National Cleaner Production Centres: Potential synergies with UNFCCC

1. National Cleaner Production Centres: Potential synergies with UNFCCC Cleaner & Sustainable Production Unit United Nations Industrial Development Organization Vienna, Austria

2. Outline • National Cleaner Production Centres’ Programme • Background, status and future directions • Potential synergies with UNFCCC

3. National Cleaner Production Centres • Established to foster the uptake of CP concepts, methods, practices and policies in developing and transition economies • Five common service areas • Awareness building and information dissemination • Professional training • In plant assessments/technical assistance • Policy advice • Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies • Supported on country by country basis for a minimum of three years • Participate in global network and contribute to multi-country projects, e.g. on energy efficiency

4. Results of NCPC Programme • Establishment and operation of 37 National Cleaner Production Centres and Programmes worldwide • Establishment of a Regional Cleaner Production Programme in Latin America, with 12 participating countries and development of an Internet-based Knowledge Management System • Development of a UNIDO CP training toolkit and UNIDO endorsed CP award for consultants, trainers and companies • Development of technical tools and delivery of training to NCPCs by UNEP on CP and Energy Efficiency, CP and MEA implementation and Design for Environment/Sustainability (D4E/D4S) • Inclusion of activities related to UNIDO’s Sustainable Chemicals Management and Chemical Leasing in the portfolio of several Cleaner Production Centres • Facilitation of regional and national roundtables on cleaner production/sustainable consumption and production

5. Network 2007

6. Cleaner and Resource Efficient Production productionefficiency

7. Technology Transfer • Defined as the broad set of processes covering the flows of knowledge, experience and equipment amongst different stakeholders, such as governments, private sector entities, financial institutions, NGOs and research/educational institutions. • The broad term ‘transfer’ encompasses diffusion of technologies and technology cooperation across and within countries. It comprises the process of learning to understand, utilise and replicate the technology, including the capacity to choose it and adapt it to local conditions • IPCC Special Report 2000

8. Technology Transfer Process Van Berkel, R (2008), Background Study to Guide Policy Interventions for Enhancing the Development and Transfer of Publicly-Funded Environmentally Sound Technologies, UN ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand

9. CP Investment Issues • Unavailability of micro to small credit • High costs of credit • Transaction, credit administration etc • Lack of collateral • Legal obstacles for enforcement of financial contracts • Lack of experience of established financial institutions in dealing with small business • Lacking skills and systems of small businesses to produce bankable business proposals • Fiscal implications of the investment

10. NCPC – UNFCCC -Part 1 • Potential roles in CP investment • Project identification • Local knowledge of business sector • Project development • CP assessment as starting point • Assist with implementation of low and no cost options, to improve technical capacity and cash flows • Loan assessments • Technical reviews • Technology verification • Monitoring of environmental benefits achieved

11. NCPC – UNFCCC- Part 2 • Policy advice on industry’s needs for technology transfer and application • Awareness raising of opportunities among local key industries and partners

12. Thank You. Cleaner & Sustainable Production Unit United Nations Industrial Development Organization Vienna, Austria