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UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment

Latest Development Influencing the Project CD4CDM

16-18 January 2003

Phuket, Thailand


• SBI Conclusions: The conclusions (FCCC/SBI/2002/L.15)

- note the need to further implement decisions 2/CP.7 (capacity building in developing countries)

- and 3/CP.7 (capacity building in economies in transition)

• invites Parties to submit their views on detailed elements, methodologies and guidelines for the comprehensive review of the implementation of the capacity-building framework for developing countries.

Key Decisions on Capacity Building at COP8


Regional Centers Meeting at RISØ

• Participants

- AIT: Ram Shrestha

- APEX: Samir Amus

- Bariloche: Daniel Bouille

- EDRC: Ogunlade Davidson

- ENDA: Youba Sokona

- UCCEE

• When: 17 – 18 October, 2002



• Agenda

- Identification of methodological issues: UCCEE

- Experiences from national missions: regional centers

- Needs for CDM project manuals: Ogun, EDRC

- CDM in a larger financial context: Samir, APEX

- National decision making framework for selecting and preparing CDM projects : Kirsten, UCCEE

- CDM & SD policies: Daniel, Bariloche



• CDM project guidance material: Jørgen, Samir Amous and Youba Sokona.

- guidance material, training material, research paper

• Baseline scenarios : Myung, Ram, Ogun

- manual, training material

• Sustainable development impacts: Kirsten, Daniel, Youba

- guidance material, manual

• Legal and institutional framework: Gordon, Karen, Ogun, Daniel

- guidance material, manual, research paper

• Financial framework: Romeo, Samir

- guidance material


• Overview

– Donor: the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs– Implementing Agency: UNEP Collaborating Centre

on Energy & Environment– Period: Feb. 2002 – Dec. 2005

Capacity Development for the CDM (1)


• Main goals– generating a broad understanding of the CDM

in the developing countries– developing institutional capability and human

capacity of the developing countries to fully participate as equal partners with developed countries in the formulation and implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).



• Participating countries– three countries each from four regions– Arabic region: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco– Asia: Cambodia, the Philippines, Viet Nam– Latin America: Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala– Sub-Saharan Africa: Côte d’Ivoire,

Mozambique, Uganda



• Main tasks– sensitizing government supports for the CDM– developing capacity of policy makers– establishing institutional framework for the CDM

projects – strengthening capabilities of the public and

private sectors – creating a pipeline of the CDM projects



• Implementation Strategy– UCCEE together with Regional Centres of Excellence and

national institutions– 1st phase (until Dec. 2002): completion of national workplans– 2nd phase (Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2005): implementation of national

workplans – By means of studies, surveys, training courses, workshops,

seminars, consultations, development of training materials and information dissemination.



• Progress– 12 countries in progress. (expect workplans will be ready early

2003 for most countries)– Contracting of regional centres completed for phase I– A CDM information booklet is completed and being translated

into local languages.– Analytical work such as background papers and CDM manual

under development– Advisory group invited (NL, WB, ADB, UNFCCC,….)– COP8 special event made



• COP8 special event– Ecuador, Mozambique, Viet Nam – Evaluated it as a success– A big interests in the CDM booklet– Questions about possible collaboration for analytical works

from international consultancies



• Current Status– Asia: two national workshops completed, Cambodia to be

decided– Africa: Uganda workshop completed, other two in January– LA: three national and one regional workshops completed– ME & NA: Egypt, Morocco completed, Regional 25 – 26 Jan.,

Jordan in February



• Advisory Body– Invites other institutions working on capacity building for climate

change: UNFCCC, UNDP, UNIDO, WB, ADB– NSS-WB has shown a strong interest in the coordination of

NSS program and ours: use their outputs, inviting each other to workshops, share materials and tool kits

– ADB is also ready to cooperate but need a little more concrete discussion

Coordination with Other Institutions


• Review of progress• Review of a draft national work plan• Recommendations and suggestions• Discussion on future work

– More concrete and specific plan in the next a year and a half– Scheduling of events

• Open forum

Things to be Done

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