- Kyoto Protocol –Development of the New Zealand Register

Stuart Calman Ministry of Economic Development

Our goal is to develop a register that is:

• Compliant with the international requirements

• Compliant with the NZ legislation

• A robust real-time register available 24/7 via

the Internet

• Ready on-time and on-budget

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IT development - project overviewStage Requirement  Status

Stage 1 High level business requirements & project documents

Complete

Stage 2 Functional Specifications 2004

Stage 3 Design & technical specifications

2004

Stage 4 

Development (by milestone)

Start 2004 – complete 2005

Testing (by milestone) As development is completed

Stage 5 System available for international review

2006

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IT dependencies

• Selection of a data transfer format – XML?

• Availability of project plans for the ITL and data exchange standards

• Managing data exchange change control issues

• Managing data exchange versioning issues

• Availability of an appropriate test environment for the ITL

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Registrar, MED

Public

Account Holder

NZ Emissions Unit Register

Transaction Log

OtherNationalRegisters

Minister of Finance

InventoryAgency

CDM Register

Minister for the Environment

Secretariat

AnnualReport

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Design Scope

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OVERSEASREGISTRY

CDMREGISTRY

Sink Transfer

NC Cancel

Cancel

Retire

Transfer

Transfer

Issue CER

CROWN HOLDINGA/C

OTHER ENTITYHOLDING

A/C

SINKCANCELLATION

A/C (Per)

NON-COMPLIANCE

CANCELLATIONA/C (Per)

GENERALCANCELLATION

A/C (Per)

RETIREMENTA/C (Per)

Transfer

Transfer

Transfer

Transfer Transfer

Transactions Through The NZ Register

Issue AAU

Issue RMU

ConvertAAU and RMU

to ERU

CarryoverAAU, CER, ERU

NZ REGISTRY

Transaction Processing

Registry Processing

Transaction Processor

TL Transaction Log

CDM and Other National Registries

Request Instruction

Request

RequestResult

Confirmor abort

Confirm

Reconfirm

Reconfirm

Reconfirm Request

Instruction

RequestResult

Confirmor abort

Confirm

Confirm

Reconfirm

ReconfirmAuditCheck

AuditData

AuditResult

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Operational dependencies

• Public search functionality requirements

• Likelihood of any further decisions affecting registry systems?

• How will initial Article 8 review be conducted

• Developing a common annual reporting format

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