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Ecuadorian institutional arrangements for the CDM RegulationPromotion Project evaluation & approval National registry & project reporting Technical & commercial assistance Capacity building Information dissemination Policy - making Strategic research & studies Priority project portfolio CDM National Authority (DNA) Ministry for Environment CDM Promotion Office public-private entity, presided by Ministry for Environment
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Ecuador frente al mercado global de carbono
CD4CDM in Ecuador
CD4CDM side event at CoP-10Buenos Aires, 11/XII/2004
Marcos CastroEcuadorian CDM Promotion [email protected], [email protected]
Ecuador: key data
Key milestones of national climate change policy:
• Ratification and adoption of both, the UNFCCC (1994) and the Kyoto Protocol (1999)
• Establishment of interinstitutional high-level ‘National Climate Change Committee’ (1998).
• Development of climate change studies, including ‘1st National Communication’ (2000).
• ‘National Council for Sustainable Development’ (2002): international carbon trading’ prioritized as one (out of three) strategic instruments for supporting local development projects.
• CDM institutional arrangements in place.
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Ecuadorian institutional arrangements for the CDM
Regulation Promotion
Project evaluation & approval
National registry &project reporting Technical & commercial
assistance
Capacity building
Informationdissemination
Policy - making
Strategic research & studies
Priority projectportfolio
CDM NationalAuthority (DNA)
Ministry for Environment
CDM Promotion Officepublic-private entity,
presided by Ministry for Environment
Main activities
Workshops & Courses
Management of market
intelligenceWeb site Others
Technical tutorials
Assistance throughoutCDM cycle
Indicative portfolio Others
Additionality & baselines SD contribution Others
Capacity building
Project pipeline
Methodologicalissues
Legal issues: CERs transfers
Acces to finance & markets
Transaction costs & local
expertiseOthers
CDM EB work & UNFCCC
negotationsCDM Offices
networkDemand side stakeholders Others
Addressing barriers
Int’l relations
Brief overview of approval procedure
Ecuadorian DNA: national approval procedures
Project Document Project participants DNAAnnex: nat’l requirements
based on presentation guide based on evaluation guide
A. Compliance with legal framework (sector/local)
- Legal prerequisites for proposed project.- Attachment of relevant licenses, certificates, others.
Check on integrality & consistency. Consultations with relevant entities.
B. Congruence with development policies/plans
Discussion on how the proposed project is congruent with development policies/strategies.
Assessment of evaluators: individual briefing and joint recommendation on approval.
C. Review of environmental, socioeconomic & technological impacts
Explanation on how positive impacts will be achieved and negative impacts mitigated.
Individual briefing and joint recommendation on approval.
Annex on int’l requirements
/ /
CDM Project Design Document (defined by the CDM-EB)
Submission of PDD (that has been or will be submitted for validation by DOE)
Review of PDD. Observations may require joint revisions with participants & validator.
Ecuadorian DNA: national approval procedures (2)
Project Participants DNA Relevant stakeholders
Project presentation
Evaluation process
National Approval
Project submissionbased on Project
Presentation Document Preliminary Reviewbased on check list
Agreement Notebased on standard format
Draft Reportbased on AssessmentGuide
Final Reportbased on AssessmentGuide
Issuance of Letter of National Approval
- Consultations institutions- Stakeholder comments
Complete?
Clarifications?
Approved?
Requests & adjustments
4 days
10 days
5 days
Project Participants DNA Relevant stakeholders
Project presentation
Evaluation process
National Approval
Project submissionbased on Project
Presentation Document Preliminary Reviewbased on check list
Agreement Notebased on standard format
Draft Reportbased on AssessmentGuide
Final Reportbased on AssessmentGuide
Issuance of Letter of National Approval
- Consultations institutions- Stakeholder comments
Complete?
Clarifications?
Approved?
Requests & adjustments
4 days
10 days
5 days
Brief overview of indicative project portfolio
Indicative project pipeline (as of November 2004)
PDD PINEmission reduction projectsPower generation: hydro 4
LoA & ERPA: 2
8with LoE: 2
Power generation: wind, biomass
2with LoE: 2
2
Landfill gas / 2 with LoE: 1
Other: animal waste management; public transport; gas capture from oil wells
/ preliminar PINs
LoA: Letter of Approval; LoE: EndorsementInformation on indicative project portfolio:National CDM Promotion Office / CORDELIM: www.cordelim.net, [email protected] Information on approval & endorsement procedures:CDM Designated National Authority, www.ambiente.gov.ec
Indicative project pipeline (as of November 2004)
PDD PINCarbon sequestration projectseligible for the CDM(i.e. “Kyoto compliant”)
2 (in due course)
5 (with LoE: 4)
not eligible for the CDM(e.g. ER from conservation)
2 (AIJ projects)
2(with LoE: 2)
Information on indicative project portfolio:National CDM Promotion Office / CORDELIM: www.cordelim.net, [email protected] Information on approval & endorsement procedures:CDM Designated National Authority, www.ambiente.gov.ec
Only projects with site-specific offset assessment…
More information…
• National CDM Promotion Office – CORDELIM: www.cordelim.net , e-mail: [email protected]
• CDM Designated National Authority: www.ambiente.gov.ec• Investment/business environment: Exports & Investments Promotion
Corporation – CORPEI; www.corpei.org / www.ecuador-investway.org• Power generation profile: National Electricity Council - CONELEC;
www.conelec.gov.ec• Forestry sector profile: National Forestry Direction / Ministry for the
Environment; www.ambiente.gov.ec
