The "Future We Want" outcome document of the Rio+20 process mandated UN agencies to identify options for a facilitation mechanism that promotes the development, transfer and dissemination of clean and environmentally sound technologies (para. 273) and recognized the importance of strengthening international, regional and national capacities in research and technology assessment (Para. 275)
Addressing the narrow definition of technology as a non-financial means of implementation and the shortsighted approach to technology transfer underlines the need for a rethinking at this stage when governments are midway through the negotiations of the post-2015 development agenda.
To provide such rethinking and to contribute to better understanding of the aspiration for a global mechanism for technology facilitation and assessment, UNCTAD, UN_NGLS, the Women Major Group, GFC, Tebtebba and ETC Group are collaborating on a Side Event on the subject.
Welcoming remarks
- Dr. Chantal line Carpentier, Director, UNCTAD-NY Office
Moderator
- Ms. Susan Alzner, Officer in Charge, UN-NGLS NY
Panelists
- Mr. Olivier Brochenin, Head of Development Policy Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France
- H.E. Ambassador Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN
- Mr. Amit Narang, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India to the UN
- Ms. Simone Lovera, Executive Director, Global Forest Coalition (GFC)
- Ms. Grace Balawag, Programme Director, Tebtebba Foundation
- Ms. Silvia Ribeiro, Latin America Director, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group)
Summation
- Ms. Sascha Gabizon, Co-Coordinator, Women's Major Group
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