Project budget– 3.2 million THB
Project location– Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Georgia, Armenia, Malaysia, Philippines, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Laos, Myanmar, and Afghanistan (with close collaboration with Fiji, Vanuatu, and Nauru)
Donor– UNOPS
Project duration– May 2023 to June 2024
Primary SDG Goal of focus: 13. Climate Action
Related SDG Goals of Focus: 1. No Poverty; 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Description – The Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Project supports developing countries in identifying national priorities for both adaptation and mitigation, with a strong focus on technology. The objective of TNA project spread across three phases is to assist participant developing country Parties identify and analyze priority technology needs, which can form the basis for a portfolio of environmentally sound technology (EST) projects and programs to facilitate the transfer of, and access to, the ESTs and know-how in the implementation of Article 4.5 of the UNFCCC Convention. Hence TNAs are central to the work of Parties to the Convention on technology transfer and present an opportunity to track an evolving need for new equipment, techniques, practical knowledge, and skills, which are necessary to mitigate GHG emissions and/or reduce the vulnerability of sectors and livelihoods to the adverse impacts of climate change.
