Development of the monitoring plan
Project participants in small-scale projects must include a monitoring plan as part of the project design document (PDD):
Project participants shall include, as part of the project design document for a small-scale CDM project activity or bundle of small-scale CDM project activities, a monitoring plan. The monitoring plan shall provide for the collection and archiving of the data needed to:
- Estimate or measure anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases occurring within the project boundary during the crediting period as specified in appendix B for the relevant project category;
- Determine the baseline of anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases occurring within the project boundary during the crediting period, as specified in appendix B for the relevant project category;
- Calculate the reductions of anthropogenic emissions by sources by the proposed small-scale CDM project activity, and for leakage effects, in accordance with provisions of appendix B for the relevant project category (4/CMP.1, Annex II, paragraph 32).
The monitoring plan may use the relevant simplified monitoring methodology if the designated operational entity (DOE) determines that it reflects good monitoring practice:
The monitoring plan for a small-scale CDM project activity may use the monitoring methodology specified in appendix B for the relevant project category if the designated operational entity determines at validation that the monitoring methodology reflects good monitoring practice appropriate to the circumstances of the project activity (4/CMP.1, Annex II, paragraph 33).
Bundled projects may use a separate monitoring plan for each project activity, or an overall monitoring plan for all project activities:
If project activities are bundled, a separate monitoring plan shall apply for each of the constituent project activities in accordance with paragraphs 32 and 33 above, or an overall monitoring plan shall apply for the bundled projects, as determined by the designated operational entity at validation to reflect good monitoring practice appropriate to the bundled project activities and to provide for collection and archiving of the data needed to calculate the emission reductions achieved by the bundled project activities (4/CMP.1, Annex II, paragraph 34).