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Quality assurance / Quality control system
for the Greek GHG emissions inventory
Yannis Sarafidis, Elena Georgopoulou
UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems under Article 5.1 of the Kyoto Protocol
11 – 12 April 2005
NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS
Lofos Nymfon , Thission, 118 10 Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30 210 34 90 104 Fax.: +30 210 34 90 120
e-mail: [email protected]
Structure of presentation
Institutional arrangements & Inventory preparation process
Description of the QA/QC system
Current status of implementation
Planned activities
Institutional arrangements
Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works Development and implementation of environmental policy
Provision of information concerning the state of the environment
National System arrangements National Observatory of Athens (NOA) - Technical responsibility
Monitoring committee within the Ministry
Procedures for providing responses to any issues raised by the inventory
review process
Development of a QA/QC plan
Detailed official specification of the roles of and the co-operation between
government agencies is still ongoing
GHG emissions inventory preparation process
National StatisticalService
GovernmentAgencies
Private Enterprises
Data Collection
ConsistencyCheck
Development / Selectionof emission factors
MethodologicalChoice
GHG EMISSIONS ESTIMATION
Compilation ofCRF Tables
Draft National InventoryReport
COMMENTS
Submission toEuropean Commission
andUNFCCC Secretariat
Final NIR
Reliability
Structure and tasks of the inventory team
Energy Industrial processes
SolventsAgriculture LULUCF Waste
Emissions estimationEmissions estimates
review
Record keepingData collection
Data check
Sectoral inventory reports
National inventory report
Archiving of inventory information
Publication of resultsWeb site update
CRF compilation
CRF check
QA/QC activities up to 2004 submission
Comparison of information from different data sources
Archiving of the emission factors used
Reference vs. Sectoral approach for CO2 emissions estimates from the
energy sector
Assessment of the observed trends
Comments from governmental agencies involved
QA/QC system development (1)
General framework COP decisions Compliance under the Kyoto Protocol
Requirements Production of transparent, consistent, comparable, complete and accurate
emissions estimates Ensure sufficient capacity for the development of an inventory
Task-oriented approach followed Data collection and processing Application of methods for calculating / recalculating emissions or removals
consistent with the guidelines Making quantitative estimates of inventory uncertainty Archiving of information and record keeping Compilation of national inventory reports
QA/QC system development (2)
External consultant
References
IPCC Good Practice Guidance
ISO 9001:2000
Technical approach followed
Exchange of information
Inventory team activities and requirements (NOA external consultant)
The principles of the ISO 9001:2000 standard (external consultant NOA)
Development of draft documents and discussion
Finalisation of the QA/QC system
QA/QC system processes
QA/QC system management
Quality control
Archiving of inventory information
Quality assurance
Estimation of uncertainties
Inventory improvement
QA/QC system procedures
Process Procedure code Procedures
Quality management QM 01 System review
QM 02 System improvement
QM 03 Training
QM 04 Record keeping
QM 05 Internal reviews
QM 06 Non compliance – Corrective and preventive actions
QM 07 Supplies
QM 08 Quality management system
QM 09 Documents control
QM 10 Internal communication
Quality control QC 01 Data collection
QC 02 Estimation of emissions / removals
QC 03 Data quality control check
QC 04 Input data record keeping
Archiving of inventory information ΑI 01 Centralised archiving of inventory information
ΑI 02 Compilation of reports
Quality assurance QA 01 Expert review of input data and parameters
QA 02 Expert review of GHG emissions / removals inventory
QA 03 Review from public
Estimation of uncertainties ΕU 01 Uncertainty analysis
Inventory improvement II 01 Recalculations management
Typical structure of a procedure
Scope of the procedure
Description
Responsibilities
Critical factors for success
Efficiency indicators
Input
Output
Forms to be filled in
Association with other procedures
Examples of forms
Personal communication with data provider
List of data sources, checks and problems
QA/QC system start-up
April 2004
Documents Quality management handbook
Policy statement
Quality objectives
QA/QC system manual Processes - Procedures
Forms
Inventory team organisation chart
Assignment of QA/QC co-ordinator
File system manager
Training
Internal review
Quality objectives
Compliance with the IPCC guidelines and the UNFCCC reporting
guidelines while estimating and reporting emissions / removals
Continuous improvement of GHG emissions / removals estimates
Timely submission of necessary information in compliance with relevant
requirements defined in international conventions, protocols and
agreements
Ongoing QA/QC activities
Recalculations ICR of 2004 submission Key categories analysis Improved data availability in the framework of the EU-ETS
Emission factors QC checks for some country-specific emission factors Documentation of emission factors used
Activity data References Trend assessment Cross-reference of activity data among different sources
Emission estimates Trend assessment IEF check
Overview of planned activities
Internal review
Improvement of the archiving of information related to the compilation of
the GHG emissions / removals per source / sink category
Specification of procedures for interaction between NOA and
governmental agencies related directly or indirectly in the preparation of
the inventory
Development of a long term inventory improvement plan
Remarks
Experience from the initial implementation phase
Formalisation and documentation of inventory-related activities
A learning period is necessary for the active involvement of inventory team
Official arrangements for the National System (e.g. better information on
QA/QC activities outside the inventory team)
Availability of human resources
Association of data providers with inventory development
Format of available activity data
Timing of availability