Project participants in a Programme of Activities

Entities involved in implementing the Programme of Activities (PoA) and listed on the Programme of Activities Design Document (CDM-POA-DD) are project participants. Project participants are being registered in relation to the PoA, and need not be involved in any CDM Programme Activity (CPA) within that PoA (EB 32, Annex 38, paragraph 5 (note 2)).

Conversely, most of the entities involved in implementing an individual CPA will not be project participants in the PoA, and there is indeed no requirement that they be project participants. It is possible for the coordinating or managing entity to be the only Project Participant in the Programme of Activities. There are no project participants registered for individual CPAs, although the entities responsible for the CPA are listed on the CDM-CPA-DD.

As with CDM project activities, the Executive Board leaves the relationship between the coordinating/managing entity and any other project participants as a matter to be determined between themselves, usually through contract. Project participants will negotiate with the coordinating/managing entity in relation to communications with the Executive Board and distribution of CERs:

Project participants of the PoA shall make arrangements with the coordinator or managing entity, relating to communications, distribution of CERs and change of project participants (EB 32, Annex 38, paragraph 5).