Duration of the Programme of Activities

A Programme of Activities (PoA) should not exceed 28 years, and 60 years for afforestation and reforestation (A/R) PoAs:

The duration of the PoA, not exceeding 28 years and 60 years for A/R project activities, shall be defined by the entity at the time of request for registration of the PoA (EB 32, Annex 38, paragraph 10).

A CDM Programme Activity (CPA) may be added at any time:

Any CPA can be added to the PoA at any time during the duration of the PoA by the coordinating/managing entity. The entity shall inform the CDM Executive Board of the adding of CPA(s) through a DOE using a pre-defined format (EB 32, Annex 38, paragraph 10).

The crediting period for a CPA is limited as follows:

The crediting period of a CPA will be either a maximum of seven years (twenty years for A/R project activities) which may be renewed at most two times or a maximum of ten years (thirty years for A/R project activities) with no option of renewal. However, the duration of crediting period of any CPA shall be limited to the end date of the PoA regardless of when the CPA was added (EB 32, Annex 38, paragraph 10).

The latest version of the Procedures for renewal of a crediting period of a registered CDM project activity must be applied to a PoA at the end of each renewable crediting period:

The latest version of the "Procedures for Renewal of a Crediting Period of a Registered CDM project activity" shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to a PoA every seven years (twenty years for A/R project activities). Any resulting changes to the PoA shall be applied by each CPA at the time of the first renewal of its crediting period after such change to the PoA. In case of multiple host Parties, only those CPAs which can apply these changes may renew their crediting period (EB 32, Anenx 38, paragraph 11).