Enabling Environment for Development and Transfer of Technologies Prof. OGUNLADE DAVIDSON Director UNFCCC Workshop on Technology Transfer, 9-10 April, 2003 Energy & Development Research Centre University of.
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Enabling Environment for
Development and Transfer of
Technologies
Prof. OGUNLADE DAVIDSON
Director
UNFCCC Workshop on Technology Transfer, 9-10 April, 2003
Energy & Development Research Centre
University of Cape Town
Perspectives of Technology Transfer
Stakeholder
Motivations
Governments
(national,regional, local)
Development goals,
environmental goals,
competitive advantage
Private Sector (TNCs,
MNCs, MSEs, )
Profits, Market share,
return on investments
Donors (MDBs, GEF,
Bilateral)
Development and
environmental goals
R&D, D Institutions
Knowledge transfer
Media/Public
Information, education
Consumers
Welfare, Utility
Meaning of Technology Transfer
Broad set of processes, covering flow of knowledge,
experience, equipment amongst stakeholders
Includes technology diffusion and technology cooperation
Between developed and developing countries as well
as within/amongst each of the group of countries
Includes learning to understand, choose, utilise,
modify and replicate technology
It includes both “hard” and “soft” technologies –
technical, managerial and business skills
Technology transfer includes values, attitudes and
relationships
Different Development and Climate Change
Response
Experiences and Lessons – Technology Transfer
Lack of well defined national plan
Difficulties in developing national needs assessment
Inadequate information for technology selection
Need to have extra effort to locate indigenous skills
Improper understanding of technology transfer
mechanisms
Lack of installation and testing skills
Lack of adequate standards
Inadequate R&D and D facilities
Lack of supporting commercial environment
Different Levels of Capacities
Enabling environment
Societal level
Organisation Level
Individual Level
LEVELS OF CAPACITY BUILDING/DEVELOPMENT
INDIVIDUAL
- TRAINING
- INFORMATION SUPPORT
SUPPORT
- INSTITUTIONAL
REFORM SUPPORT
MICRO SCALE
TEAM
INSTITUTION
MESO SCALE
- INSTALLING & TESTING
- PRODUCT
MODIFICATION
- COMMERCIAL
- TECHNOLOGY
PARTNERSHIP
- COLLABORATIVE R & D
NATIONAL &
SECTORS
REGIONAL
- NETWORKING &
LINKAGES
MACRO SCALE
INTERNATIONAL
National Systems of Innovation
Integration of capacity building, access to information and
creating enabling environment
stimulate partnerships between all relevant private and
public stakeholders, both domestically as well as
internationally
provide focus for activities of GEF, MDB’s and other
international organisations
include wide variety of activities, such as training,
strengthening educational institutions, assessment of
information, identification of solutions for removing barriers,
innovative financing mechanisms
Actions by Developed Countries
Support the development agenda of developing
countries and EITs
Contribute and enhance the use of local capacities of
developing countries and EITs
Develop systems that are flexible to cope with
conditions in developing countries
Promote shared responsibilities with users
Support systems of consultation
Support long-term commitments
Actions by Developing Countries
Set up a development agenda
Identify indigenous capacities
Coordination of external resources
Develop a system of consultation
Develop of monitoring and evaluation
Training of Human Resource
Investments in well-structured programs that maximise
resource use to achieve agreed minimum threshold of
required manpower
Participation in global, regional and national programs that
are geared to concerns and interest of client
Promotion of targeted “learning by doing” or “experimental
learning” programs while improving attitudes and values
Development of partnership programs with external
institutions in three stages:
External and nation/regional centres jointly design, adapt,
deliver and evaluate
External centre undertake supervisory and monitoring
activities
External centre undertake quality control and updating
Institutional Development
Development of mechanism that reflects culture of
technology professionalism that maximise trained
manpower
Development of long-term institutional linkages and
partnerships with regional and global institutions with
commitment to endogenous capacity building and
performance bench-marking
Setting up internal evaluation programs with rapid
feedback to individuals and teams for performance
improvement
Development of pilot projects
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