CDM Morocco: Strategy, Organization, Procedures

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KINGDOM OF MOROCCO MINISTRY OF LAND-USE MANAGEM
ENT,
WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
CD4CDM Project Side event 11 December 2004 C
OP10-Buenos Aires

CDM-Morocco Strategy, Organization, Procedures
Preliminary Project Portfolio
ALI AGOUMI CD CDM Project Coordinator


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Contents

• SETTING UP CDM IN MOROCCO
• CDM NATIONAL STRUCTURES AND PROCEDURES
• ENHANCE NATIONAL CAPACITIES
• PROMOTING CDM MOROCCO
• PRELIMINARY CDM PROJECT PORTFOLIO
• NEXT STEPS

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I-Setting up CDM in Morocco

• KP Ratification 2002
• Designation of CDM DNA by ministerial order
  2002
  
• CDM National Strategy with UNDP-UNEP support
  2003-2005
  
• Learning by doing Approach at different levels
  through concrete pilot projects

• IMPLEMENT AND OPERATIONALIZE NATIONAL CDM
  STRUCTURES AND PROCEDURES

• DEVELOP CDM NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING

• PROMOTE CDM MOROCCO

CD4CDM project
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II CDM National structures and procedures
Implementation of the institutional setting for
monitoring CDM activities in the country CDM DNA

• CDM DNA structure
• a CDM National Council (CDM NC)
• a Permanent Secretariat of the National Council
  (CDM PS) Ministry of Land-Use Management, Water
  and the Environment (CCU).

• CDM DNA activities
• a regulation activity to set the CDM project
  evaluation and approval rules and procedures
  (prerequisites for subsequent validation and
  certification)  
• a promotion activity centered on capacity
  building and marketing

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Approval and Evaluation Procedure of CDM Projects
PIN received by the DNA
Preliminary Evaluation Based on the PIN (r
esponse announced by the DNA
maximum within 2 weeks)

not accepted
In-depth Evaluation Based on the PDD
(response transmitted by the DNA
maximum within 4 weeks)
Approval letter delivered to the project p
romoter by the
Moroccan DNA
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CDM NC Activities 2003-2004

• 1st meeting of the CDM NC in September 2003 -
  CDM Strategy, Organization and Procedures adopted
  
  
• 2nd meeting of the CDM NC in November 2003 -
  First CDM projects approved
  
• - Morocco SD criteria adopted
• 3rd meeting of CDM NC in June 2004
• - Adoption of CDM NC Internal procedures
• - Evaluation and approval of 10 PINs

2003 Morocco CDM Annual Report CDM
EB


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National Sustainable Development Criteria
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 III-ENHANCE NATIONAL CDM CAPACITIES

• -Organization of 6 WS in 2003-2004 to enhance the
  capacities of  
  
• the national experts (private consultancy
  ,individuals and economic operators )on CDM
  project preparation development of PDD
  
• the project proponent on the CDM possibilities
  and on theirs project portfolio
  
• the financial sector operators on the CDM
  opportunities and on their role in this mechanism
  development  
  
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5 regional WS , NA-ME CD4CDM Project
Intiatiation a CDM Moroccos Experts network
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  IV-PROMOTING CDM MOROCCO

• - CDM Morocco Forum in April 2004
• -Participation in different meetings and
  workshops organized in this field Carbon expo
  Cologne , Jerba Cd4CDM Forum , the differents
  COPs (Side events )
• -Contacts with potential CDM investors carbon
  buying organizations and Annex I Parties
  investors 
  
• -Website www.mdpmaroc.com and ECHOS MDP Maroc,
  BULLETIN MDP Maroc www.mdpmaroc.com
  
• -2 MOU France and Austria
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Italie,Canada, JBIC (Japon)
Morocco 6th attractif host country
Point Carbon novembre 2004
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V- CDM PROJECT PORTFOLIO Preliminary

• More than 4 millions T co2 Eq/year for the next
  10 years!

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Preliminary CDM projects portfolio
Sectoriel Projects Repartition
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Projects approved by the Morocco CDM DNA

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VI- Next steps

• Enhance local capacities in particular in the
  areas of validation and verification procedures ,
  contract negotiations
  
• Develop more CDM projects in promising sectors
  Renewable energy, wastewater units, landfills,
  Hydropower, transport, energy efficiency ,
  forestry..
• Develop the involvement of civil society in CDM,
  in particular active NGOs on the ground, so that
  we can benefit from this mechanism of small scale
  projects with positive social and environmental
  impact.

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