CTI Side Event at the Twelfth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP12)

Broadening the base of financing for technology transfer 
- a progress report on the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN)

Time: 11:15 - 12:45
Date: Thursday, 9 November 2006 
Room: African Tulip Tree, World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) 

Event provided an update on the work on innovative options to finance tech transfer being pursued through the work of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer and the CTI's PFAN pilot programme of providing technical assistance to developing and transition countries to develop their project financing proposals with the goal of improving the prospects for securing access to project financing by engaging the private financing community.

[Summary]
[UNFCCC Webcast coverage]

Introduction to CTI's Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN)

[Programme]
Welcoming remarks, introductions & overview of CTI	Mr. Elmer Holt	CTI Executive Committee Chair
Experiences of the Chilean Economic Development Agency	Mr. Javier Garcia Monge	Chilean Economic Development Agency (Corporación de Fomento de la Producción, CORFO)
Panel discussion on broadening access to financing  -- Lead by Terry Carrington, CTI Executive Committee Vice Chair
Update on progress within the UNFCCC	Ms. Wanna Tanunchaiwatana	Manager, Technology, UNFCCC Secretariat
EGTT's most recent work on tools for preparing financing proposals	Mr. Bernard Mazijn	Chair of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer
Private Financing Advisory Network	Mr. Peter Storey	HERA International Group
Questions and comments from the Floor
Summary remarks from the Chair