs and priorities
• Integrated into national development priorities
• Another accumulation of technology needs for
  future use

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Lessons Learned

• TNA is an evolution process.
• TNA needs involvement of specialists and
  stakeholders
• TNA is not an end-product, but part of the
  process to meet certain objectives
• Without a complete process, TNA is just thunder
  without storm. Hence

We should look for TTA not just TNA
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Thank you for your attention
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TNA in general

• Demand-driven or supply-driven oriented
• Public sector tends to be supply-driven private
  sector more demand-driven or market-driven
• Thailand experienced both and sometimes faced
  difficulty in matching DS
• We are now exploring NSDB approach in identifying
  technology development and streamlining DS