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DTSTART:20241203T120000Z
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LOCATION:Pretoria and online\, South Africa
SUMMARY:Launch of pilot technology assessment report on electrolysers for g
 reen hydrogen production in South Africa
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Technology Assessment (TA) pilot project in South Africa\, 
 implemented by stakeholders in South Africa with close collaboration by UN
 CTAD\, focused on assessing green hydrogen electrolyser technologies. Thi
 s event will formally launch the TA Report\, which aims to assess the bene
 fits and risks for South Africa of adopting and producing these technologi
 es in the country. The report highlights the potential for competitive co
 mmercialization of these technologies and the implications for national de
 velopment and includes a draft Action Plan. It is a pilot technology asses
 sment aimed at building national capacity in technology assessment and ass
 essing an area of technology that may contribute to both energy security a
 nd decarbonization efforts in South Africa.The launch event will provide a
  platform for discussing TA\, the adoption of the practice of TA in Africa
  and key elements of the report.  It is expected to contribute to broader
  knowledge-sharing within Africa on TA methodology and practices and oppor
 tunities for diffusing TA more widely across the continent. The event is 
 intended to engage policymakers\, experts\, and stakeholders from academia
 \, industry\, government and civil society to raise awareness of the pract
 ice of TA and the opportunities for diffusing TA more widely in Africa. T
 his is seen as important in light of the rapid technological advances taki
 ng place in a number of frontier technologies that are creating important 
 economic\, social and environmental implications and raising critical ethi
 cal\, regulatory\, legal and other concerns. Participants will also have 
 an opportunity to network and contribute to discussions on the potential o
 f green hydrogen and electrolyser technologies for sustainable development
  in South Africa and beyond.The launch will take place on the margins of t
 he 2024 Science Forum South Africa.Topics for DiscussionThe adoption of TA
  in AfricaInsights from the South African TA on green hydrogen electrolyse
 r technologiesBroader application of TA to address sustainable development
  challenges in Africa&lt\;p&gt\;The Technology Assessment (TA) pilot proje
 ct in South Africa\, implemented by stakeholders in South Africa with clos
 e collaboration by UNCTAD\, focused on assessing green hydrogen electrolys
 er technologies.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;This event will formall
 y launch the TA Report\, which aims to assess the benefits and risks for S
 outh Africa of adopting and producing these technologies in the country.&a
 mp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The report highlights the potential for c
 ompetitive commercialization of these technologies and the implications fo
 r national development and includes a draft Action Plan. It is a pilot tec
 hnology assessment aimed at building national capacity in technology asses
 sment and assessing an area of technology that may contribute to both ener
 gy security and decarbonization efforts in South Africa.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p
 &gt\;The launch event will provide a platform for discussing TA\, the adop
 tion of the practice of TA in Africa and key elements of the report. &amp\
 ;nbsp\;It is expected to contribute to broader knowledge-sharing within Af
 rica on TA methodology and practices and opportunities for diffusing TA mo
 re widely across the continent.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The even
 t is intended to engage policymakers\, experts\, and stakeholders from aca
 demia\, industry\, government and civil society to raise awareness of the 
 practice of TA and the opportunities for diffusing TA more widely in Afric
 a.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;This is seen as important in light of
  the rapid technological advances taking place in a number of frontier tec
 hnologies that are creating important economic\, social and environmental 
 implications and raising critical ethical\, regulatory\, legal and other c
 oncerns.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Participants will also have an 
 opportunity to network and contribute to discussions on the potential of g
 reen hydrogen and electrolyser technologies for sustainable development in
  South Africa and beyond.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The launch will take place
  on the margins of the 2024 Science Forum South Africa.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&
 gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Topics for Discussion&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\
 ;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;The adoption of TA in Africa&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;I
 nsights from the South African TA on green hydrogen electrolyser technolog
 ies&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Broader application of TA to address sustainab
 le development challenges in Africa&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\nView meet
 ing on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/launch-pilot-technology-asse
 ssment-report-electrolysers-green-hydrogen-production-south
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