In response to a request by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, at its seventeenth session, the secretariat organized a workshop on enabling environments for technology transfer in Ghent, Belgium, from 9 to 10 April 2003.

This document summarizes the discussions that took place at the workshop. Based on recommendations from two working groups and general discussions in the plenary, a provisional list of possible next steps to address the issue of the enabling environments for technology transfer under the UNFCCC process has been identified.

This report also aims to facilitate discussions on possible approaches to enhance the implementation of the enabling environments component of the technology transfer framework agreed in the Marrakesh Accords (decision 4/CP.7).