1. Presentation title
An Overview of Parties’ Submissions on the Review Guidelines for the GHG inventories, national communications and biennial reports
Technical workshop on the review guidelines of NC and BR
7-9 October 2013, Bonn
Xuehong Wang, Programme Officer
UNFCCC secretariat, MDA programme

2. Outline of presentation
Presentation title
Outline of presentation
1. Overview of submissions
2. Review principles and overall approach
3. Scope of review guidelines
4. Structure of review guidelines
5. Key elements of review guidelines
6. Timing/ schedule and format of reviews
7. Specific matters on the guidelines

3. 1. Overview of submissions
Six submissions: China, EU, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, the United States
Key points/ elements in the submission & proposed texts
Main text of synthesis paper
Proposed texts
Annex of synthesis paper: draft review guidelines

4. 2. Review principles and overall approach
Guiding principle – enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the review process
Alternative ways of conducting reviews, i.e. changes in the format and level of detail
Define timing and procedures in the review guidelines accordingly
Reviewing the same information only once
Implications for the format and timeline of reviews
Review process to be developed in accordance with the principles and provision of Convention
Structure of review guidelines should be easy to follow and cover all topics

5. 3. Scope of review guidelines
BR review guidelines should only address technical review
BR review guidelines should include both stages of IAR, i.e. technical review and multilateral assessment
No need to develop BR review guidelines

6. Review of GHG inventories
4. Structure of review guidelines – one single set of review guidelines
Overarching section
Review of GHG inventories
Review of BRs
Review of NCs
Option 1

7. Review of GHG inventories
4. Structure of review guidelines – one single set of review guidelines
Overarching section
Review of GHG inventories
Review of NCs
Option 2

8. Guidelines for the review of GHG inventories
4. Structure of review guidelines – three sets of individual review guidelines
Option 3
Guidelines for the review of GHG inventories
Guidelines for the review of NCs
Guidelines for international assessment and review of BRs

9. 5. Key elements of review guidelines – for one single set of guidelines
Part I: Overarching section – general aspects of reviews
Objectives of the review
General approach to the review
Timing and procedures of the review
Expert review teams and institutional arrangements
Reporting and publication of review reports

10. 5. Key elements of review guidelines – for one single set of guidelines
Part IV: Review guidelines for NC
Purpose of the review guidelines
General procedure of review
Scope of review
Timing
Reporting

11. 5. Key elements of review guidelines – for one single set of guidelines
Part III: Review guidelines for BR
Purpose of the review guidelines
General procedure of review
Scope of review
Timing
Reporting

12. 5. Key elements of review guidelines – three sets of individual review guidelines
Part I: Review guidelines for GHG inventories – general aspects of reviews and GHG inventory specific elements (placeholder)
Part II: Review guidelines for NC – general aspects of reviews and NC specific elements
(objectives, purpose of review, general approach, initial check, scope of review, the ERT, review report, timing)
Part III: International assessment and review of BR – general aspects of reviews and BR specific elements
(objectives, purpose of IAR of BR, general approach, technical review, multilateral assessment, conclusions of SBI)

13. 6. Timing/schedule and format of reviews – Option 1
BR and NC reviews
In years when both BR and NC are submitted (2014, 2018…)
Centralized reviews for one group of AI Parties: completion 9 months after submission due date
In-country reviews for the other group of AI Parties: completion 11 months after submission due date
In years when only BRs are submitted (2016, 2020…)
Centralized reviews for all AI Parties

14. 6. Timing/schedule and format of reviews – Option 2
In-country reviews for both BRs and NCs
NC reviews could be conducted in conjunction with the review under the KP

15. 6. Timing/schedule and format of reviews – Option 3
Centralized reviews
To be completed within 6 months of submission due date
BR reviews
Centralized or in-country reviews
Only those parts not covered by BR reviews will be reviewed
To be completed within 2 years of submission due date
NC reviews

16. 6. Timing/schedule and format of reviews – Option 4
Both in-country and centralized review formats should be available to Parties under review
Location and format of each review should be determined on the basis of
- preference of Party under review
- other considerations, including the number of reviews
scheduled in one year, availability of resources and expert
reviewers

17. 7. Specific matters on the guidelines
Identification of problems
Role of lead reviewers and of the secretariat
Training requirements for BR and NC reviews
Outline of BR and NC review reports
Annual report to SBSTA on BR and NC reviews