gender implications of development institutions and Three (3) the use of technology ministries. International through joint interaction Experts (one for with a national expert A total of eight National Expert Group each country), and focal (NEG) meetings were held in the were recruited: organizations. The participating countries in cooperation Ethiopia, Rwanda. project envisages the with WIPO to discuss specific outputs Tanzania. delivery of an and to guide the implementation of appropriate output for a the project. These meetings also Technology particular sector in a included the participation of the Landscape specific need area in a national and international expert. Reports given country, which will be an effective way A technological capacity-building Ethiopia: to assist governments meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, (i) Technology and national Malaysia, from March 20 to 24, 2017 Landscape development agencies, focusing on the use of appropriate Report: Solar communities as well as technical solutions to address national Coffee Dryer; individuals in their development challenges and learning efforts to use scientific from the experiences of the host (ii) Technology and related technical country. Landscape information for Report: development. Six national development need areas Aquaculture. were identified (two for each participating country) based on the Rwanda: outcome of consultations by the NEG (i) Technology and in line with the national Landscape development plan. Report: Water Distillation; Six Patent Search Requests were prepared for the identification of (ii) Technology relevant technologies to address the Landscape identified development need
gender implications of the use of technology through joint interaction with a national expert and focal organizations. The project envisages the delivery of an appropriate output for a particular sector in a specific need area in a given country, which will be an effective way to assist governments and national development agencies, communities as well as individuals in their efforts to use scientific and related technical information for development. development institutions and ministries. A total of eight National Expert Group (NEG) meetings were held in the participating countries in cooperation with WIPO to discuss specific outputs and to guide the implementation of the project. These meetings also included the participation of the national and international expert. A technological capacity-building meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from March 20 to 24, 2017 focusing on the use of appropriate technical solutions to address national development challenges and learning from the experiences of the host country. Six national development need areas were identified (two for each participating country) based on the outcome of consultations by the NEG and in line with the national development plan. Six Patent Search Requests were prepared for the identification of relevant technologies to address the identified development need Three (3) International Experts (one for each country), were recruited: Ethiopia, Rwanda. Tanzania. Technology Landscape Reports Ethiopia: (i) Technology Landscape Report: Solar Coffee Dryer; (ii) Technology Landscape Report: Aquaculture. Rwanda: (i) Technology Landscape Report: Water Distillation; (ii) Technology Landscape
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