JISC launches Programmes of Activities

The Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) at its eighteenth meeting in October 2009, adopted a procedure that will enable programmes of activities (JI PoA) under JI Track 2. The new JI PoA will enable JI eligible projects to combine under a common programme that will help achieve cost-effective implementation across a wider scope of activities while maintaining the high environmental integrity associated with JI projects. The procedure defines a JI PoA as a coordinated action by a legal or governmental entity that implements a policy or stated goal and is comprised of one or more interrelated types of JI programme activities (JPAs) that have been or will be replicated. As of 1 December 2009, JI PoAs can be submitted to the UNFCCC secretariat to be made publicly available at the UNFCCC JI website for stakeholder comments and consideration by the JISC. With this launch, the JISC paved the road to enhance further project activities under the joint implementation mechanism. More information on joint implementation, including details on JI PoAs is available at http://ji.unfccc.int/index.html