1. Wanna Tanunchaiwatana
UNFCCC Workshop on Innovative Options for Financing the Development and Transfer of Technologies
Montreal, Canada, September 2004
Wanna Tanunchaiwatana
Manager, Technology Transfer
Sustainable Development Programme
UNFCCC Secretariat

2. Background and Context
Mandates
Convention Provisions
Existing opportunities
Issues for Reflection

3. Mandates
SBSTA 19 endorsed the programme of work of the EGTT for 2004 which included area of work on innovative financing, with a view to identifying innovative options for financing the development and transfer of technologies;

4. Mandates
SBSTA 19 requested the secretariat to organize a workshop on innovative options.., and to report on the findings of the workshop to SBSTA21;
SBSTA 20 endorsed the TOR of the workshop as recommended by the EGTT;

5. Mandates
SBSTA 20 requested the EGTT to consider the outcomes of the workshop and the workshop report prepared by the secretariat with possible recommendations for consideration by SBSTA 21

6. Convention Provisions
Article 4.5
“ The developed country and other developed Parties included in Annex II shall take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to , ESTs and know-how to other Parties, particularly developing country Parties, to enable them to implement the provision of the Convention…..”

7. Convention Provisions
Financial Mechanism : Article 11.1
“ A mechanism for the provision of financial resources on a grant or concessional basis, including for the transfer of technology, is hereby defined. It shall function under the guidance of and be accountable to the Conference of the Parties, which shall decide on its policies, programme priorities and eligible criteria related to this Convention…”

8. Convention Provisions
Financial Mechanism : Article 11.5
“ The developed country Parties may also provide and developing country Parties avail themselves of, financial resources related to the implementation of the Convention through bilateral, regional and other multilateral channels.”

9. Existing Opportunities
UNFCCC Financial Mechanism : GEF (Trust Fund, Special Climate Change Fund, LDC Fund, and Adaptation Fund);
Other Multilateral and Bilateral Assistant Programmes and Initiatives;
Private Sector Investment;
Kyoto Mechanisms: CDM and JI

10. Issues for Reflection
Do practicable innovative options exist? And if so, how can those be applied in the UNFCCC context?
What should be our key messages to the SBSTA?

11. Issues for Reflection
How can the private sector be engaged in technology transfer activities under the Convention and how can the private sector be effectively involved in shaping possible new arrangements?