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Establishment of the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) National Authority, Operational Framework
and Support Systems for the Philippines
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Scope of the Project

• The Project shall cover 2 specific areas, namely
• Establishment of the CDM National Authority
• the national shall endorse to the Executive Board
  and proposed CDM projects that support national
  sustainable goals
• Development of the Operational Framework of the
  NA
• - will include definition of the legal and
  administrative requirements and the prescribed
  systems and procedures for securing the NA
  endorsement, among others.

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Long Term Objectives

• Achievement of the countrys sustainable
  development goals through economic growth
  anchored on a healthy and vibrant environment and
  the reduction of greenhouse gas, globally,
  resulting in the climate change mitigation
• Poverty alleviation through the enhancement of
  capacity of sectors (ie. energy, agriculture and
  forestry) to increase their contribution to the
  countrys economy through a mechanism like the CDM

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Immediate Objectives

• To secure the official designation of a national
  government entity as the National Authority for
  CDM
• To formulate the CDM Operational Framework

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Project Benefits

• Will usher the entry of an emerging global
  industry spearheaded by the private sector
  through the transformation of GHG mitigation into
  investment opportunities in support of the
  countrys sustainable development aspirations
• Potential investors will recognize the advantages
  and benefits of transacting CDM business in the
  Philippines, resulting to more investments coming
  in, in the future.

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Project Beneficiaries

• National government agencies who will be involved
  in the CDM implementation process in the
  Philippines
• Industries/private sector and other CDM project
  proponents
• recipients of additional capacity building,
  new technologies and project funding
• Consuming public
• intended users of the resulting products and
  services generated by the CDM process.

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Project Implementation

• A1 Establishment of the National Authority
• Immediate Objective
• To secure the official designation of the
  appropriate governmental entity as the National
  Authority for CDM in the Philippines
• Output
• A legal Issuance Designating the National
  Authority for the CDM process in the Philippines

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PROPOSE CDM NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
DENR
EXECUTIVE BOARD
IACCC
APPLICATION FOR PROJECTS
CDM SECRETARIAT
TECHNICAL EVLUATION COM. ENERGY
TECHNICAL EVLUATION COM. SOLID WASTE
TECHNICAL EVLUATION COM. LULUCF
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Project Implementation

• Activity A1.1
• Consultations with stakeholders, the IACCC, and
  legal experts in the designation of the CDM NA
• 3 Selection options
• - a legal opinion from the Office of the
  President on the extent of coverage of the
  existing mandate of the contemplated entity
• - revision of the Administrative Order on the
  existing legal issuance to cover the additional
  functions as NA.
• - issuance of the President of a Memorandum
  Order for this additional task
• Work through formal mechanisms and concerned
  institutions to issue the legal document during
  the initial phase of the project
• Draw the appropriate and necessary organizational
  structure and its institutionalization

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Project Implementation

• A2 Development of the National CDM Operational
  Framework
• Immediate Objective
• To enable the optimum and efficient functioning
  of the NA through the provision of a clear
  National CDM Operational Framework
• Output
• National Authoritys Management System

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Project Implementation

• Activities for A2
• Review past and available literature on the
  existing policies and identify gaps and
  constraints, and provide recommendations to
  address these gaps to facilitate entry and
  implementation of CDM projects
• Craft new/supplementary policies and legal
  issuances to address the identified gaps and
  constraints
• Adopt national sustainable development criteria
  and indicators for use in the CDM assessment
  process.
• Develop Systems and Procedures, with clear
  accountabilities and timeframes within the NA
  system
• A business process map

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Project Implementation

• Activities for A2 (Continued)
• Develop protocols and supplementary tools to
  implement the systems and procedures
• Develop the documentary requirements of the NA to
  enable it to assess the CDM proposal and issues
  the necessary endorsement to the CDM Executive
  Board
• Pilot test the designated management system
• Prepare and issue the necessary legal and
  administrative issuances to operationalize the
  management system

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Risks and Conditions

• Delay in the Creation of the National Authority
  resulting from the current administrations
  priority for 2004 election-related preparatory
  activities
• however, all other activities relating to the
  development of the operational framework can
  proceed even while the NA designation is being
  worked out.
• an Administrative Order was already drafted and
  under review by the DENR Legal Affairs Office.

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0. Institutional Strengthening of DNA
(will be assisted by Netherlands Govt..)
(will be assisted by Netherlands Govt..)
Establishment of the CDM National Authority
CDM operational framework
1. National authoritys management system
Output 2
1. CDM Project Promotion
Streamlined standard baseline and Monitoring
methodologies for small scale CDM Projects
(JICA)
Output 1
Case Studies on small scale CDM projects
Information Collection
CDM project promotion policy
Output 4
1. Development of streamlined standard
methodologies 2. Development of emission
factors specific to the Philippines
1. Survey on legal framework 2. Collect related
data necessary for CDM-PDD preparation 3.
Survey on situations of ASEAN countries
etc.
Web-based CDM information clearinghouse
1. Priorities of CDM projects
criteria (sectors, area, technology needs) 2. CDM
project promotion measures
Output 3
Financial development for local CDM participants
2. Training workshops on CDM
Preparing training materials
Organizing CDM workshops

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Thank you.
Joyceline A. Goco Head, Inter-Agency Committee on
Climate Change Secretariat DENR -- EMB 2nd Flr.
HRD Bldg. DENR Compound Visayas Avenue,
Diliman Quezon City, Philippines Tel (632)
920-2251/925-4797 loc. 2 Fax [phone] to
52 e-mail address joygoco_at_yahoo.com