UNFCCC Technical Workshop on Joint Implementation

Date: 9-10 March 2006
Venue: Hotel Hilton
Berliner Freiheit 2
53111 Bonn
Tel.: (49-228) 7269-0
Fax: (49-228) 7269-700
Email: info.bonn@hilton.com

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The UNFCCC Climate Change Secretariat organised a technical workshop on Joint Implementation (JI) in Bonn (Germany) on 9-10 March 2006.

The purpose of this workshop was to bring together experts from potential host and investor countries in order to discuss how to operationalize the framework for JI, following the decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Montreal in December 2005.

The participants had the opportunity to exchange views on some of the critical issues related to the implementation of JI projects, including the role and functioning of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC), and the next steps required in moving forward joint implementation. The workshop also served as a forum for sharing experiences in implementing the CDM with potential JI project participants and Party representatives.

More than 80 experts in the field of project-based mechanisms attended the workshop. The invitees to the workshop included members of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee and the CDM Executive Board, as well as representatives of designated national authorities and/or designated focal points.

Workshop information and documents

Presentations

9 March 2006   
     
08:30 - 9:00 REGISTRATION
     
9:00 - 09:30 OPENING AND WELCOME
   Mr. Janos Pasztor (Officer-in-Charge - Project-Based Mechanisms Programme, UNFCCC Secretariat)
Ms. Daniela Stoycheva (Chair of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee)
9:30 - 10:30 Session 1: OVERVIEW OF JOINT IMPLEMENTATION (JI)
  
  • Joint Implementation after COP/MOP 1

    • Mr. Motoharu Yamazaki (UNFCCC Secretariat) (233 KB)
  • Issues relating to eligibility

    • Mr. Andrew Howard (UNFCCC Secretariat) (103 KB)
    Discussion
    10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
         
    11:00 - 12:00 Session 2: JOINT IMPLEMENTATION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE (JISC)
      
  • Introduction of JISC members and alternate members

  • The JISC from COP/MOP 1 to COP/MOP 2: Work programme and major issues

    • Ms. Daniela Stoycheva (Chair of the JISC) (716 KB)
  • Work completed by the JISC

    • Mr. Shailendra Kumar Joshi (Vice-Chair of the JISC) (60 KB)
    Discussion
    12:00 - 12:30 Session 3: LESSONS FROM THE CDM
      
  • Overview of the CDM process - lessons for JI

    • Mr. Xuedu Lu (CDM Executive Board) (115 KB)
    Discussion
    12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
         
    14:00 - 18:30 Session 4: MOVING FORWARD
         
    14:00 - 15:00 Session 4.1: Accreditation
      
  • JISC work regarding accreditation of Independent Entities under JI

    • Mr. Georg Børsting (JISC) (200 KB)
  • Entities' perspectives

    • Mr. Einar Telnes (Det Norske Veritas) (731 KB)
    Mr. Michael Rumberg (TÜV SÜD) (511 KB)
    Mr. Itaru Watanabe (Japan Quality Assurance Organization) (237 KB)
    Discussion
    15:00 - 16:00 Session 4.2: Criteria for baseline setting and monitoring
      
  • JISC work regarding criteria for baseline setting and monitoring

    • Mr. Olle Björk (JISC) (77 KB)
  • Case study: Dealing with methodological matters in JI

    • Mr. Zsolt Lengyel (SenterNovem) (792 KB)
  • Case study: Sectoral approaches

    • Ms. Bettina Wittneben (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy) (1154 KB)
    Discussion
    16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
         
    16:30 - 17:30 Session 4.3: Small-scale projects
      
  • JISC work on small-scale JI projects

    • Ms. Fatou Gaye / Mr. Evgeny Sokolov (JISC) (89 KB)
  • Practical experience with small-scale projects

    • Mr. Johannes Heister (World Bank) (388 KB)
    Mr. Paul Soffe (EcoSecurities) (1253 KB)
    Discussion
    17:30 - 18:30 Session 4.4: LULUCF
      
  • JISC work on LULUCF

    • Mr. Vlad Trusca (JISC) (382 KB)
  • LULUCF projects under CDM: experience to date

    • Mr. Timothy Pearson (Winrock International) (3785 KB)
  • Potential for LULUCF projects under JI

    • Mr. Zoltán Somogyi (EC Institute for Environment and Sustainability) (1828 KB)
    Discussion
    18:30 End of day one
         
    10 March 2006   
         
    8:30 - 14:15 Session 5: PREPARATORY WORK ON JI
         
    8:30 - 9:00 Session 5.1: Overview of early mover projects and impacts of EU-ETS
       Mr. Jorund Buen (Point Carbon) (168 KB)
    9:00 - 10:30 Session 5.2: Parties' perspectives
       Ms. Jeanne Marie Huddleston (Canada's Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation Office) (169 KB)
    Ms. Milya Dimitrova (Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water) (832 KB)
    Mr. Morten Pedersen (Danish Environmental Protection Agency) (2794 KB)
    Mr. Pavel Zamyslicky (Czech Ministry of Environment) (194 KB)
    Ms. Alexandra Amerstorfer (Kommunalkredit Public Consulting - The Austrian JI/CDM Programme) (963 KB)
    Discussion
    10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
         
    11:00 - 12:30 Session 5.3: Private sector's and IGOs' perspectives
       Ms. Ira Braginets (National Carbon Sequestration Foundation) (454 KB)
    Mr. Adriaan Korthuis (Climate Focus) (118 KB)
    Mr. Georgiy Geletukha (SEC "Biomass") (3080 KB)
    Mr. Egbert Liese (EBRD) (245 KB)
    Mr. Yusuke Ito (Japan Carbon Finance) (87 KB)
    Discussion
    12:30 - 14:00 Session 5.4: Early mover projects - key issues
      
  • Panel discussion

    • Ms. Ira Braginets (National Carbon Sequestration Foundation)
    Ms. Milya Dimitrova (Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water)
    Mr. Johannes Heister (World Bank)
    Mr. Adriaan Korthuis (Climate Focus)
    Mr. Peter H. Pedersen (Danish Environmental Protection Agency) (193 KB)
    Mr. Einar Telnes (Det Norske Veritas)
    Mr. Paul Soffe (EcoSecurities)
    Mr. Daniel van der Weerd (SenterNovem)
    Discussion
    14:00 - 14:15 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
       Ms. Daniela Stoycheva (Chair of the JISC)
    Mr. Janos Pasztor (Officer-in-Charge - Project-Based Mechanisms Programme, UNFCCC Secretariat)
    14:15 End of workshop