1. UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems under Article 5 (1) of the KP
Inventory Management and Archiving in Germany

2. Quality control / Quality assurance
general functions
reporting / information
National inventory system:
federal ministries and institutions
The German NaSE shall involve all German institutions with good expertise on the issues necessary for inventory preparation.
Single National Entity (UBA)
Institutions of the German Länder
centralised documentation/archiving
Industry
scientific institutions
independent experts
decentralised documentation/archiving
information delivery

3. The need for documentation and archiving
increase transparency  inventory information (including rationales) shall not only be part of peoples mind but also of documents
provide relevant information for priority setting  inventory improvement activities undertaken shall be those of most urgent need
organize QA/QC at the data source  inventory quality shall not be an “end of pipe result” but a consequence of intention and possibilities

4. Inventory and QS management system
integrated concept for QA/QC & national system & inventory
National System (NaSE)
objectives
CSE (Central System on Emissions)
 data base
QSE (Quality System on Emission inventories)  QA/QC procedures
PlaSte (Planning and Steering tool)  meta data base
tools
Emission Inventory
(CRF/NIR)
Transparency,
Consistency,
Comparability,
Completeness,
Accuracy,
Timeliness.
improvement activities
National Improvement Program specific objectives, criterias, responsibilities and activities
experiences
experiences & results

5. Documentation in the Central System on Emissions (CSE)
Functions:  Central data storage and documentation  Emissions calculation and reporting  Archiving of inventory information
Principles:  time series are documented in the data base  methods should be included in the database as far as possible and appropriate (tool: CalQlator)  data history is stored for QC purposes  Backup of the ZSE database of every submission

6. Documentation in the CSE (II)
documentation of time series
general information on the data  contact persons (and institution if not UBA)  information on QC  comment
documentation of the data source (altern. choice)  literature  statistical source  data base  statistical evaluation (description, if the calculation is not included in the data base)

7. Documentation in the CSE (III)
inclusion of calculations in the database
time series
declaration of parameters and variables
calculation formula

8. Documentation in the Quality System on Emission inventories (QSE)
Functions:  implementation of the Good Practice Guidance  definition and description of the inventory process  definition of quality objectives and QK/QS measures  provision of standards and data formats  support the inventory improvement process
Principles:  QA/QC as part of the inventory preparation process  specific QA/QC Guidance for different roles

9. Documentation in the QSE (I)
Quality objectives
QC plan, QA plan: quality-control and quality-assurance procedures (including review and audit).
Improvement plan: improvement measures on the inventory or the QSE proposed by responsible experts.
Inventory plan: inventory improvement measures approved and given priority by the Single National Entity.
Inventory description: detailed documentation of source-category-specific inventory procedures incl. rationales on the choice of data and methods.

10. Documentation in the QSE (II)
documents
includes checks on the realisation of decentralised documentation

11. Thank You!