thecountries and,atthesametime,attract theneededcapital investment. 20.44 Assistance willbeprovided todeveloping countries inestablishing national information systems forenergypolicy decision-making, energy planning and monitoring oftheactivities related tothedevelopment anduseofallenergy resources available tothecountry. Thatwillbedoneespecially through microcomputer-based energydatabases andmodelsforformulating policy andenergy planning andforintegrating energy planning activities andprogrammes moreclosely withtheoverall economic andsectoral development plans. Thetechnology of computer-aided decision-making andmonitoring, asapplied totheexploration and exploitation ofenergy resources, willalsobepursued. 20.45 Technical co-operation activities andtheprovision ofadvisory services to developing countries forstrengthening institutions concerned withenergy planning, training ofnational personnel, andthemethodological andinformational infrastructure forenergy planning willincrease. Theflowofinformation among countries through meetings andpublications ontechnologies andfactual experiences ofboththedeveloping anddeveloped countries willbefacilitated. SUBPROGRAMME 6.DEVELOPMENT ANDTRANSFER OFTECHNOLOGY FOREXPLOITING CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCES (a)Objectives 20.46 Thelegislative authority derives fromGeneral Assembly resolutions 36/193, 43/192, 43/193 and44/227 andEconomic andSocial Council resolutions 1989/6 and 1989/10. 20.47 Thereisaneedtoincrease theavailability andoperational useofthe technologies required bydeveloping countries todevelop, harness andexploit their indigenous energy resources inordertomeettheirenergy requirements. The subprogramme willpromote theuseofenhanced recovery techniques, theupgrading of technologies currently inuseandtherehabilitation oftheenergy production and distribution technologies. -10- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library(b)Course ofactionoftheSecretariat 20.48 During themedium-term planperiod, efforts willbeincreased totransfer directly through technical co-operation maturetechnologies thatarereadily available forexploiting identified conventional andnewandrenewable energy resources, aswellastoprovide information forusebyGovernments ontherangeof technological options thatareavailable toexploit selected energysources. The useofenhanced oilrecovery techniques willbepromoted. Intheelectricity sector, theproblem ofagingelectricity generating systems willbeaddressed with plantupgrading andrehabilitation projects. ThesUbprogramme willsupport government efforts toimprove ordevelop technologies foramoreefficient useof firewood andtheutilization ofsolar, windandsmallhydropower resources tomeet orsupplement thedemandinruralareasandisolated energy consumption centres. Ingeneral, support willbeprovided through technical co-operation projects to develop thenational capacity toanalyse potentially viableenergytechnologies and facilitate theirtransfer tothedeveloping countries. 20.49National energy information systems willinclude information ontechnologies available forharnessing various energysources: togainaccesstoandhavea capacity toevaluate energytechnologies forexploitation ofidentified conventional andnewandrenewable energypotential; andtostrengthen thenational technical manpower ofdeveloping countries andtheirinstitutional capabilities to develop, adaptandapplythetechnologies required, including theconduct of national research anddevelopment programmes. Theflowoftechnical information to thedeveloping countries fromaworld-wide network ofinformation sources willbe
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the development and transfer of technology related to energy resources, with the aim of promoting sustainable energy development in developing countries. It discusses the provision of technical cooperation, advisory services, and information sharing to support the development of national energy systems and the exploitation of indigenous energy resources.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Science and technology