Transcript Workshop overview - Capacity Development for the CDM

2nd National Workshop on
Capacity Development for the Clean
Development Mechanism
Workshop Overview
4 November 2003
SUM THY,
Team Leader for Awareness Raising
Outline
1. Workshop Objectives
2. Workshop Approach
3. Expected Outputs
4. Participants
5. Personnel
6. Agenda
I. Workshop Objectives
 The objectives of this workshop are to:
 Promote further understanding of CDM for the relevant
stakeholders that have the potential to reduce
greenhouse gases in Cambodia;
 Encourage ownership and active participation of
concerned stakeholders in CDM;
 Generate support from concerned stakeholders; and
 Identify issues and opportunity of CDM in Cambodia.
II. Workshop Approach
This one-day workshop will use:
 Advance distribution of handout materials;
 Presentation;
 Panel discussion; and
Group discussion.
III. Expected Outputs
 Better understanding about CDM by all participants;
 More support from policy makers and relevant
stakeholders;
 Identification of issues and opportunities to participate
in CDM;
 Recommendations from participants on how to benefit
from CDM; and
 Production of workshop proceedings.
IV. Participants
 Technical officers and policy makers from relevant
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government ministries/agencies
CD4CDM project staff
Project regional center (Asian Institute of Technology: AIT)
Private sector
NGOs and donor representatives
Financial institutions
Academic institutions
National and international consultants
V. Workshop Personnel
 Chairpersons:
 Workshop Coordinator:
 Technical supporting staff:
 Resource persons:
- H.E. Prach Sun, MoE Under Secretary of
State;
- H.E. Khieu Muth, MoE Director General;
- Dr. S. Kumar Associate Professor, AIT
- Dr Sudhir Sharma, Senior Program
Specialist, AIT
Dr. Tin Ponlok, Project Coordinator
CD4CDM staff
- Ms. Bridget McIntosh, Climate Change
Advisor, MoE;
- Dr. Thanak De Lopez, CD4CDM Advisor
VI. Agenda
 Workshop overview, by Mr. Sum Thy, Team Leader, Awareness
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Raising;
Origins of CDM - Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, by Mr.
Chea Chan Thou, MoE counterpart;
Introduction to CDM, by Mr. Sum Thy;
CDM Project Cycle, by Dr. Thanak de Lopez, Advisor, CD4CDM
Project;
Status of CDM Internationally, by Ms. Bridget McIntosh, Advisor,
Climate Change Office;
CDM and Energy Opportunities in Cambodia, by Mr. Toch Sovanna,
Chief of Renewable Energy Office, MIME;
CDM and Forestry Opportunities in Cambodia, by Mr. Ma Sotha,
Chief of Forest Plantation Office, MAFF;
Status of CDM in Cambodia, by Dr. Tin Ponlok, Project Coordinator,
3 group discussions; and
Closing remark, by H.E. Prach Sun, Under Secretary of State.