UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD Capacity Development for the CDM A National Workshop Hanoi, Viet Nam September 11, 2003 Myung-Kyoon Lee

UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD –Donor: the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs –Implementing Agency: UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climte & Sustainable Development –Phase I: Feb – 1 st quarter of 2003, preparation of national work plans –Phase II: 2 nd quarter of 2003 – end of 2005, implementation of national work plans Overviews

UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD –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). Main goals

UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD –three countries each from four regions –Asia: Cambodia, the Philippines, Viet Nam –Latin America: Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala –Middle East & North Africa: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco –Sub-Saharan Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Uganda Participating Countries

UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD –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 Main Tasks

UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD –UCCEE together with Regional Centres of Excellence and national institutions –Regional centers Asia: AIT LA: IDEE ME & NA: APEX SSA: EDRC & ENDA –By means of studies, surveys, training courses, workshops, seminars, consultations, development of training materials and information dissemination. Implementation Strategy

UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD Completing national work plans –A national workshop in each country and a regional workshop in each region were conducted to finish work plans. “Introduction to the CDM” –Translation into local languages: French, Arabic, Spanish, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean Main Activities in Phase I

UNEP RISØ Centre on Energy, Climate and SD –Phase I is finishing: 10 workplans completed and 2 will be ready soon –Starting phase II –A CDM information booklet and a project fact sheet completed –Analytical work under development: CDM general guidance, legal issue, financial issue, institutional issue and SD impact –Consultations for collaboration with other organizations such as the World Bank, UNIDO, UNDP –Advisory group invited (NL, WB, UNIDO, UNDP, WBCSD,….) Current Status