1. 3rd Stage Review: Lead Reviewers Experience Outline: –Objectives –Overview of technical findings –Lessons Learned/Confirmed –Value of 3 rd Stage –Lead Reviewers Proposals for the Future

2. Objectives: Produce technical and informative review reports for reviewed Parties ----------------------- Contribute to the development of UNECE/NEC review Evaluate the opportunities for Harmonisation with UNFCCC

3. Review Report Based on UNFCCC template

4. Technical findings Trends, dips and jumps in the inventory time- series. Methods, emission factors and assumptions used for sectors in the inventory. Some time-series inconsistency, methodology based changes in the inventory. Quality and professionalism Limited resources.

5. Lessons Learned/Confirmed Harmonisation with UNFCCC process? –Completeness of review (Pollutants, sectors) –Science vs compliance –Practices and procedures Streamline and focus outputs –Highlight good practice –Make recommendations for improvement Number of Parties reviewed Mandate to review against Good practice basis for methods IIRs difficult to interpret Need for more review procedures and training

6. Policy oriented quality Science oriented quality Do We Verification or Validation? True ? verification Guidelines applied ? validation Real world emissions Emission inventory ?

7. Differences between UNFCCC and LRTAP conventions Greenhouse gasesAir pollutants Limited problems with abatement numerous technological and other controls complicates time-series analysis Relatively stable reporting format regular revision of the reporting format in the past Targets set as relative decrease Targets set as absolute levels Limited number of gasesLong list of pollutants Limited number of sector / gas combination extensive variety of possible changes in emission factors and combination of pollutants / sources / technologies

8. Value of 3 rd Stage Review Understand, prioritise and solve the real issues with reported inventories. –Brings together the many issues identified in Stage 1 & 2 opportunity for inventory experts to exchange ideas and learn from each other (strengthen the “Community”) profile to attract attention from high up in Parties organisations and get support from ministries for quality inventory compilation. –Reaches the political agenda Essential follow up to stage 1 & 2…….?

9. Review next step proposals 1: Establish a clear driver and purpose for review –continuous inventory improvement and/or compliance assessment linked to the explicit and implicit requirements of the protocols and the EU directives (if appropriate) 2: To drive forward a stable review platform –Countries reporting enough detail in a transparent, consistent and timely way (Activity data & IIR) –Specific unambiguous mandatory requirements for detailed transparent and consistent reporting (The guidelines) –Clear technical guidelines (the Guidebook) 3: A Plan for 3 rd stage reviews –Format, resources, responsibilities, experts, material, training, scope (pollutants, sectors, parties, mandate), outputs, templates, guidance documents and timings.