Decisions to be made before any transfer of technology

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3. Decisions to be made before any transfer of technology
3.1. Suitability of a technology
3.1.1. Technology-receiving countries should decide upon and enumerate at
national level those transfers of technology that are unsuitable or unacceptable (see
section 1.4).
3.1.2. Technology-receiving countries should draw up lists of technologies that
may be transferred subject to restrictions, such as technologies for the manufacture of
certain highly toxic substances and those whose use should be restricted in the present
state of the art.
3.1.3. In preparing such lists, developing countries should take note of those
substances which are –
(a) prohibited or restricted in industrialised countries;
(b) the subject of elaborate and stringent safety and health precautions.
3.1.4. There should be an evaluation, case by case, of all proposed transfers of
technology.
3.2. Recognition of injuries and diseases associated with a technology
Health, preventive and social insurance services in the technology-receiving
country should be sufficiently developed to provide the necessary medical surveillance,
treatment and compensation of occupational injuries and diseases which the use of a
given technology may cause.
3.3. Choice of projects
3.3.1. Safety and health aspects should be taken into consideration in each of
the following stages preceding the choice of a technology transfer project:
(a) pre-investment studies, including the preparation of a feasibility study, an
environmental impact assessment and a detailed project report;
(b) a study of the process or manufacturing technology to be acquired;
(c) basic and detailed engineering studies, including the preparation of machinery
specifications and studies of plant design and factory layout;
(d) the selection of equipment, plant construction, the erection and installation of
machinery and plant start-up;
(e) a study of the availability and selection of personnel required by the imported
technology;
(f) possible requirements for technical assistance during the post-installation period,
including training programmes and various forms of management assistance.
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