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Technology Demonstration Centers are a very effective way of spreading knowledge on low-cost options in a given region. Because a technology always needs to be adapted to the local circumstances, preferences, materials and skills, in the ideal case each region should have a Technology Demonstration Center. There are not very many Technology Demonstration Centers around the world, and the spread of low-cost technology could receive a significant boost if more would come into being.
==AIDFI TechnoparkTechno Park, Philippines==The AIDFI Techno Park is an area where different technologies which AIDFI develops are displayed. Besides this, it has a large learning centre with visual and audio facilities. It can also be rented for trainings and conferences. AIDFI has a range of technologies, including hydraulic ram pumps, rope pumps, biogas digesters, microhydro, windmills, rice hull stoves, rotary weeder, ferro-cement technology, etc.
==EMAS, Bolivia==
EMAS runs a training center in Porto Perez, situated at the Titicaca lake in Bolivia, around an hour drive from the Capital La Paz.
[http://www.emas-international.de/english/index_e.htm Website EMAS]
[[EMAS|Read more on EMAS]]
==SHIPO, Tanzania==The NGO SHIPO (Southern Highlands Participatory Organization) runs a Technology Demonstration Center in Njombe, located in Southern Tanzania. They focus on low-cost water technology such as rope pumps, manual well drilling, and drip irrigation.[[EMAS|Read more on EMAS]http://www.shipo-tz.org/ Website SHIPO]