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(1) Implement monitoring activities
As shown in Figure 1-8, the first step that project participants must take to ensure issuance of CERs as
planned is to properly implement the monitoring activities according to the monitoring plan stated
in the registered PDD, since it is a condition for verification, certification and the issuance of CERs
[CDM M&P, para. 57-58].
Project participants then prepare a monitoring report for the period they would like to have verified
and CERs issued. The length of such period can vary according to the interests of project participants.
For example, the lengths of verified periods of CERs that have already been issued range from one
month to seven years. A monitoring report covers all the items contained in the monitoring plan, as
shown below:
(a) The collection and archiving of all relevant data necessary for estimating or measuring GHG
emission occurring within the project boundary during the crediting period;
(b) The collection and archiving of all relevant data necessary for determining the baseline of GHG
emission within the project boundary during the crediting period;
(c) The identification of all potential sources of, and the collection and archiving of data on,
increased GHG emission outside the project boundary that are significant and reasonably
attributable to the project activity during the crediting period;
(d) The collection and archiving of information relevant to the provisions in paragraph 37 (c) (of
the CDM M&P, regarding the analysis of the environmental impacts of the project activity);
(e) Quality assurance and control procedures for the monitoring process;
(f) Procedures for the periodic calculation of the GHG emission reductions by the proposed CDM
project activity, and for leakage effects; and
(g) Documentation of all steps involved in the calculations of emission reductions and leakage.
[CDM M&P, para. 53].
(2) Provide monitoring report to DOE for verification and certification
A DOE verifies and certifies the emission reductions achieved during the period covered by the
monitoring plan. Project participants must select and contract a DOE different from the one that
undertook validation of the corresponding project. In case of small scale CDM project activities, the
same DOE may undertake validation, and verification and certification.
The monitoring report forms the basic document for the verification process. It should ideally address
the following and must be in line with the monitoring plan of the registered PDD:
(a) Project performance data
(b) Project and baseline emission factors
(c) Documentation of GHG emission reduction calculations
(d) Leakage
The UNFCCC guidelines do not specify any specific format in which the monitoring report is to be
prepared. It is left to the project participant to formulate their own format. Based on best practices,
the following are desirable to ensure a complete and concise monitoring report:
(a) A cover page
(b) A contents page
(c) An introduction
(d) A list of the references
(e) A brief description of the CDM project activity
(f) Monitoring parameters
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