Building Competitive Green Industries

TABLE C1. Entrepreneurship and business acceleration (continued)NameDescription ofcollaborationEvaluation (summary ofstrengths / weaknesses)CommitmentperiodExampleUN-led initiativesto enabletechnologytransferPrimarily technicalassistance forclean technology“readiness,”donor-funded butcountry-ledFunding is in place underthe UNFCCC‘s TechnologyMechanism, providingcountry-specific technicalsupport for low-carbonand climate resilientdevelopment. Interventionsare country-led and so thereis plenty of scope to involveSMEs. However the longertermimpacts depend uponthe delivery of large-scalefunds for investments thatenable technology transferto developing countries.Ongoing and linkedto UN-chairednegotiations underthe global ClimateConventionThe Climate TechnologyCentre and Network (CTCN)is the operational arm ofthe UNFCCC TechnologyMechanism providingtechnical assistance todeveloping countries, insupport of their low-carbonand climate-resilientdevelopment plans. Thiswill be provided through 11expert organizations locatedin developing and developedcountries, as of 2014. 33KnowledgeplatformsDesigned topromote knowledgesharing on bothtechnical inputs andproject/businessimplementation(that is, “goodpractice”)Can be valuable whenfocused and well structured,however success dependsupon positive reputation andthe achievement of “go-to”status. This is challenginggiven the plethora of onlineknowledge platforms.Ongoing, built up overtimeInternational CleantechNetwork, 34 hosted by theCopenhagen CleantechCluster; Climate andDevelopment KnowledgeNetwork (CDKN) 3533 See: www.unep.org/climatechange/ctcn/34 See: http://internationalcleantechnetwork.com/35 See: http://cdkn.org/94 Building Competitive Green Industries: The Climate and Clean Technology Opportunity for Developing Countries