Technology transfer agreements concern the licensing of technology and may be bilateral or multilateral (‘patent pools’*).

*Technology transfer agreement: an agreement governing the transfer of skills, technology and techniques between two or more parties.

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We are the home agency for the Federal Partners in Technology Transfer, the umbrella organization that supports all technology transfer activities in the federal government.

... technology transfer and managing the impacts of climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and LOOKS FORWARD to working together with G8 and other countries to pursue measures outlined in the plan; the positive and productive discussion at the preparatory meeting of ministers in Ottawa on technology, adaptation, enhancing participation, market forces and sustainability; the Greenland Dialogue meeting, which allowed for a constructive exchange on possible ways forward; the fifth meeting of the Forum of Ibero-American Ministers of the Environment in Panama on 21 and 22 September 2005; the China-E ...[+++]U Partnership on Climate Change and the India-EU Initiative on Clean Development and Climate Change, which demonstrate how economies in different stages of development can work together, through transfer of technology and building of capacity, to tackle climate change; the sixteenth EU-Russia summit which demonstrates the close and growing cooperation between the EU, its Member States and Russia on climate change, including work on the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and an active dialogue on continuing international cooperation after the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol; the forthcoming Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference in November 2005, believing it will make a positive contribution to advancing understanding of how to drive technological innovation and of the importance of using existing technologies with a view to moving towards a low-carbon emitting economy; the decision to place climate change high on the agenda of the summit with Canada, to prepare the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 11) and the first Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 1) in Montreal in December 2005. ...

The Council considers that the election of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism and the appointment of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer will be key outcomes from Marrakesh and will constitute concrete steps to make the Clean Development Mechanism operational and to promote further action in the field of technology transfer.