Transcript ASEAN Economic, Political & Trade Policy Outlook

Regional Institutional Capacity Building in the
Implementation of Clean Development Mechanism in
ASEAN Countries
18-19 March 2004
Jakarta, Indonesia
CDM Capacity Building and the DNA
Facilitation Process
Presented by
Navann OUK, Clean Development Mechanism Project,
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
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Outline
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IV.
Introduction
Institutional and Legal Frameworks
Status of the DNA Creation
Issues and Constraints
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I. Introduction
• UNEP-Collaborating Center for Energy and
Environment (UCCEE) selected Cambodia as a
candidate for participating in the CD4CDM
project in late September 2002.
• The Ministry of Environment (MoE) signed an
agreement to implement Phase 1 of CD4CDM in
mid November 2002.
• CD4CDM Phase 2 started in May 2003.
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II. Institutional and Legal Frameworks (1/3)
• Cambodia ratified the UNFCCC on 18
December 1995.
• Cambodia acceded to the Kyoto Protocol on 4
July 2002, which entered into force on 22
August 2002.
• Cambodia submitted its First National
Communication to the CoP-8 at New Delhi in
late 2002.
• The Ministry of Environment (MoE) is the
National Focal Point for the UNFCCC and the
Kyoto Protocol.
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II. Institutional and Legal Frameworks (2/3)
 The Cambodian Climate Change Office
(CCCO) of the Ministry of Environment was
established on 23 June 2003 by Ministerial
Declaration No 195.
 CCCO works closely with all relevant
Government agencies, NGOs, the private
sector, local communities, donors and
international organization to coordinate and
implement national climate change policies,
greenhouse gas mitigation and inventory, and
climate change adaptation projects.
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II. Institutional and Legal Frameworks (3/3)
• The Royal Government of Cambodia strongly
supports the concept of building innovative
partnerships between the government, the private
sector and civil society for financing development,
including the CDM.
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III. Status of DNA Creation (1/8)
Understanding of CDM processes and modalities is
very limited in Cambodia.
Target group for CDM awareness raising:
 Policy makers of relevant government ministries/agencies
(environment, energy, agriculture, forestry, transport,
waste management, water resources, etc.);
 Private sector and NGOs working in the fields of
development, finance, environment, energy, agriculture,
forestry, transport, waste management, water resources,
etc.);
 Academic institutions (Royal University of Agriculture,
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Institute of Technology
of Cambodia, etc.);
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 Financiers.
III. Status of DNA Creation (2/8)
Understanding of CDM requirements:
 General information on CDM (rules and modality)
 In depth capacity development:
(1) Process of DNA establishment
(2) Preparing sustainable development criteria
(3) Method for evaluating proposed project
(4) Establishment of baseline
(5) PDD, PIN development (for project developer)
(6) Identification of CDM potential project
(7) Regulation and other important legal to support the
operation of DNA.
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III. Status of DNA Creation (3/8)
 Analysis of information on sustainable development
(SD) criteria from other countries (Annex 1, Non- Annex
1 and international organizations): Bangladesh,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, South Africa,
Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama, WWF Gold Standard,
South-South, Green Peace, etc.
 Analysis of Cambodian legislation, national & sectoral
action plans and programs, and conventions relates to
sustainable development to extract relevant information
related to national sustainable development objectives
and commitments.
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III. Status of DNA Creation (4/8)
 Compilation of information into summary tables to
provide a basis for the development of Cambodia’s
national sustainable development guidelines.
 Developed draft sustainable development criteria for
assessing proposed CDM projects in the energy
sector in Cambodia (guidelines developed in
economic development, social development,
environmental sustainability and technological
development).
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III. Status of DNA Creation (5/8)
 MoE was appointed as the Interim Designated
National Authority (DNA) for CDM by the
Prime Minister’s Declaration No 1, dated 15
July 2003.
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III. Status of DNA Creation (6/8)
Assessment of Renewable Energy Pilot projects
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In July 2003, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and
Energy (MIME) requested MoE to consider two
proposed renewable energy projects funded by
NEDO (Japan New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development Organization):
1. Combined power generation using biomass (cattle
excrement – 60 kW) and solar photovoltaics (50 kW)
2. Combined power generation using mini-hydro (40
kW) and solar photovoltaics (80 kW)
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III. Status of DNA Creation (7/8)
 MIME and MoE established a technical
working group to evaluate the two NEDO
projects.
 The working group is working together to
develop and review sustainable development
criteria for assessing energy projects based on
existing Cambodian regulations and experience
from other countries’ DNA.
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III. Status of DNA Creation (8/8)
 On 18-19 October 2003, a field trip to the
biomass/PV site (Southern Cambodia) was
organized by CD4CDM in collaboration with
MIME.
 Major activities included informal discussion
with local people and the Japanese contractors.
 The field trip provided an opportunity for the
staff to understand how to apply the SD criteria
in practice and what information is required
from the project developers.
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IV. Issues and Constraints
 Stakeholders’ understanding of CDM rules and knowledge
of national sustainable development objectives is limited in
Cambodia.
 Limited technical capacity of CD4CDM staff in: (1) CDM
technical issues such as baseline determination, and (2) indepth multi-disciplinary expertise in economics, law,
renewable energy technologies and forestry science.
 Insufficient guidance materials available to support DNA
establishment process.
 Lack of basic CDM awareness among stakeholders means
that CDM capacity building/DNA establishment will
require more time and effort.
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Questions/Comments?
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