Leverage limited public resources efficiently: Ziegler

Stressing the need for leveraging the limited public resources efficiently, French ambassador to India, Alexandre Ziegler, today said private sector should also be engaged in discussions on technology innovations.
"We need to leverage our limited public resources efficiently for technology innovations that are oriented towards solutions.
"Discussions on technology issues must also focus on ways to engage with the private sector as technologies are usually not owned by governments," a TERI statement quoting Ziegler said.
He was speaking at the New Delhi Regional Dialogue hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with Embassy of France today.
The seminar focused on partnership for innovation and technology in order to strengthen the commitment towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementing the Paris Agreement.

"The key question is how we manage the volatility in the supply and demand of energy vis-a-vis technology change. How people and planet will progress will depend amongst other things on how we manage technological change," said Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI while emphasising the need for a balanced approach in achieving the SDGs.

Announcing the World Sustainable Development Summit 2016, Mathur said that 'People, Planet and Progress' is the theme of the Summit which is to be held from October 5-8.
TERI said currently, there is a need to identify the gaps for facilitating the technology transfer in India.

"As the technology framework under the Paris Agreement remains to be designed, it would be useful to identify relevant options and requirements for technology partnerships, as well as the enablers and obstacles at the pre commercialisation, commercialisation and diffusion stages," it said.