Environmental Technology Network for Asia

Established in 1993, ETNA is an initiative of the United States-Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP) and the Global Technology Network of the United States Agency for International Development. ETNA provides key technical information to the US-AEP field staff and alerts U.S. environmental businesses to opportunities in Asia, with the end goal of transferring knowledge and technologies that will ultimately make a positive environmental impact in Asia.

ETNA General Services

Facilitating the Transfer of Technology

The biggest advantage of ETNA’s business network is its ability to pinpoint the right technologies for the right applications. The most important aspect in creating this initial relationship is providing the appropriate technical and business-related information. ETNA works with US-AEP’s field offices to assure that both the Asian users of technologies and the U.S. providers of technologies can have access to the types of information that they need. This may come in the form of:

Providing state-side follow up on projects/activities
Providing objective technical research for field staff;
Providing information on the range of technology solutions to a problem; and
Preparing technical fact sheets and briefs.

Assisting Asian and U.S. Environmental Companies

US-AEP’s Country Managers meet regularly with Asian decision-makers in industry and government to identify environmental concerns and propose technology solutions. These technology transfer opportunities are forwarded to ETNA, where they are matched with a database of over 5,000 registered U.S. companies. Matched notices are then emailed to those companies providing the requested technology or service.

In addition, ETNA:

Investigates effective and appropriate environmental technologies;
Acts as an interface between the US-AEP field offices and U.S. technology providers;
Provides engineering expertise and support at US-AEP partner events, such as A&WMA's annual exposition and WEFTEC; and
Actively networks with U.S. companies to inform them know about Asian technology transfer opportunities.

Any U.S.-owned environmental firm is eligible to receive free technology opportunity notices. Companies can register online, or contact ETNA directly to find out more about these and other services.

For additional information on how ETNA can assist you, please contact the ETNA Staff

US-AEP Staff access to ETNA documents here

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