Module 2.2 Calibration regarding Accreditation Assessment Requirements

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Module 2.2Calibration regarding Accreditation
Assessment Requirements

• Key Changes to the CDM Accreditation Standard
  for Operational Entities, version 2.0
• Bonn, Germany, 12 March 2011

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Key Changes to the CDM Accreditation Standard

• Highlights
• Revised CDM accreditation standard, version 2.0
  adopted by EB 56, with improvements/enhancements
  to
• Technical competence of DOEs
• Impartiality of DOEs
• Allocation of functions to sites other than the
  DOEs central office
• Board decided on a six-month grace period with
  the effective implementation date of the revised
  CDM accreditation standard as 17 March 2011

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Human Resources and Competence (section IV, Annex
D)

• Competence Requirements
• Competence requirements clearly prescribe an
  ability to apply knowledge and skills in respect
  to the CDM validation and verification
  activities
• This ability shall be evaluated by the AE/DOE
  in accordance with appropriate CDM accreditation
  requirements so as to achieve intended results
  i.e. to ensure a high quality of DOE output(s)

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Human Resources and Competence (section IV, Annex
D)

• Relation between initial qualification and
  performance evaluation
• Initial qualification to technical areas
• Personnel shall be evaluated and initially
  qualified to technical areas, based on the
  associated competence requirements, in the
  validation and verification functions
• Confirmation of competence
• DOE shall have its personnel competence, for
  those who were initially qualified, confirmed
  based on a performance evaluation

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Human Resources and Competence (section IV, Annex
D)

• Initial Qualification of personnel to Technical
  Areas
• Concept of technical areas within a CDM sectoral
  scope is fully established, along with the
  competence requirements for initial qualification
  to each technical area
• requirements for both validation and
  verification functions
• competence requirements achieved as a
  combination of educational background, work
  experience and training

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Impartiality (section XII)

• Safeguarding Impartiality

Previous structure New structure
A. General I. Threats to impartiality II. Mitigation B. Safeguarding impartiality A. General B. Safeguarding impartiality at the policy level C. Safeguarding impartiality at the organizational level D. Safeguarding impartiality at the operational level I. Analysis of threats against impartiality II. Mitigation of threats against impartiality E. Review of effectiveness
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Impartiality (section XII)

• Safeguarding Impartiality
• Impartiality shall be addressed at the level of
• Policy
• Organizational and
• Operational
• AE/DOE shall implement mitigation actions
  against identified risks to impartiality through,
  inter alia
• Prohibition
• Restrictions
• Disclosures

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Impartiality (section XII)

• Review of effectiveness
• Another new requirement
• Is an analysis and review of all data and
  information that bears upon all issues related to
  impartiality
• Required to be conducted at least once a year
• Review to evaluate effectiveness of the process
  to safeguard DOEs impartiality

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Allocation of Functions to Other Sites (Section
III, Annex A)

• Allocation of functions to other sites
• Clarifies which functions the DOE may allocate to
  sites other than its central office
• Makes clear distinction between
• Allocation of functions to other sites
• Use of external personnel
• Subcontracting

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Current Status

• In the interim phase, between adoption and
  implementation of the standard, the CDM
  accreditation panel has received several Request
  for Clarifications on the elements of the
  revised standard
• These RfCs are for consideration by the CDM AP
• Next meeting of the CDM AP is 14-17 March