This 3-day training course will provide an overview of carbon finance mechanisms beyond 2012, including the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). The course will cover the status of CDM projects in the 10 countries of the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), barriers to CDM development, and international agreements on new mechanisms. Participants will learn about a RCREEE study on supporting CDM projects and developing NAMAs portfolios. Sessions will address the fundamentals of CDM and NAMAs, case studies, and the roles of institutions in these mechanisms. The goal is to enhance capacities for utilizing new mitigation financing beyond

1. Training Course
CDM and Perspectives for Carbon Finance
beyond 2012
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16.11.2011, Sonesta Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
Amel BIDA
Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
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2. Content
Overview on the CDM status in RCREEE MS
Barriers of CDM development in RCREEE MS
International agreements
RCREEE study on CDM & NAMAs
Objective & Program of the training course
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3. Overview on the CDM status in RCREEE MS
RCREEE Nb of Projects
country registered
Egypt 10
Morocco 6
Syria 3
Tunisia 3
Jordan 2
Lebanon 0
Algeria 0
Libya 0
Yemen 0
The number of registered projects is largely below
Total 23
the expectation (0,6%)
The RCREEE member states did not really fully benefit from the CDM mechanism
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4. scope
Energy Demande 1,03%
Energy distribution 0,00%
Transport 0,24%
Construction 0,00%
Important sectors such as energy efficiency, energy distribution are so far hardly
represented in CDM
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5. Barriers of CDM development in RCREEE MS
complexity of the CDM process
the transaction costs
the doubt and the uncertainty of the stakeholders on the CDM benefits
the non attractive projects due to small size for carbon buyers
the inappropriate institutional framework of the Climate Change and CDM
the weakness and lack of local expertise,
the lack of awareness among decision makers and project leaders
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6. International agreements
Alarming results
Alarming results
the 4th IPCC report informed that the global GHG emissions have increased by
70% between 1970 and 2005
Bali Road Map Copenhagen Agreements
new instruments
NAMAs Crediting sectorial
The Cancun Agreements has confirmed the concept of allocating emissions credits or
direct financial subsidies to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
RCREEE countries could be pioneers in setting up NAMA pilots.
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7. RCREEE study
RCREEE in collaboration with CDM/JI Initiative of the German Ministry
of Environment has launched a study covering the 10 RCREEE country
members with 2 main objectives:
• Identify support needs to speed up
the registration of the mature projects
with the high potential of GHG
mitigation before the end up of Kyoto
protocol period commitment on 2012;
• Enhance the capacities of the
RCREEE countries on the new
mitigation supporting mechanisms, by
providing training course, developing
first NAMAs portfolio and formulating
pilot NAMAs.
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8. Program
Session1: CDM & carbon financing
“Status and future of the CDM & new opportunities for carbon financing”
"CDM Programme of Activities (PoAs): Fundamentals and Key Success Factors”
"CDM Programme of Activities (PoAs) : Roles and responsibilities of involved institutions”
Session 2: The CDM in RCREEE countries
Status of CDM: legislation, institutions, CDM potential and barriers, promising projects
Maghreb countries , in Mashriq countries & Egypt
Session 3: NAMAs as a new financing mechanism
Concept and methodology of NAMAs development
Identification
Support needs
Institutional aspects
Selection criteria for relevant NAMAs
Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)
NAMAs template
Examples of NAMAs and discussions.
Session 4:case studies on PoAs and NAMAs
Case Studies on PoAs and NAMAs
Case studies on PoAs in Tunisia and Morocco
Case studies on NAMAs in Tunisia and Mexico
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9. Succeful
training
Amel BIDA course
Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE)
Email : amel.bida@rcreee.org
amelbida@yahoo.fr
website : www.rcreee.org
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