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

meetings of the council.

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

members.

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.

Functions

i. APCTT promotes the technology transfer in the Asia-Pacific Region by its ICTbased networks, platforms and its advisory services.

ii. The main emphasis is on promoting cross-border business cooperation between

small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and facilitating technology-based

business partnerships.

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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

ii. Technology needed

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

APCTT include: