Role of the DOE
The DOE role in the verification and certification of a Programme of Activities (PoA) differs slightly to standard projects. Importantly it appears that only a sample of CDM Programme Activities (CPAs) included under the PoA needs to be subject to verification, but this depends on the procedures outlined in the Programme of Activities Design Document (CDM-POA-DD).
The different responsibilities of a DOE in relation to a Programme of Activities is set out below:
20. The DOE shall:
- Identify those CPAs that it shall consider for verification in accordance with the method/procedure to be used for verification of the amount of reductions of anthropogenic emissions by sources or removals by sinks of greenhouse gases achieved by CPAs under the PoA and determined in the CDM-POA-DD.
- Make all monitoring reports received from the coordinating/managing entity immediately publicly available on the UNFCCC CDM website.
- Systematically verify and certify the correct implementation and operation of the record keeping system.
21. The DOE conducting the verification shall include in its verification report a description of how it applied the methods/procedures for the purpose of verification stipulated in the registered CDM-PoA-DD. The DOE shall include in its verification report a description/justification of the site visits undertaken (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraphs 20 - 21).