Enabling mechanisms under many MEAs (for example, the Climate Change Convention and the Convention on Biological Diversity) expressly provide for capacity building, financial assistance and technology transfer. The objectives of these provisions is to assist in building and strengthening capacities in the developing countries and countries with economies in transition, bearing in mind that these countries often have insufficient economic and technical capability to fully meet their obligations.
There are ongoing bilateral agreements bringing environmental management skills and technology from developed nations through development cooperation with the developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
In addition to the case studies below, see the case studies and additional resources following Guideline 33
(especially on the “Bali Strategic Plan on Technology Support and Capacity-building”) and “Implementing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Morocco” (following Guideline 21).