Technology Needs Assessments Funded by GEF under Poznan

Technology Needs Assessments (Funded by GEF under Poznan Strategic Programme on Technology Transfer) UNFCCC workshop on Technology Needs Assessments Bonn, Germany 1 - 2 June 2011 Lawrence Agbemabiese, UNEP- DTIE, Paris Jyoti Prasad Painuly, UNEP Risoe Centre, Denmark

Objectives • To identify and prioritize through country-driven participatory processes, technologies that can contribute to mitigation and adaptation goals of the participant countries, while meeting their national sustainable development goals and priorities (TNA). § To identify barriers hindering the acquisition, deployment, and diffusion of prioritized technologies. § To develop Technology Action Plans (TAP) specifying activities and enabling frameworks to overcome the barriers and facilitate the transfer, adoption, and diffusion of selected technologies in the participant countries.

Expected Outcomes • National consensus on priority technologies and agreement on a national action plan, and readiness to implement the action • Methodologies which complement the revised TNA Handbook and facilitate technology information available to countries. • Capacity developed through workshops and guidebooks and easy access to technology information. • Regional networks ensure that support to the countries available in the region for technology information, methodology, preparation of action plan, and a cooperation mechanism to share TNA experiences. • Increased national and interregional cooperation on technology transfer as a mean to facilitate preparation of TNAs and implementation of TAPs.

Participating Countries Region Round 1 Countries Round 2 Countries Africa Morocco Mali Senegal Cote d’Ivoire Zambia Rwanda Ethiopia Mauritius Ghana Sudan Kenya Asia Bangladesh Cambodia Indonesia Thailand Vietnam Mongolia Sri Lanka Nepal Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lebanon Bhutan Latin America and Caribbean Costa Rica Peru Guatemala Argentina Ecuador El Salvador Dominican Republic Cuba Bolivia Colombia Eastern Europe Georgia Kazakhstan Moldova Azerbaijan

Participating Countries

Lessons from Previous TNAs • Previous TNAs 2000 – onwards • UNDP and UNEP Synthesis (2008) and UNFCCC Workshop, 2007 § A good institutional set-up needed § Strengthening national capacity should be a key priority for future work on technology transfer activities. § Stakeholders role needs to be well defined and involvement strengthened § Conduct a barrier analysis for the selected/ prioritized technologies § Implementation of the findings needs to be supported § …. .

Technology Action Plan (TAP) - Steps • Prioritizing technologies (TNA) Step 1 • Multi criteria analysis, development priorities, marginal abatement costs, local employment, etc • Barrier analysis Step 2 • Legal, institutional, social, knowledge • Policy options – enabling framework Step 3 • Legal, institutional, Finance • Technology action plan Step 4 • Prioritized policy options

Role of in-Country Institutional Elements

Country Support Matrix

Technology Action Plan Prioritized Policy Options • Prioritized set of actions to enhance market penetration − Political process ensuring buy in by politicians • Content § § § Elements of enabling environments considered Responsible actors/institutions Timetable and milestones for implementation Resource requirements • Financing needs (external, national) • Specific concepts for programme funding through future technology transfer funding mechanisms can be included in the plan TAP is not just another report!

Capacity Building Workshops • Workshop 1 Objectives; Build capacity of country teams on: − Prioritization of technologies − Stakeholders involvement process − Tools for prioritization − Net-working; meeting with Regional Centres, Country teams, URC and other stakeholders (UNEP, GEF)

Capacity Building Workshops • Workshop 2 Objectives; Build capacity of country teams on: − Barriers analysis and enabling framework development − Tools (market mapping) − Preparation and contents of TNA and TAP (Template given) − IPR issues- Overview with special reference to mitigation and adaptation technologies − Preliminary results on prioritization were presented by countries.

Status update • Basic institutional structures for national consensus building set up and operating in all 1 st round countries. • Capacity building programme has been launched: § Regional capacity building workshops implemented in all three regions for first round countries • Prioritization of sectors and technologies completed/underway in most 1 st round countries. Technology Prioritization draft reports received from six countries. Review and feedback in progress. • Country consultation and Mo. U discussions completed in all the second round countries. Mo. U signed with most of the second round countries also. • Technology action plans (TAPs) expected starting third quarter 2011.

Progress • Pace of implementation has picked up in 2 nd Round countries due primarily to: − Feedback of lessons from 1 st Round experiences leading to ensure: § Better elaborated and more user-friendly documents covering pre-implementation requirements. § More focused stakeholder engagement. − Stronger government commitment. − Better efficiency of teams in the countries.

Progress - Guidebooks Download these guidebooks from: http: //tech-action. org//resources. htm

Progress – Other Country Support Activities • Partnership / arrangements for access to technology data. Ongoing § Tech-wiki, Regional Centres, Guidebooks, IEA • Website and Intranet operational • Dissemination of project knowledge: side events, CLEAN group, Tech-wiki, TNA Newsletter (June 2011) • Knowledge sharing : Technology Perspectives- first issue for sharing best practices and country experiences on mitigation technologies - June, 2011

Milestones Sr. No. Milestone Actual / Expected Date (Red: Round 2) Award of project by GEF October 2009 Project start date November 2009 Completion of project October 2012 1 Selection of 2 nd round countries October 2010 2 Agreement with countries signed after country consultations and work plan finalization March / June 2011 3 Capacity building workshops June / August 2011 and October 2011 4 Experience sharing workshops October 2011/ March 2012 5 Side event at COP December 2011 6 Release of TNA reports (start) April 2011 / December 2011 7 Release of TAPs (start) October 2011 / May 2012 8 Final country report submissions December 2011 / September 2012

Thank You Contacts Lawrence - Lawrence. Agbemabiese@unep. org Jyoti - jypa@risoe. dtu. dk http: //tech-action. org//index. htm http: //uneprisoe. org/ http: //www. unep. fr/en/

From TNAs to TAPs Mitigation technologies Adaptation technologies Prioritization Market/barrier analyses Barriers analysis Enabling framework Political process Technology Action Plan - Prioritized policy options

Approach Core Elements Country plan and implementation Institutional Set up and organizing stakeholders Prioritizing Sectors and Technologies Technical support Methodological framework (mitigation + adaptation methodology and tools Capacity building workshops Data facilitation Barrier analysis and enabling framework development Communications and outreach/dissemination Project website Project workshops Networks Implementation support to countries (help desk; experts/regional centers; URC Guidebooks Technology Action Plan Endorsement & Dissemination Experience-sharing workshops intranet Newsletters

Sector Selection Examples

Main Deliverables in 2011 • Enhanced capacity building resources and services • Technology Actions Plans -- all 1 st Round Countries [October] • Technology Needs Assessment reports -- all 2 nd round countries [December]

Institutional Structure for TNA Project

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