1. The KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
Ministry of Land-Use Management, Water and the Environment
Secretary of State for the Environment
Clean Development Mechanism Strategy Organization Procedures CDM - MOROCCO CD CDM Project Ali Agoumi ; National Coordinator
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2. Contents I - Climate Protection : The Ultimate Objective. ………………. 4
Contents     I - Climate Protection : The Ultimate Objective .………………. 4 II - CDM National Strategy… ……………………………………. 8   III - CDM Designated National Authority Missions and Attributions ….…………….…….…………   IV –Project Evaluation and Approval Procedures ………………………………….…… 14       Contents
I CDM National Strategy
II CDM Designated National Authority
Missions and Attributions
III- Project Evaluation and Approval
Procedures
IV First CDM Moroccan Projects
approved by the DNA
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3. I CDM National Strategy
With UNDP and UNEP support, Morocco has prepared an appropriate strategy aimed at attracting CDM investments
This strategy, which covers the period of , will implement the institutional and structural framework required :
to operate this mechanism;
to develop the national capacities in this field ;
to promote the Moroccan CDM potential internationally.
The strategy is based around the following principal objectives:
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4. NATIONAL STRUCTURES AND PROCEDURES
Implementation of the institutional setting for monitoring CDM activities in the country: CDM Designated National Authority (CDM DNA) encompassing the CDM National Council (CDM NC) and the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council (CDM PS);
Development of national procedures to promote CDM activities in Morocco: procedures for investors, procedures for national economic operators, etc.
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5. CAPACITY BUILDING OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS
Awareness and information for operators interested in CDM opportunities and procedures, nationally and internationally;
Creation of Strategic partnerships between the Secretary of State for the Environment and a number of CDM economic operators in Morocco;
Development and contribution to the promotion of CDM projects portfolio with these operators;
Assistance and accompaniment in several CDM pilot projects up to their certification
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6. NATIONAL COUNCIL CAPACITY BUILDING
Training the CDM NC and CDM Permanent Secretariat (PS) members in CDM related fields;
Training the national experts (private consultancy individuals and companies)on CDM project preparation: development of PDD;
Enhancement of the capacities of NGOs on understanding CDM and on implementing actions directed towards Sustainable Development.
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7. PROMOTING CDM MOROCCO INTERNATIONALLY
Contacts with potential CDM investors: carbon buying organizations and Annex I Parties investors;
Contacts with organizations able to help economic operators in their CDM project development (CDM PDD);
Presentation of CDM national organization and procedures: in particular through the website
Promotion of potential CDM projects in Morocco
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8. MONITORING CDM INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS
Follow up the activities of the CDM Executive Board and negotiations relating to CDM, as well as all the CDM-related issues discusses at the Conferences of Parties of the Convention and the KP meeting of Parties;
Morocco’s dynamic participation in different meetings and workshops organized in this field;
Follow up international publications on CDM aspects.
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9. II CDM DESIGNATED NATIONAL AUTHORITY: MISSIONS AND ATTRIBUTIONS
The CDM DNA-Morocco:
is the official State CDM representative vis-a-vis the organizations and national operators involved or having a relationship with CDM;
is the official state CDM representative vis-a-vis the international organizations in charge of CDM, in particular the CDM Executive Board
delivers written approval which confirms that the project is voluntary, conforming to the national criteria and contributes to the country’s Sustainable Development
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10. CDM-Morocco CDM DNA Activities
a regulation activity to set the CDM project evaluation and approval rules and procedures (prerequisites for subsequent validation and certification);  
a promotion activity centered on capacity building and marketing
CDM DNA structure
a CDM National Council (CDM NC)
a Permanent Secretariat of the National Council (CDM PS)operating at the Climate Change Unit; Secretary of State for the Environment.
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11. CDM-Morocco CDM NATIONAL COUNCIL CDM NC missions :
The review and assessment of projects submitted to the CDM Designated National Authority ;
The approval of sustainable development criteria and
of the modalities to putting them into operation;
The approval of guidelines and manuals, for the evaluation
CDM verification and monitoring CDM projects;
The encouragement of competent entities to be engaged in
highly technical CDM activities;
The establishment of an annual report on the activities of
CDM Morocco.
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12. CDM-Morocco CDM NC Components
- The Secretary of State for the Environment(President);
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
- Ministry of the Interior
- Ministry of Finance and Privatization
-Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Telecommunications
- The Prime Minister’s Delegated Ministry of Economic and
General Affairs and Economical Improvement
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Ministry of Equipment and Transport
- Ministry of Energy and Mines
-The High Commissariat of Water ,Forestry andCombating Desertification
-The GCME (the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises), MCEP (the Moroccan Center of Export Promotion), REDC (the Renewable Energy Development Center), and MCCP (the Moroccan Center for Cleaner Production) 
- From civil society. The participation of the public in this is assured by NGOs involved in combating CC impacts and/or in initiating SD programs.
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13. CDM NC PERMANENT SECRETARIAT: CDM PS
The CDM PS is located in the CC Unit ( SSE )
The CDM PS missions :
To be the spokes person for the CDM National Council;
To be the one-stop-desk for CDM project economic operators;
To transmit the projects to the CDM NC for review, and to communicate the results to the project promoters;
To register and deliver the accepted project approvals in the name of the CDM National Council;
To inform, nationally as well as internationally, on Moroccan CDM procedures, organization and project portfolio, in particular through the web site:
To get fully updated on the evolution of rules and procedures of the CDM at the international level
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14. III- Project Evaluation and Approval Procedures
The Moroccan government has implemented a standard procedure for CDM DNA to assess and approve CDM projects proposals.
This procedure is done in two stages :
Preliminary Evaluation :
-Examine the documentation submitted by the project promoter
and check that it fulfils the requirements of the official CDM procedures in Morocco. ( using the PIN : Project idea Note)
-To check that the project fulfils the three following conditions : 
 It lead to real and measurable GHG reductions ;
It conforms to the national SD criteria;
It has no external negative effects.
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15. Project Evaluation and Approval Procedures
In-depth Evaluation :
-An in-depth review of data and project components, and the assessment of their conformity to international criteria and to national SD Criteria .
-To undertake this in-depth evaluation, the CDM DNA reviews the Project Design Document (PDD) submitted by the project promoter
-The project to conform to the national SD criteria.
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16. National Sustainable Development Criteria
-The project must be integrated into a developing country’s main objectives and be a part of the defined priorities in the National Sustainable Development Strategy.
-The project must conform to current country laws and in particular the ones related to the environment and its preservation. It is particularly essential that an environmental impact study be realized in conformity with the national regulations on environmental impact studies.
-The project must use clean and confirmed technologies and avoid any out-dated technologies.
A list of indicators has been used to build a more precise criteria matrix for CDM Morocco project eligibility, in conformity with the national Sustainable Development policy.
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17. Sustainable Development Criteria Matrix
Contribution to the mitigation of global CC
Contribution to the sustainability of the local environment
Contribution to the creation of employment
Contribution to the durability of balance of payments
Positive contribution to the macro-economic plan
Effects on costs
Contribution to technology autonomy
Contribution to the sustainable use of natural resources
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18. Approval and Evaluation Procedure of CDM Projects
PIN received by the DNA
Preliminary Evaluation
Based on the PIN
(response announced by the DNA:
maximum within 2 weeks)
In-depth Evaluation Based on the PDD
(response transmitted by the DNA:
maximum within 4 weeks)
not accepted
Approval letter delivered to
the project promoter by the
Moroccan DNA
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19. Setting Up CDM in Morocco
KP Ratification : 2002
Designation of CDM DNA by ministerial order : 2002
CDM DNA put into operation :
1st meeting of CDM NC in September 2003
CDM SOP Morocco adopted by the DNA
2nd meeting of CDM NC in November 2003
First CDM projects approved and SD criteria adopted by the DNA
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20. IV First CDM Moroccan Projects approved by the DNA: 1st Project
Project Title: Rehabilitation of the landfill in Akreuch
as a landfill gas to energy project.
Project developer: City Council of Rabat
Type of project: Methane recovery in the waste sector
Technical and financial components of the project:
 Project development costs: million $US
Installation costs: 0.80 million $US
 Costs of realisation of the project : 0.85 million
US$, 100% self-financed
Annual operation costs: million $US
Estimate of GHG emission reductions:1.59
million tonnes of CO2eq. over 21 years
Estimated carbon revenues from the project:
4.77 millions de $US
Starting date of the project
2004
First year the project will generate Certified Emission Reductions (CERs)
2005
Crediting period of the Project
21 years

21. IV First CDM Moroccan Projects approved by the DNA: 2nd Project
Project title : Heat recovery enhancement for power generation at the Maroc Phosphore’s phosphoric acid and fertilizer production plant of Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
Project developer: Office Chérifien des Phosphates
Type of project : Energy efficiency in the industrial sector
Technical and financial components of the project:
Project development costs: 2.5 million $US
Installation costs: 1.75 million $US
Annual operation costs: 0.75 million $US
Total project costs: 20 million $US, 100%
financed by OCP
Estimate of GHG emission reductions:
888,813 tonnes of CO2eq. over 10 years
Estimated carbon revenues from the project:
3.55 millions de $US
Starting date of the project
2004
First year the project will generate Certified Emission Reductions (CERs)
2005
Crediting period of the Project
21 years

22. IV First CDM Moroccan Projects approved by the DNA: 3rd Project
Project title : Wind Park Essaouira
Project developer: Office National d’Electricité (ONE)
Type of project : Renewable Energy production
Technical and financial components of the project:
Project development costs: 1.2 million $US
Installation costs: 88.7 million $US
Total project costs: 88.9 million $US,
financed by ONE and KfW. ONE is still
looking for other investors in the project
Estimate of GHG emission reductions: 1.62
million tonnes of CO2eq. over 10 years
Estimated carbon revenues from the project:
between 8 and 13 millions de $US
Starting date of the project
2004
First year the project will generate Certified Emission Reductions (CERs)
2006
Lifetime of the Project
25 years
Crediting period of the Project
10 years

23. THANKs, www.mdpmaroc.com
Climate Change Unit;
Secretary of State for the Environment