Overview

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Overview

• Summary from Africa and ASEAN assistance
• Dr. Peter Pembleton, UNIDO

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Topics from framework

• Government actions, e.g.
• trade policies
• removal of technical, legal and administrative
  barriers to technology transfer
• sound economic policy
• regulatory frameworks and
• transparency

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UNIDO past assistance

• aimed to mobilize national (sub-) regional
  capacity develop mechanisms that support
  industry in the context of the Convention its
  Protocol

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had 3 phases

• National review of industry past CC/CDM
  activitiesbackground studies
• Detailed capacity targeted technology needs
  assessmentspreparatory assistance
• Programme implementationlearning-by-doing

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included activities

• National reviews of needs for (national experts
  consulting with key stakeholders)
• Technology in (2) energy-intensive industrial
  sectors / country
• Related capacity
• Barriers to be removed
• Determination of key stakeholders
• Examination of SD / SID objectives indicators

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included activities

• National development of (teams of national
  experts in full consultation with key
  stakeholders)
• Preliminary portfolio of industrial (CDM)
  projects related
• Barrier removal strategies
• Integrated capacity building programme
• Public-private partnerships
• Network knowledge base

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determined groups of needs

• Increased information and awareness
• Technical advisory services
• Improved legal / regulatory environment
• Improved economic framework
• Better flows of FDI and finance
• Improved institutional support for all the above

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proposed interventions

• Technology energy
• Investment
• Legislation / Regulations
• Information
• Tools
• NB the focus of UNIDOs assistance was primarily
  on industry the CDM but most of the results are
  valid also for the Convention the technology
  framework! The following were recommended in
  Africa

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Regional interventions

• Harmonize policies
• Review national and regional investment, trade,
  environment and technology / technology transfer
  policies
• Identify gaps / differences / sensitize policy
  makers on the need to incorporate climate change
  issues in (regional) investment, trade, and
  technology transfer policies
• Improve financial flows
• Develop a Sustainable Industrial Development Fund
• Improve norms / standards

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National interventions

• Develop appropriate legal framework and national
  legislation improve the business environment
• developed, implemented and enforced policy, legal
  and regulatory instruments
• undertake surveys and seek consensus of key
  stakeholders through workshops, seminars, reviews
  inter alia on the following topics

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National interventions (contd)

• Incorporate and ratify UNFCCC protocols and
  mechanisms into national laws
• Remove import duties and taxes on imported
  technologies
• Reduce and simplify investment approvals and
  procedures and licence fees
• Develop and implement fiscal and monetary
  incentives to encourage and promote efficient use
  of energy (includes review of energy pricing
  subsidies on fossil fuels based technologies)
• Privatise key agro-based industries

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National interventions (contd)

• Develop physical infrastructure and open to
  private investors
• Increase public funds allocated to development of
  innovation systems, structures and institutions
• Create venture capital to support innovation
• Reduce bank interest rates
• Achieve macro-economic stability
• Achieve political stability and good governance
• Reduce time required to settle commercial disputes

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Investment

• Investment opportunities
• Costs of investments
• BOO/BOT Joint Venture
• Financial schemes
• Risks / security / insurance

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Legislation/regulations

• Incorporation of international treaties into
  national legal system
• Regulatory framework for technology transfer
• Adequacy of the intellectual property protection
  legislation
• Governments investment related policies and
  legislation vis-a-vis technology transfer
• Capacity to sufficiently negotiate technology
  transfer arrangements
• Dispute settlement in technology transfer

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Programme outputs

• Enabling environment
• Institutional set up for performing (CDM) project
  cycle functions
• Capacity to manage processes related to the
  transfer, adoption, adaptation absorption of
  technologies
• Improved regulatory structures
• Improved national/regional policies (trade,
  environment and technology transfer)

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Programme outputs

• Inclusion of (CDM) investment by traditional
  national/regional institutions in their lending
  portfolio
• Improved financial base for local companies to
  implement (CDM) projects
• Improved import duties taxes