1. Capacity Development for the CDM
A National Workshop
Hanoi, Viet Nam
September 11, 2003
Myung-Kyoon Lee

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

3. 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).

4. Participating Countries
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

5. 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

6. Implementation Strategy
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.

7. Main Activities in Phase I
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

8. Current Status
Phase I is finishing: 11 workplans completed and 1 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,….)