Lessons Learned and Best Practices with Conducting the TNA of Georgia

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Lessons Learned and Best Practices with
Conducting the TNA of Georgia

• Marina Shvangiradze
• Coordinator of Georgias SNC to the UNFCCC
• 27-29 June 2007
• Bangkok, Thailand

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Content

• Gaps identified in TNA conducting process
• Measures needed to address the barriers to the TT
  process
• Role of international institutions in TT

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Points for brainstorming(How to make TNA more
attractive for investors and efficient for host
countries)

• Priority of non-Annex I countries (Georgia) is
  economical development
• The high priorities for Government among claimed
  priority sectors are better studied, managed and
  financed/co-financed by governments. What would
  be more efficient as a selection criteria for TNA
  area better developed areas with good statistic
  or areas which are less studied (but still
  priority Transport), more problematic sector
  where Government has more problem.

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Gaps identified in the TNA implementation process

• Countrys priorities identified in different
  programmes (poverty reduction, etc) less has been
  taken into consideration and focus has been done
  on mitigation potential
• Only mitigation sector has been considered in TNA
• Only few criteria have been considered for
  selection of sector for assessment results of
  GHGs inventory, availability of activity data and
  access to local expertise
• Stakeholder consultations have been limited on
  survey conducted for activity data collection and
  situation analysis
• Link with national communication has been also
  limited to GHGs inventory sector
• Concrete next steps (or strategy) have not been
  identified to the end of the process. General
  approach was to find investments for development
  and implementation of proposal identified.

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Results

• 8 proposals are developed (4-energy sector,
  4-industry sector)
• One proposal is being considered for CDM
  perspective

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Measures needed to address the barriers to TT

• Development of local capacity
• Increase stakeholder participation (particularly
  local private sector, PPP)
• Priority in selection criteria should be given to
  the countries development goals and programmes
  (country driven)
• Clearly identified further steps and ways to
  finance the projects
• Implemented pilot projects giving good statistic
  and information on the real situation (barriers)
• Well designed financial part of project.
  Assistance in developing of financial part of
  proposals (most expensive, lack of experts)

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What should be the role of the GEF, international
organizations and development banks in TT

• Financing of TNA should be the prerogative of GEF
  and the results of TNA considered and adopted by
  National Governments should be
• International organizations should develop
  framework guidance, guidelines, manuals, training
  materials, data base of available technologies,
  assessments of cost-effectiveness and
  disadvantages (which is most important) of
  recommended technologies requiring the particular
  environment and knowledge for adaptation to the
  local circumstances
• Pilot projects should be financed by development
  banks under the different financial schemes which
  could give information on appropriateness/relevanc
  e of each scheme for a concrete proposal and to
  the countrys investment environment in general.

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What should be reported

• What is the request from donors/technology owners
• Uniformity in reporting will simplify the needs
  assessment and reporting process (different
  investors have different requirements)
• National circumstances (financial environment,
  legal issues)
• Recipient of technology should be clearly
  identified during TNA and the technology
  implementation scheme should be established
• Brief report on stakeholder process
• Technology selection criteria/requirements to the
  technology from the perspective of recipients

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Conclusion

• TNA can not be a small part /section of National
  Communications or other studies.
• TNA should be produced and published as
  stand-alone document.
• Additional financial support should be allocated
  for conducting the comprehensive assessment of
  Technology Needs
• TNA should compile and further develop the
  findings of National Communications, CDM capacity
  building and other climate change related
  programmes generating the project ideas and
  identify of new areas and proposals itself.