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Capacity building for the Clean Development Mechanism in developing countries (CD4CDM)

Client:  UNEP

Period: Jan 2003 - Dec 2005

The “Capacity Development for the Clean Development Mechanism” (CD4CDM) is a project envisaged to help establish GHG emission reduction projects that are consistent with national sustainable development goals, particularly projects in the energy sector. It will develop national capabilities so that persons in the countries are capable of analysing the technical and financial merits of projects and negotiating possible finance agreements with Annex 1 countries or investors.

Concrete objectives and expected results of the project include:

• Improved regulatory frameworks, functioning national CDM entities, a pipeline of possible CDM projects, and clear definition of baseline parameters that form a basis for possible political endorsement and project agreements.

• Better skills and increased capacity to:

1. define a regulatory framework that supports CDM activities,

2. identify prospective CDM projects,

3. formulate investment plans,

4. validate CDM projects, and

5. monitor and report the results of CDM activities.

• Experience on CDM capacity building and relevant institutional approaches that can be shared with other countries and form the basis for further activities.

The project is being coordinated by UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment (UCCEE) and is being implemented in 12 developing countries.

North Africa and Middle East: Egypt, Jordan and Morocco
Sub-Saharan Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique and Uganda
Asia: Cambodia, The Philippines and Vietnam
Latin America: Bolivia, Ecuador and Guatemala

ERC is the regional team providing support to both the national teams of Uganda and Mozambique.

Project team:  Harald Winkler, Pierre Mukheibir, Stanford Mwakasonda

UNEP CD4CDM publications for download:

• UNEP Riso Centre, 2003, CDM - Information and Guidebook, The UNEP project CD4CDM, Denmark

• Baker & McKenzie, 2004, Legal issues guidebook to the clean development mechanism, The UNEP project CD4CDM, Denmark

• UNEP Riso Centre, 2004, CDM - Sustainable development impacts, The UNEP project CD4CDM, Denmark

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