1. The Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: NAMA Prioritization Experience
Mr. Ion Comendant,
Team Leader
Climate Change Office
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
17 January, 2013
Global webinar

2. Main characteristics of the Republic of Moldova’s LEDS
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Main characteristics of the Republic of Moldova’s LEDS
Goal:
Integrate mitigation into National and Sectoral Development Strategies (mitigation aspiration goal: at least -25% reduction from 1990 level to 2020)
Decarbonize national economy while increasing energy security
Maximize economic opportunities and create climate-resilient economy
Identification of priorities: Mitigation priorities identified for major economic sectors (i.e., energy, industry, transportation, buildings, agriculture, forestry, waste) Analytical basis: Analytical basis for LEDS development was GHG inventory for and GHG emission projections by sector, developed in the frame of SNC (2009) for the period until 2030
Development of LEDS began in 2010, to address commitment of Moldova announced in response to Copenhagen Accord

3. Timeframe of key activities
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Timeframe of key activities
LEDS/NAMAs
Sept-Dec 2012: Prioritised list of NAMAs identified; LEDS adopted by government
Sept. 2010: LEDS development initiated
Jan-Aug 2012: stakeholder consultations on LEDS
: TNA conducted in 4 stages:
Technologies identified
Barrier analysis & enabling framework
Technology Action Plan (for 6 technologies)
Development of project ideas
Not long after the LEDS development began, the TNA process was launched
Two reports from the TNA fed into the identification of NAMAs during the finalisation of the LEDS. Found this to be very useful process because many experts were involved in the process of identifying technologies
Technology Needs Assessment (TNA)

4. Approach used to select technologies (1)
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Approach used to select technologies (1)
Subsectors were identified based on GHG emissions (energy + agriculture → 69% of total GHGs)
For each subsector, national team (11 experts) proposed technologies according to 4 categories:
Small scale technologies available in short term
Small scale technologies available in medium to long term
Large scale technologies available in short term
Large scale technologies available in medium to long term
The definitions used were based on the TNA Handbook

5. Approach used to select technologies (2)
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Approach used to select technologies (2)
Where more than 4 technologies were identified in a given subsector, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) was applied using Excel spreadsheet and a set of agreed benefits and cost criteria, namely:
Benefits: GHG emissions reductions; economic, environmental and social impact
Costs: investments; prices (since these parameters are very sensitive to national decision making)
Where 3 or less technologies were identified in a given subsector, prioritization was based on a performance matrix using only 2 criteria (investment cost + GHG emission reductions)

6. Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Main challenges
Involving stakeholders in the technology prioritization process can be very time consuming
Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is time consuming and rules for applying MCDA were unclear → using the Excel spreadsheet tools created big difficulties for some stakeholders and experts
Further implementation of selected technologies would require more detailed consideration of the factors influencing their successful promotion
For electricity supply, the appropriate power source development scenarios need further elaboration to determine how selected prioritized technologies for power generation would be loaded over time → tools such as WASP or MARKAL would help in this context, but require more time and expertise again

7. Recommendations/lessons learned
Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Recommendations/lessons learned
NAMAs should be identified and prioritized by smaller expert group and other stakeholders engaged in the final stage of NAMA selection, with decisions based on the underlying technical analysis
So that selected NAMAs will be implementable, each technology or measure should:
Pass a barrier analysis and have an enabling framework identified that will encourage NAMA diffusion
Be supported by a project idea or commercial offer report
TNA project results have been very useful for NAMAs identification, such as:
experience was gained on how to prioritize technologies
100% of technologies from TNA project have been included in NAMA list

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