The Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) is a multilateral endeavor founded to promote the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It was launched at the First Conference of Parties in 1995. 23 OECD countries and the European Commission created it to help meet their commitment to technology transfer under Article 4.5 of the Convention. CTI helps to meet this commitment through information dissemination, training, capacity building exercises, technology needs assessments and research and development. One of the priorities is to  strengthen the indigenous capacities of developing countries and economies in transition to employ climate-friendly technologies and practices.