Decision COP X/16
Technology transfer and cooperation
1.Recognizing the potential contribution of a Biodiversity Technology Initiative (BTI) to promoting and supporting the effective access to and transfer of relevant technology among Parties to the Convention, as essential elements for the attainment of the three objectives of the Convention, emphasizes that:
(v)Provide and leverage increased capacity-building and training for developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition, on pertinent issues related to technology transfer and scientific and technological cooperation under the Convention;
(a)Invites Parties and other Governments, as well as relevant international organizations and initiatives, research institutions and the business sector, to submit to the Executive Secretary information on activities currently being undertaken by international, regional or national organizations and initiatives, including sectoral organizations and initiatives, which support, facilitate, regulate or promote technology transfer and scientific and technological cooperation of relevance to the Convention, such as on:
3.Recalling the importance, as underlined in the preamble to its decision VIII/12, of developing specific approaches to technology transfer and technological and scientific cooperation to address the prioritized needs of countries based on the priorities in national biodiversity strategies and action plans and to link technology needs assessments to those priorities, while avoiding non-specific, global approaches to this issue:
(b)Requests the Executive Secretary to compile and analyse the technology needs assessments received, taking into account the gap analysis prepared pursuant to paragraph 2 (b) above, to disseminate them through the clearing house mechanism, and to make the compilation and analysis available to the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting;
- Body
- Conference of the Parties (COP)
- Meeting
- COP-1018 - 29 October, 2010Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Actors
- 11 2 Parties 2 Other Government(s) 3 Stakeholder(s) 2 Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity 1 Global Environment Facility 1 United Nations Environment Programme
- AICHI targets
- 1
- Decision document
- Technology transfer and cooperation
- Documents
- UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/9
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