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LOCATION:Palais des Nations\, Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Leveraging new technologies’ impact through technology assessment
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CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:On November 16\, 2022\, panelists and member States&#039\; dele
 gates discussed the topic &quot\;Leveraging new technologies’ impact thr
 ough technology assessments.&quot\; The session opened with a series of in
 sightful presentations that illustrated the catalyst role of technology in
  the achievement of the SDGs. They also heard about the progress made by c
 ountries participating in UNCTAD’s technology assessment (TA) project. T
 he ensuing interactive discussion yielded some important conclusions:\n\n\
 nMember States expressed their appreciation for UNCTAD’s technical coope
 ration in TA\;\nTA was recognized as a key element of policymakers’ tool
 kit to help adopt frontier technologies in developing countries in a susta
 inable and respectful manner\;\nDeveloping countries face an array of chal
 lenges in carrying out TAs\, including a dearth of human capital and techn
 ical skills. There is a clear need for sustained capacity building and fin
 ancing from the international community and multilateral organizations\;\n
 TA should be approached as a global\, multilateral effort to ensure that t
 his tool can effectively produce sound policies and avoid potential negati
 ve effects on developing countries when technologies are assessed without 
 considering their potential effects on the economies and societies of deve
 loping countries.\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;On November 16\, 2022\, panelists and memb
 er States&#039\; delegates discussed the topic &quot\;Leveraging new techn
 ologies’ impact through technology assessments.&quot\; The session opene
 d with a series of insightful presentations that illustrated the catalyst 
 role of technology in the achievement of the SDGs. They also heard about t
 he progress made by countries participating in UNCTAD’s technology asses
 sment (TA) project. The ensuing interactive discussion yielded some import
 ant conclusions:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Member States ex
 pressed their appreciation for UNCTAD’s technical cooperation in TA\;&lt
 \;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;TA was recognized as a key element of policymakers
 ’ toolkit to help adopt frontier technologies in developing countries in
  a sustainable and respectful manner\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Developin
 g countries face an array of challenges in carrying out TAs\, including a 
 dearth of human capital and technical skills. There is a clear need for su
 stained capacity building and financing from the international community a
 nd multilateral organizations\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;TA should be app
 roached as a global\, multilateral effort to ensure that this tool can eff
 ectively produce sound policies and avoid potential negative effects on de
 veloping countries when technologies are assessed without considering thei
 r potential effects on the economies and societies of developing countries
 .&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc
 tad.org/meeting/leveraging-new-technologies-impact-through-technology-asse
 ssments
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