Technology Transfer Networks, Phase 1

The overall goal is to connect key public and private sector stakeholder groups who influence technology transfer within, between and to recipient country markets with the view to foster increased market uptake of sustainable alternatives that help to protect the global environment. The project aims to facilitate identification of environmental synergy and implementation of integrated “win/win” solutions by encouraging thorough assessment of all available options. Major activities to enable fully informed investment, management, and policy decisions will include: 1. SustainableAlternatives.net (SANET): An information management, communication and transaction system to allow structured learning, interactive comparison as well as exchange of technologies, services, best practice, lessons learned, etc. by multiple stakeholders; 2. A “stand-by” Decision Support Facility (DSF), to complement SANET, offering short term counsel, coaching, and incentives for advanced market assessments and feasibility studies to encourage in-depth exploration of sustainable alternatives prior to critical decision making, 3. Facilitation of Strategic Dialogues & Alliances (SDA) among key stakeholder groups across traditional sector and administrative boundaries to enable identification of common goals and technology market development coalitions.