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Highlights -- Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, meeting 29
Highlights -- Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, meeting 29
For a full meeting report see: <http://ji.unfccc.int/Sup_Committee/Meetings/index.html> Bonn, Germany 30 May 2012 Bonn -- In its second meeting of the year, the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) concentrated on its recommendations for revising the guidelines governing the joint implementation (JI) mechanism. The discussions focused on ideas assembled by a small team of JISC members and secretariat staff that illustrated the implementation of key attributes and transitional measures. "Our work on the JI Guidelines for a second Kyoto period finds that substantial changes to the JI mechanism are needed,” said JISC Chair Wolfgang Seidel. “The basic idea is to consolidate the current two-track approach to JI in a way that decentralizes operations out to host countries while still keeping it all under the international oversight of a central governing body.” The direction being taken maintains a wide-ranging definition of JI activities that can encompass individual projects all the way up to sectoral or policy-based initiatives. It includes an elaboration of the project cycle and increased responsibilities for host governments and accredited independent entities. Also discussed was an expanded role for a new governing body. This would set essential standards and rules for the formulation of JI activities and operation of the mechanism as a whole. It would have a wide mandate to oversee the mechanism and ensure that the rules are being properly applied. The next step will be to prepare a first draft of the revised JI guidelines and consult with stakeholders and JI representatives within governments. This will be discussed at the next meeting of the JISC, to be held in Bonn 26-28 September. The JISC’s final recommendations will be submitted to the CMP for discussion at its November 2012 conference in Doha, Qatar. |
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