November 18, 2005 - Side-Event on CDM (Project Preparation Committee, EBRD)
October 11, 2005 - Modalities and Practical Implementation of CDM Project Cycle
October 10, 2005 - CDM Project Types and Technologies: Land Use and Forestry
September 20, 2005 - CDM in Industrial Processes: Cement Industry
April 4-5, 2005 - CDM Project Types and Technologies
March 7-9, 2005 - New Methodologies, Development of Baselines and Additionality Tests
January 21, 2005 - Introduction to the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and CDM
September 24, 2004 - Raising Awareness on CDM of the Kyoto Protocol

Side-event on Clean Development Mechanism held in Yerevan

The Project Preparation Committee (PPC), a network of stakeholders involved in preparing and financing environmental investments, organised and conducted a side-event on CDM for interested delegates, who attended the Third EAP Task Force/PPC Meeting and Ministerial Conference on Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in EECCA in Yerevan on16-18 November, 2005.

The side-event took place on 18 November 2005 in Armenia Marriott Hotel and hosted approximately forty participants. Along with a number of project sponsors from the region and representatives of key ministries and various financial institutions, local CDM project developers, as well as managers of private entities were invited.

The objectives of the workshop were to present an overview of the CDM institutional and policy developments in the region, and to identify and discuss barriers and possibilities of their resolution via several financial mechanisms designed and maintained by EBRD. In particular, presentations were made on CDM Project Support Facility as well as Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund which is being developed by EBRD and EIB.

AGENDA

12:30 - 13:00 Clean Development Mechanism in Armenia (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
Aram Gabrielyan, Head of Environmental Protection Department, MoNP of RA
13:00 - 13:25 Current process in the Central Asian countries regarding the Kyoto Protocol, and general information on the EU-funded Lot 3 project (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
Francois Collignon, Oil and Gas Expert, Team Leader, Sofreco
13:25 - 13:45 Update on CDM developments in the Caucasus; a barrier analysis and opportunities
Albert Zweering, Team Leader, Fichtner (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
13:45 - 14:15 CDM: A Bankers Point of View
Matthieu Le Blan, Associate Banker, EBRD (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
14:15 - 14:40 EBRD's CDM Project Support Facility and Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund
Jan-Willem van de Ven, Associate Banker/PPC Officer, EBRD (Adobe Acrobat presentation)

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Modalities and Practical Implementation of CDM Project Validation, Registration, Monitoring, Verification and Certification

WORKSHOP

A closing workshop of the CDM series was held on October 11, 2005. The workshop aimed to demonstrate and explain the principal stages of the CDM project cycle that come upon Project Design Document development and obtaining National Approval. The workshop subject was of particular interest for those local project owners who have already been involved in CDM project development yet have not approached the above- mentioned stages. Special attention was drawn to the issue of validation, terms and conditions of cooperation with the validators (Designated Operational Entities - DOEs), as well as the possibilities of reducing project risks related to further project non-approval by the CDM Executive Board.

In an overview, Ms. Ullrich introduced the list of currently authorized Operational Entities along with their sectoral scopes; she also presented several validation samples with relevant procedures and their applications. Since the number of DOEs is currently confined to several Asian and European companies, the process of validation for developing countries is rather sophisticated and costly. In the future, it will be possible to cut costs if the DOEs either become localized or set up branches in those countries. Another opportunity to reduce up-front costs would be the realization of small scale CDM projects for which the CDM EB established simplified methodologies and cheaper procedures.

Monitoring and verification are also extremely important stages of the CDM cycle.

Monitoring conducted by project participants in accordance with a previously approved monitoring plan should later be verified by the Operational Entity. Thus, a comprehensive monitoring plan introduced in the PDD might later result in obtaining reliable and precise monitoring outcomes.

Verification appears to be more project specific than validation; it requires a greater degree of contribution by local experts and provides information on risks of future data quality. Besides, verification must be provided by a different DOE in order to avoid conflict of interests.

Considering the fact that Armenia has no practical experience in participating in CDM project at such levels, the presentation was found extremely interesting and useful. In addition to interactive discussion, a decision was made to set up and maintain information channels between Ms. Ullrich and the project local office from one side and project developers from the other side in order to keep them updated on the latest news, since the surveyed area develops dynamically.

AGENDA

10:00 - 10:15 Registration
10:15 - 10:30 Welcome speech
Artem Kharazyan, Project Coordinator
10:30 - 11:15 CDM Project Cycle and Validation
Simone Ullrich, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
11:15 - 11:30 Discussions
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 12:15 CDM Project Cycle and Validation (continuation)
Simone Ullrich, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG
12:15 - 12:30 Discussions
12:30 - 13:00 CDM Projects Registration and Monitoring
Simone Ullrich, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
13:30 - 13:45 Discussions
13:45 - 14:45 Lunch
14:45 - 15:45 GHG Emissions Reduction Verification
Simone Ullrich, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
15:45 - 16:00 Discussions
16:00 - 16:45 Certification and Issuance of CERs
Simone Ullrich, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
16:45 - 17:15 Final discussion / closure

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CDM Project Types and Technologies: Land Use and Forestry;
CDM in Agriculture and Carbon Sinks Projects

WORKSHOP

As a follow-up of a series of workshops on Clean Development Mechanism project types and technologies, a presentation on CDM in agriculture and carbon sinks projects was made.

The presentation elucidated the possibilities of materialization of projects in the fields of land use and forestry, as well as introduced new methodologies in the relevant sectors.

Currently, due to a number of reasons no registered CDM project exists in afforestation and reforestation (A/R). Even though more then ten new A/R methodologies were submitted, none of them has been approved so far by the CDM Executive Board. This fact impedes the CDM activity in this field, since the projects based on those methodologies might not be approved either. Another hampering factor is that the European countries participating in the EU - ETS are not currently accepting CERs obtained from A/R projects. Nevertheless, it is expected that the EU review its position on this issue with respect to the countries that have the greatest emission reduction obligations and are seeking for more carbon credits in order to meet them.

Armenia, as a country suffering from deforestation as a consequence of energy crisis of the 1990s, is very interested in A/R CDM projects development. Not only the materialization of such projects will lead to restoration of woods but also have political value. There already are several projects engaged with afforestation activities such as Armenian Tree Project, Armenian Forests NGO etc. The implementation of CDM in its turn will increase economic attractiveness of similar activities allowing to get additional income from carbon credits sale or transfer.

Mr. Scorpan, who represented the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Moldova, also focused on Moldovan experience in similar projects implementation as well as presented the structure and procedures of Moldova's CDM Committee.

Moldova has already submitted a new methodology ARNM0007 "Restoration of Degraded Lands through Afforestation/Reforestation" to the CDM EB for revision and approval. The methodology was designed for such project activity that falls in the sectors of Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry, as well as Afforestation/Reforestation sub-sector.

The presentation was followed by interactive discussions.

AGENDA

10:15 - 10:30 Registration
10:30 - 10:35 Welcome speech
Artem Kharazyan, Project Coordinator
10:35 - 11:45 Theme A: Sinks and CDM of Kyoto Protocol (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
Vasile Scorpan, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Moldova
11:45 - 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 13:00 Sinks and CDM of Kyoto Protocol (continuation) (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
Vasile Scorpan, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Moldova.
13:00 - 13:30 Discussion
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Theme B: CDM Projects in LULUCF (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
Vasile Scorpan, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Moldova
16:00 - 16:30 Final Discussion
16:30 Closure

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CDM in Industrial Processes - Cement Industry
WORKSHOP

 

Date:	20 September 2005
Venue:	Conference hall of the Ministry of Energy of RA (Government House 2, Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia)
Organizers:	"Technical Assistance to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova with Respect to Their Global Climate Change Commitments" Project

Considering the fact that CDM projects can also be realized in the industrial sector, mainly as energy efficiency measures introduced at relevant enterprises, a workshop on CDM in Industrial Processes was organized and held. Particular attention was paid to the issue of improving energy efficiency in cement production since this sector had been identified by all the project beneficiaries as one of the most prioritized.

Dr. Wolfgang Eichhammer, a guest speaker from the Fraunhofer Institute of Systems and Innovation Research (Germany), began his presentation by introducing currently proposed Baseline and Monitoring methodologies in industrial sector. As an example, Indocement's Sustainable Cement Production Project was presented. The purpose of project is to reduce CO2 emissions by implementing technologies and using fuel types that are not applied at present in the Indonesian cement sector. The project consists of two independent yet integrated CO2 reduction components, namely: (1) the introduction of blended cement to substitute Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and (2) a partial substitution of traditional fuels with alternative fuels in clinker burning.

The two project components will be implemented at the three Indocement production sites located at: Citeureup and Cirebon, both West Java and Tarjun South, Kalimantan.
Taken together, they operate twelve plants.

Dr. Eichhammer explained that cement is produced by burning a mixture of raw materials, comprised mainly of limestone and clay, in large rotary kilns at temperatures above 1450oC. This process results in the formation of clinker, which together with gypsum and other materials upon grinding to high fineness, is transformed into cement.

CO2 emissions from cement manufacturing originate predominantly from the de-carbonation of the limestone, the main component of the raw materials for the burning process, as well as the burning process itself, which requires flame temperatures above 2000oC and where large quantities of fuels are burnt. More than 50% of the CO2 emissions from cement production originate from the calcination process. At present, about 0.88 ton CO2 is emitted per ton of clinker produced at Indocement's plants.

Traditionally, Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) consists only of clinker and a small amount of gypsum in the order of 3% to 4%. International and Indonesian cement standards allow OPC to be produced with additive materials in proportions of 3% to 5% in addition to gypsum. As a consequence, the clinker content in OPC can be as low as 91%. At present, the Indonesian OPC contains about 95% clinker. Cements with lower clinker content than specified in the OPC standard are generally referred to as "blended" cements, but are classified into many types for different applications depending upon the type and amount of additives, and hence varying qualities.

Project Component 1: Introduction of a new type of cement with a higher proportion of additive materials (blended cement) to substitute OPC.

The aim of this project component is to manufacture and sell a new blended type of cement which currently does not exist in the Indonesian cement market. Blended cement is produced by increasing the proportion of additive materials such as limestone and pozzolan in the cement fine grinding process, hence reducing the clinker content of cement. The pozzolanic materials to be used in Indocement's Sustainable Cement Production Project will include coal fly ash and volcanic ash (trass).

The blended cement component of the project will reduce the current clinker content of Indocement's blended cement by more than 10%, from about 92.5% to about 81%, resulting equally in a CO2 emission reduction of more than 10%. This component is expected to generate emission reductions of about 7 million tCO2e over a 10-year crediting period.

In this project component, calcination-, fuel-, and power-related CO2 emission reductions are achieved by lowering the clinker content per ton of cement. The main barrier to a successful introduction of blended cement into the market is consumer aversion to this particular type of cement. A significant marketing effort by Indocement will be required to overcome this prohibitive barrier.

Project Component 2: Use of alternative fuels in clinker burning.

Coal, oil, and natural gas are the traditional fuel inputs into the cement production process. The second project component aims at introducing alternative fuels to substitute the fossil fuels, predominantly coal, that currently are consumed during clinker burning at Indocement's production plants. Indocement aims at utilizing biomass and other alternative fuel types such as rice husks, saw dust, plastics, paper, textiles, used tyres, waste oil, industrial liquid, and solid waste.

The CO2 emissions reductions from this project component are due to (i) bio-fuels are regarded as CO2-neutral fuels (2) other alternative fuels give rise to less CO2 emissions.

This project component aims to contribute up to about 15% of Indocement's total heat requirements. Assuming that all alternative fuels are CO2-neutral, the CO2 emissions per ton of clinker would drop by about 5%, from 0.88 ton to 0.84 ton. This component is expected to generate emission reductions of about 9 million tCO2e during 2004-2024 (i.e., 3 x 7 years).

Besides the introduction of the project's technical details, Mr. Eichhammer touched upon the history of the project development, drawing special attention to baseline calculation and additionality issues. He mentioned that the Project Design Document (PDD) was submitted to the 6th round of the approval procedure for new Baseline and Monitoring Methods in March 2004 for two project components: (1) the production of blended cement (NM0047) and (2) the use of alternative fuels (NM0048).

The presentations were followed by discussions.

AGENDA

10:15 - 10:30 Registration
10:30 - 10:35 Welcome speech
Artem Kharazyan, Project Coordinator
10:35 - 10:45 Overview of Day: Goals and Outputs of the Workshop, Review of Agenda
10:45 - 12:00 Recall of the Main Features of the CDM (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
12:00 - 12:30 Example CDM in the Cement Industry: Introduction(Adobe Acrobat presentation)
12:30 - 13:00 Example CDM in the Cement Industry: Project Activity (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Example CDM Project in the Cement Industry: Baseline Methodology
Component 1 (Blended Cement) (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
14:45 - 15:15 Example CDM Project in the Cement Industry: Baseline Methodology
Component 2 (Alternative fuels) (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
15:15 - 16:00 Example CDM Project in the Cement Industry: Detailed Baseline Calculations (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:00 CDM Programs Instead of CDM Projects (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
17:00 - 17:30 General discussion / conclusions

All the presentations were held by Dr. Wolfgang Eichhammer, Deputy Head of the Department of Energy Policy and Energy Systems, the Fraunhofer Institute of Systems and Innovation Research

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Clean Development Mechanism Project Types and Technologies
WORKSHOP

Within the framework of the Clean Development Mechanism training program, a series of sessions on "CDM Project Types and Technologies" was held on 4-5 April at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Energy of RA. The event aimed to introduce main types of CDM projects and sectors of their application such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, fuel switch and methane capture, as well as relevant technologies.

The list of participants has been extended with the representatives of "MIKA-Cement" CJSC and MAX CONCERN, who have already expressed their interest in CDM projects realization and submitted relevant PINs to the DNA.

The first day was devoted to presenting measures which can be implemented in the fields of industrial energy efficiency, end-use power savings, heat and power generation and some others. On the other day, the participants focused their attention on the technologies that propose prevention of methane fugitive emissions from gas exploitation and distribution systems as well as its capturing from landfills and agricultural wastes. The discussions also touched upon the issue of renewable energy as a field of CDM projects implementation in Armenia and additionality of renewable energy projects in the region.
Along with the agenda, special attention was drawn to the discussion of both new and approved baseline and monitoring methodologies.

The full package of presentations was provided to all the participants.

AGENDA

Monday, April 4th 2005 (afternoon)

13:20 - 13:30 Registration
13:30 - 13.40 Welcome speech
Artem Kharazyan, Project Expert
13:40 - 15:30 CDM project types and technologies - Energy efficiency
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG
Nino Turek, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 CDM project types and technologies - Energy efficiency (continued)
Nino Turek, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG

Tuesday, April 5th 2005 (full day)

09:40 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 11:15 CDM project types and technologies - Methane capture (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
Nino Turek, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00 CDM project types and technologies - Renewable energy
Nino Turek, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30 CDM project types and technologies - Renewable energy (continued)
Nino Turek, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30 CDM project types and technologies - Fuel switch
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00 Q&A, discussions, closure

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Overview of New Methodologies, Development of Baselines and Additionality Tests
WORKSHOP

The event aimed to increase participants' awareness on financial and technical aspects of Clean Development Mechanism project cycle, additionality tests and baselines development.

The first presentation held by Mr. Johannes Laubach, Senior Climate Change Expert from Fichtner, was an overview of the CDM benchmarks with a particular focus on the conditions of CDM projects approval by the host country, cycle timelines, as well as relevant transaction costs.

The presentation was followed by another one, made by Mr. Paata Janelidze, member of the CDM Methodology Panel, who gave an overview of the new methodologies, submitted to the Executive Board for approval. Existing monitoring methodologies were observed in a summary table with the indication of already approved, withdrawn and consolidated methodologies which were systematized according to their sectoral scopes. Among the most advanced sectoral scopes, Energy Industries and Waste Handling and Disposal were mentioned. To augment the presentation with concrete examples Mr. Janelidze demonstrated three samples of already approved methodologies.

The next presentation by Mr. Laubach was devoted to baseline development and elucidated such issues as baseline definition and approval procedure, approaches for power sector baselines, impact of baselines, as well as country specific emission factors. As an example of an approach for power sector baseline definition, the Combined Margin Approach used in ACM0002 methodology was demonstrated.

In the conclusive part of the workshop, the participants studied additionality tests for CDM project activities. Well-grounded project additionality along with a precisely developed baseline is a prerequisite for CDM project successful registration at the CDM EB. This fact provided special attention of the presenter to the definition of additionality and such aspects as additionality tests for CDM project activities and the tool for the demonstration and assessment of additionality.

A separate session was organized for the most interested participants, which was devoted to the development of baseline for the Armenian power system. The obtained preliminary results will later be used for baseline study due to be carried out within the project.

The training was attended by participants from Ministries of Nature Protection, Agriculture, Urban Development, Trade and Economic Development, Energy, as well as from Public Services Regulatory Commission, international organizations and the private sector.

AGENDA

March 7, 2005

09:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome speech
Ministry of Nature Protection
10:10 - 11:15 CDM Project Cycle: PIN and PDD
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00 Overview of the New Submitted Methodologies
Paata Janelidze, CDM Methodology Panel (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 16:00 Development of Baselines
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
16:00 - 16:30 Discussions / conclusion

March 8, 2005

10:30 - 15:00 Construction of Baselines by Workshop Participants
Johannes Laubach, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG

March 9, 2005

09:40 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 11:00 Construction of Baselines by Workshop Participants (continued)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 Additionality Test for CDM Project Activities
Paata Janelidze,CDM Methodology Panel (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
12:30 - 13:00 Q&A, discussions, closure

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Introduction to UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and Clean Development Mechanism
WORKSHOP

Date:	21 January 2005
Venue:	Armenian State Museum of Nature (34 Tigran Mets St)
Organizers:	"Technical Assistance to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova with Respect to Their Global Climate Change Commitments" Project
	Ministry on Nature Protection of RA

Within the scope of the Clean Development Mechanism training program, a workshop on "Introduction to the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and CDM" was held on 21 January 2005 at Armenian State Museum of Nature. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Nature Protection of RA and aimed to introduce basic objectives of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and CDM. Particular attention was drawn to CDM project cycle, project types, baseline, and additionality principles. Thirty five participants of the workshop represented various organizations such as: sectoral ministries (Ministries of Energy, Agriculture, Urban Planning, Trade and Economic Development), Public Service Regulatory Commission, ArmRosgasprom CJSC, Climate Change Information Center, Regional Environmental Center, as well as the private sector.

The full package of presentations and the CDM glossary were provided to all the participants.

AGENDA

10:50 - 11:00 Registration
11:00 - 11.15 Welcome speech
Ministry of Nature Protection
11:15 - 12:20 Introduction to the main objectives of the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
Diana Harutyunyan, Project Expert
12:20 - 13:30 Presentation on CDM project cycle and project types
PIN and PDD development, national approval, project validation, verification and certification, CERs issuance, CDM project types, small scale projects definition and advantages
Artem Kharazyan, Project Expert (PowerPoint presentation CDMprojectcycleeng210105.ppt)
13:30 - 13:45 Coffee break
13:45 - 14:30 Baseline, methodologies and additionality concept
Diana Harutyunyan, Project Expert
14:30 - 15:30 DNA structure and functions, country specific criteria and national approval procedures
Aram Gabrielyan, Head of Environmental Protection Department of MoNP, UNFCCC Focal Point
15:30 - 16:00 Q&A, discussions

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Awareness Raising on the Clean Development Mechanism

WORKSHOP

The CDM Awareness Raising workshop was devoted to the CDM introduction in Armenia. During each of the four workshop sessions the presenters identified the priority issues of CDM, after which the floor was opened with a number of discussions.

The workshop aimed to increase public awareness on the CDM issues in Armenia, discuss barriers to successful implementation of CDM projects in the country, identify priorities in improving legal and institutional framework of CDM and develop recommendations on addressing these barriers.

The workshop consisted of an introductory part and 4 subsequent presentations held by Ms. Regina Betz, a specialist in environmental economy, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany, and Mr. Albert Zweering, Project Team Leader.

Mr. Zweering greeted the workshop participants and presented a brief agenda of the event. He expressed his strong belief in the possibility to implement CDM projects in Armenia and achieve the approval from both the Host Country and the CDM Executive Board within a two-year period. At the end of his opening speech, Mr. Zweering encouraged the participants to foster discussions on CDM and introduced Ms. Regina Betz, the guest-speaker.

The introductory part of the workshop was concluded by Mr. Aram Gabrielyan, Head of Environmental Protection Department of MoNP, UNFCCC Focal Point in Armenia, who elucidated several key country-specific points on CDM, focusing on the main points of the Kyoto Protocol.

During the first workshop session, Ms. Betz presented a CDM overview, CDM background and history, defined a project cycle along with project baseline methodologies, and touched upon the linkage between the baseline and additionality. The presentation also elucidated the project approval process along with the previously approved baseline methodologies. The guest-speaker also covered small-scale CDM projects and stressed the necessity to simplify the procedures for such projects. In addition, she analyzed specific procedures for the CDM Sink projects and introduced the EU Linking Directive to the participants.

After brief recess, Ms. Betz continued the workshop with a session on the CDM infrastructure and participation requirements for a host country, after which the role of the DNA was discussed. She also drew the audience's attention to a number of important issues such as the National CDM Board objectives, tasks of the Technical Committee and the profile of the Expert Group. Last but not least, the Project Idea Note (PIN) was covered together with the description of its content.

In the third part of her presentation, Ms. Betz provided an analysis of country-specific criteria and Project sectoral priorities. Within the frames of the session, the objectives of national sustainable development were discussed, including the issues of environmental impact assessment, national guidelines for PIN and the aim of the Memorandum of Understanding.

In the final part of the workshop, Mr. Zweering conducted the last session that provided an introduction of Action Plan, as well as information about the official status and legal framework of the proposed DNA structure.

AGENDA

10:40 - 11:00 Registration
11:00 - 11:15 Welcome speech
Simon Papyan, Deputy Minister of Nature Protection of RA
Aram Gabrielyan, Head of Environmental protection Department, MoNP
Albert Zweering, Project Team Leader
11.15 - 12:45 Introduction to the Clean Development Mechanism
Regina Betz, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
12.45 - 13:00 Coffee break
13.00 - 13:45 CDM Infrastructure in the Host Country
Regina Betz, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
13:45 - 14:30 Country Specific Criteria
Regina Betz, Project Expert, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
14.30 - 15:30 Lunch
15:30 - 16:15 Action Plan
Albert Zweering, Project Team Leader (Adobe Acrobat presentation)
16:15 - 17:00 Q&A and Summary

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