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WORKSHOP ON THE TRANSFER AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-SOUND TECHNOLOGIES:
The Government of Norway
and UNCTAD co-sponsored this workshop in Oslo from 13-15 October
1993. The workshop, which was attended by more than 40 experts, was
structured around four themes: general technology- environment
issues; supply side issues; demand side issues; and new
initiatives. The participants noted the following: (a) a number of
proposals for action are currently stalled because the relevant
decision-makers in government and industry do not have sufficient
empirical evidence of the realities of the situation to make a
decision or because there is no consistent view on the nature of
the problems involved; (b) a number of apparently successful
institutional innovations need to be documented and tracked over
time. Benchmarking and other best practices could be disseminated
to inspire innovations elsewhere; and (c) there are weaknesses in
the methodological approaches to a number of environmental issues.