Small-Scale CDM Programme Activity Design Document (CDM-CPA-DD-SSC)

Content of the CDM-SSC-CPA-DD

The project design document for a CDM Programme Activity (CPA) which applies a small scale (SSC) approved methodology as part of a Programme of Activities (PoA) (CDM-SSC-CPA-DD) is divided into four sections:

General description of small scale CDM programme activity (SSC-CPA);
Eligibility of SSC-CPA and Estimation of Emission Reductions;
Environmental Analysis; and
Stakeholder comments.

This form is for submission of CPAs that apply a small scale approved methodology using the provision of the proposed small scale CDM PoA.

At the time of requesting validation / registration of a SSC-PoA, the coordinating / managing entity must submit:

A completed CDM-SSC-PoA-DD;
A SSC-PoA specific CDM-SSC-CPA-DD; and
Another CDM-SSC-CPA-DD, completed using a real case.

After the first SSC-CPA, every SSC-CPA that is added over time must submit a completed CDM-SSC-CPA-DD

The Executive Board has not yet adopted any guidelines for completing the CDM-SSC-CPA-DD.

Section A - General description of small scale CDM programme activity (CPA)

A.1 Title of the small-scale CPA

Project participants must record the title of the SSC-CPA.

A.2 Description of the small-scale CPA

The SSC-CPA must be described in this section.

A.3 Entity/individual responsible for the small-scale CPA

This section must contain information identifying the entity or individual responsible for the SSC-CPA (SSC-CPA Implementer(s)).

SSC-CPA Implementers may be project participants of the SSC-PoA under which the SSC-CPA is submitted, provided their names have been included in the registered SSC-PoA.

A.4 Technical description of the small-scale CPA

A.4.1 Identification of the small-scale CPA

In this section, project participants must:

describe the host Party participating in the SSC-CPA; and
include the geographic reference (in the case of stationary SSC-CPAs) or other means of identification such as the registration number or GPS reference (in the case of mobile SSC-CPAs) of the SSC-CPA. This section must include the name / contact details of the entity or individual responsible for the SSC-CPA and must be a maximum of one page long.

A.4.2 Duration of the small-scale CPA

This section must outline the duration of the SSC-CPA, including its:

starting date; and
expected operational lifetime.

A.4.3 Choice of the crediting period and related information

The crediting period for a SSC-CPA is selected by the project participants, and may be either:

A 7-year crediting period, renewable twice (Renewable Crediting Period); or
A single 10-year crediting period, which may not be renewed or extended once the SSC-CPA has been registered (Fixed Crediting Period).

The duration of crediting period of a SSC-CPA is limited to the end date of the SSC-PoA, regardless of when the SSC-CPA was added.

In this section, project participants must:

choose whether the CPA will have a Renewable Crediting Period or a Fixed Crediting Period, and state their choice at the top of section A.4.3;
outline the starting date of the crediting period in A.4.3.1; and
outline the length of the crediting period (or of the first crediting period, if the project participants have elected a Renewable Crediting Period) in A.4.3.2.

A.4.4 Estimated amount of emission reductions over the chosen crediting period

Project participants must outline here the estimated amount of emission reductions to be achieved over the crediting period.

A.4.5 Public funding of the CPA

In this section, the project participants are required to describe any sources of public funding for the SSC-CPA.

A.4.6 Information to confirm that the proposed small-scale CPA is not a de-bundled component

The project participants must confirm that the proposed SSC-CPA is not a de-bundled component of a large scale activity.

De-bundling is defined in 4/CMP.1, Annex II, Appendix C (Decision tree for determining the occurrence of debundling) as follows:

Debundling is defined as the fragmentation of a large project activity into smaller parts (4/CMP.1, Annex II, Appendix C, paragraph 1; previously EB 7, Annex 7, paragraph 1).

The de-bundling rules provide that where a project activity is properly characterised as a small part of a large project activity (rather than a separate small-scale project activity), the project activity shall not be entitled to use the simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale projects.

A small-scale project activity that is part of a large project activity is not eligible to use the simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale CDM project activities. The full project activity or any component of the full project activity shall follow the regular CDM modalities and procedures (4/CMP.1, Annex II, Appendix C, paragraph 1).

The Guidance for determining the occurrence of debundling under a PoA provides that the rules relating to de-bundling also apply to small-scale CDM Programme Activities (CPAs) under a Programme of Activities (PoA) (EB 33, Annex 21). De-bundling for a PoA is determined according to the following rule:

For the purposes of registration of a Programme of Activities (PoA), a proposed small-scale CPA of a PoA shall be deemed to be a de-bundled component of a large scale activity if there is already an activity, which:

Has the same activity implementer as the proposed small scale CPA or has a coordinating or managing entity, which also manages a large scale PoA of the same sectoral scope, and;

The boundary is within 1 km of the boundary of the proposed small-scale CPA, at the closest point (EB 33, Annex 21, paragraph 1; EB 36, Annex 27, paragraph 7).

However, if the combined size of proposed small-scale CPAs that are deemed to be de-bundled components of a large-scale CPA does not exceed the relevant limits for that type of small-scale project, the bundle will be eligible to use the simplified modalities and procedures:

If a proposed small-scale CPA of a PoA is deemed to be a debundled component in accordance with paragraph 2 [sic] above, but the total size of such a CPA combined with a registered small-scale CPA of a PoA or a registered CDM project activity does not exceed the limits for small-scale CDM and small-scale A/R project activities as set out in Annex II of the decision 4/CMP.18 and 5/CMP.1 respectively, the CPA of a PoA can qualify to use simplified modalities and procedures for smallscale CDM and small-scale A/R CDM project activities (EB 33, Annex 21, paragraph 2; EB 36, Annex 27, paragraph 8).

More information on de-bundling is contained in the "Debundling" section.

A.4.7 Confirmation that small-scale CPA is neither registered as an individual CDM project activity or is part of another Registered PoA

In this section, the project participants must confirm that the SSC-CPA is not already registered as:

an individual CDM project activity; or
part of another Registered PoA.

Section B - Eligibility of small-scale CPA and Estimation of emissions reductions

B.1 Title and reference of the Registered PoA to which small-scale CPA is added

Project participants must here note the title and reference of the Registered SSC-PoA to which the SSC-CPA is added.

B.2 Justification of the why the small-scale CPA is eligible to be included in the Registered PoA

In this section, the project participants must describe and justify why the SSC-CPA is eligible to be included in the Registered SSC-PoA.

B.3 Assessment and demonstration of additionality of the small-scale CPA, as per eligibility criteria listed in the Registered PoA

Project participants must here demonstrate the additionality of the SSC-CPA against the eligibility criteria identified in section E.5 of the CDM-SSC-PoA-DD.

B.4 Description of the sources and gases included in the project boundary and proof that the small-scale CPA is located within the geographical boundary of the registered PoA

The project participants are required to describe the sources and gases within the project boundary.

The boundary of a SSC-CPA is defined as:

The project boundary shall encompass significant anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases under the control of the project participants that are reasonably attributable to the small-scale CDM project activity...

The project boundary shall be limited to the physical project activity. Project activities that displace energy supplied by external sources shall earn certified emission reductions (CERs) for the emission reductions associated with the reduced supply of energy by those external sources (CDM Glossary of Terms, Version 03).

The project participants must also prove that the SSC-CPA is located within the geographical boundary of the Registered SSC-PoA.

The boundary for a SSC-PoA is defined in the CDM Glossary of Terms, Version 03 as follows:

Definition of the boundary for the PoA is the geographical area (e.g. municipality, region within a country, country or several countries) within which all CDM programme activities (CPAs) included in the PoA will be implemented, taking into consideration the requirement that all applicable national and/or sectoral policies and regulations of each host country within that chosen boundary.

The physical boundary of a PoA may extend to more than one country provided that each participating non-annex I host Party provides confirmation that the PoA, and thereby all CPAs, assists it in achieving sustainable development.

B.5 Emission reductions

B.5.1 Data and parameters that are available at validation

Project participants must outline here the data used for emission reduction calculations.

B.5.2 Ex-ante calculation of emission reductions:

Project participants must calculate, on an ex ante basis, the emission reductions likely to be generated by the project.

B.5.3 Summary of the ex-ante estimation of emission reductions

The ex ante calculations are then summarised in the table below:

Year	Estimation of project activity emissions (tonnes of CO2 e)	Estimation of baseline emissions (tonnes of CO2 e)	Estimation of leakage (tonnes of CO2 e)	Estimation of overall emission reductions (tonnes of CO2 e)
Year A
Year B
Year C
Year …
Total (tonnes of CO2 e)

B.6 Application of the monitoring methodology and description of the monitoring plan

In this section Project participants are required to describe the proposed monitoring plan in detail.

Section C – Environmental analysis

C.1 Please indicate the level at which environmental analysis as per requirements of the CDM modalities and procedures is undertaken. Justify the choice of level at which the environmental analysis is undertaken

In this section, the project participants must indicate whether environmental analysis is to be undertaken:

at the PoA level; or
at the CPA level.

and must justify why that level of analysis was chosen.

If the environmental analysis is to be undertaken at PoA level, sections C.2 and C.3 need not be completed in this CDM-SCC-CPA-DD form (as the relevant information will have already been attached to the CDM-SSC-PoA-DD).

C.2 Documentation on the analysis of the environmental impacts, including transboundary impacts:

If environmental analysis is to be undertaken at the CPA level, the project participants must provide separate documentation detailing the likely environmental impacts of the project. This must be attached to the CDM-SSC-CPA-DD.

C.3 Please state whether an environmental impact assessment is required for a typical CPA, included in the programme of activities (PoA), in accordance with the host Party laws/regulations

The project participants must state whether host Party law or regulation requires an environmental impact assessment for a typical CPA which is included in the PoA.

Section D – Stakeholders’ comments

Stakeholders are defined in the CDM Glossary of Terms, Version 03, as follows:

Stakeholders mean the public, including individuals, groups or communities affected, or likely to be affected, by the proposed CDM project activity or actions leading to the implementation of such an activity.

D.1 Please indicate the level at which local stakeholder comments are invited. Justify the choice

The project participants must nominate whether stakeholder comments were invited:

at the PoA level; or
at the CPA level,

and must justify why that selection was made.

If local stakeholder consultation was conducted at PoA level, the project participants need not complete sections D.2 to D.4 in this CDM-SSC-CPA-DD form.

D.2 Brief description how comments by local stakeholders have been invited and compiled

If stakeholder consultation has been conducted at CPA level, the project participants must in this section describe the process by which comments from local stakeholders have been invited and compiled.

D.3 Summary of the comments received

If stakeholder consultation has been conducted at CPA level, the project participants must summarise here the comments received during the consultation process.

D.4 Report on how due account was taken of any comments received

If stakeholder consultation has been conducted at CPA level, the project participants must report here on the way in which due account was taken of comments it received as part of the stakeholder consultation process.

Attachments to the CDM-SSC-CPA-DD

The CDM-SSC-CPA-DD must attach:

Annex 1 - Contact information on entity / individual responsible for the SSC-PoA;
Annex 2 - Information on public funding;
Annex 3 - Baseline information; and
Annex 4 - Monitoring information.