The members and associate members elected by the commission shall be elected
for three years but shall be eligible for re-election. The executive secretary or
his/her representative shall attend meetings of the council.
iii. The director of the centre shall serve as secretary of the council. All member
states and associate members of UNESCAP are de facto members of APCTT.
iv. Representatives of: (a) States that are not members of the council, (b) United
Nations bodies and specialized and related agencies and (c) such other
organizations as the council may deem appropriate, as well as experts in fields of
interest to the council, may be invited by the Executive Secretary to attend
v. The council shall meet at least once a year and may adopt its own rules of
procedure. A quorum for meetings of the council shall be a majority of its
vi. The council shall, at each regular session, elect a chair and vice-chair. They shall
hold office until the next regular session of the council. The chair or in his/her
absence, the vice-chair shall preside at meetings of the council. If the chair is
unable to serve for the full term for which he/she has been elected, the
vice-chair shall act as chair for the remainder of that term.
vii. The council shall advise on the formulation and implementation of the programme
of work of the centre and review the administration and financial status of the
centre. The Executive Secretary shall submit an annual report, as adopted by the
council, to the commission at its annual sessions.
ii. The main emphasis is on promoting cross-border business cooperation between
small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and facilitating technology-based
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It has Three Online Technology Support Mechanisms
1. Asia-Pacific Technology Transfer Market Service for SMEs: It acts as an information
exchange platform for SMEs related to technology transfer, it is free of cost service.
It gives information regarding:
i. The technology available for transfer
iii. Opportunities for business cooperation
2. Global technology database: It has a technology database country-wise for SMEs
and entrepreneurs. It is an extended version and gives the desired result in case
Asia-Pacific Technology transfer market service for SMEs do not give.
3. Renewable energy technology bank (RET Bank): Its main objective is to facilitate
TT co-operation among countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the field of renewable
energy. It is data bank of Renewable Energy Technologies in area of solar, biomass,
hydro, wind, geothermal energy, etc. It is freely available for public access.
APCTT offers technology transfer promoting services to technology providers and
seekers. It is done by partnering with its technology transfer intermediary networks
and national focal points. Some important technology transfer facilitation services of
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