B  To enhance awareness among key-policy makers, the business community and the general public on the issues related to the UNFCCC and the Kyoto protocol, and of the development opportunities and issues with respect to CDM and GHG mitigation.

C  To develop local capacity in GHG emission forecast modelling and assessment of sectoral GHG mitigation potentials and options.

D  To assist the beneficiary countries in developing their national climate change strategies, including mitigation and adaptation measures.

2. Improved institutional capacity for hosting CDM projects in each beneficiary country and development of an Action Plan that includes the internal infrastructure to handle CDM projects and national selection criteria and approval procedures for CDM projects.

3. Enhanced technical CDM capacity in each beneficiary country, including
- recommendations on local application of international baseline principles and
modelling of GHG emission trends;
- information on local needs for technology transfer;
- procedures for monitoring, verification and certification of CDM projects;
- identification and preparation of at least 2 potential CDM projects in each beneficiary
country, including preliminary project description, and baseline and financial
assessment;
- a set of training and information materials on CDM issues is available.
4. Five to ten high-level decision makers and experts trained in each beneficiary country through:
- one high-level retreat workshop;
- two national workshops/round tables (on UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol, and on CDM
issues);
- training on CDM issues of at least 3 experts of each relevant ministry;
- at least 5-10 experts trained on monitoring and verification of CDM projects.
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5. Support the network activities between the countries of the region and other NIS through one regional conference of no less than 60 people on UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol issues.

6. Establishment of a bilingual national climate change website in the beneficiary countries or improvement of existing ones.

7. A Handbook developed on regional and country specific climate change and CDM issues, and Kyoto protocol requirements, including case studies.
8. Publication and dissemination of printed material on climate change and CDM.

9. A local public awareness campaign though printed mass media and TV.

B. Institutional capacity Building on CDM
B1 Recommendations on setting CDM infrastructure
B2 Interagency consultation process and awareness workshop
B3. Development CDM Action Plan
B4. CDM process Workshop

C. Technical capacity building on CDM
C1 On-the-job training on CDM
C2 Develop Core-Group of local experts
C3 Training in BAT and GHG mitigation technologies
C4 Capacity building GHG emissions and projections
C5 Identify CDM projects and develop PINs and PDDs

D. Institutional and Legal capacity building on Climate Change
D1 Strengthening of national climate change centres
D2 National implementation of UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol – explanatory memorandum

E. Regional Component
E1 Translation of publications
E2 Resource library
E3 Regional Conference
E4 Regional Workshops
E5 Climate Change outreach
E6 Websites
E7 Participation in Lot 1 and 3