The document discusses the role of Designated National Authorities (DNAs) in promoting the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It defines promoting the CDM as encouraging its popularity, development, and existence. DNAs can promote the CDM by increasing awareness, improving the CDM process, building capacity, and decreasing costs and time required. Specifically, DNAs can identify target groups, disseminate information, provide consultation and advice, and share their experiences. The document also provides an overview of Mongolia's experience with CDM, including establishing its DNA, approved CDM projects, and barriers to implementation that have decreased over time. It concludes that DNAs can play an important role in promoting CDM through awareness raising,

1. Ms.Tsendsuren Batsuuri, Ministry of
Nature, Environment and Tourism
Role of DNAs in promoting CDM

2. Contents
1. DNA roles and responsibilities in the CDM
2. What does promoting the CDM means?
3. Potential role of DNAs to promote CDM in
their countries
4. Current status of CDM in Mongolia and
some experience
5. Conclusion
6. Some additional information for Asia-
Pacific DNAs

3. 1. DNA roles and responsibilities in
the CDM
Clean Development Mechanism has 2 objectives:
1. To help developed countries to fulfill their commitments to reduce GHG
emissions
2. To assist developing countries in achieving sustainable development
Formal role of host country DNAs in the CDM
1. To assess sustainable development contribution of CDM projects (to
ensure that the CDM project is contributing to sustainable development)
2. To issue letter of approval
In accordance with the CDM modalities and procedures, Parties
participating in the CDM shall designate a national authority for the CDM.
The registration of a proposed CDM project activity can only take place
once approval letters are obtained from the designated national authority
of each Party involved, including confirmation by the host Party that the
project activity assists it in achieving sustainable development.

4. 2. What does promoting CDM mean?
PROMOTE
-[def] to encourage the popularity, sale, development or existence of
something. (Cambridge dictionary)
PROMOTING CDM
Facilitating CDM project
Increase awareness on CDM Improving the CDM process
implementation
Workshop and Legal and regulatory Improving the CDM
seminars environment rules and regulations
Information
dissemination Capacity building Decreasing cost and
through media, news and training time required
and publications
Supplying
Consultation and
standard/default Standardization
advice
values such as GEF
To decrease burden
To inform about on developing a CDM To improve existing
existence of CDM project CDM

5. 3.Potential role of DNAs to
promote CDM in their countries

6. 3.Potential role of DNAs to promote
CDM in their countries (2)
PROMOTING CDM
Facilitating CDM project
Increase awareness on CDM Improving the CDM process
implementation
-Clear, transparent rules
and regulations for LoA DNAs can provide
Workshop and -Recommendation and regulatory
Legal on Improving the CDM input, and share
seminars environment rules and regulations
DNAs can identify automatic additionality their experience to
the target group -SB proposal ( further improve the
and communicate operationalizing QA mechanism
Information
with them dissemination system) Capacity building Decreasing cost and
through media, news and training
-Other (GEF, Benchmark) time required
effectively and publications
Supplying
Consultation and
standard/default Standardization
advice
values such as GEF
To decrease burden
To inform about on developing a CDM To improve existing
existence of CDM project CDM

7. 3.Potential role of DNAs to promote
CDM in their countries (3)
FIRST AND FOREMOST
1. To be able to carry out the formal responsibilities in an
efficient and transparent manner.
2. To help project developers to utilize opportunities
provided by the EB in full (SB, GEF, loan scheme,
automatic additionality etc.,)
EXTRA ROLES DNAS CAN/SHOULD TAKE
1. Cooperate with professional organizations to build
capacity on CDM by assisting in identifying stakeholders
and local needs
2. Facilitate cooperation and communication between
different stakeholders
3. Give feedback on practical problems for implementing the
CDM

8. 4.1 CDM in Mongolia
3 conditions
for
implementing
CDM projects
Mongolia ratified
UNFCCC in 1993
(non-Annex 1 party)
Mongolia ratified
Kyoto Protocol in
1999
Law on
air
revised
(2010)
CDM National
Bureau establlshed
under MNET as
CDM DNA of
Mongolia in 2004 MNET IN CHARGE OF:
1.coordinating and
implementing NAPCC
2. CC related policy
formulation
3.Coordinting CC
CCCO adaptation and mitigation
established activities in Mongolia
Feb.2011 4.Fulfillling
responsibilities under the
UNFCCC and Kyoto
protocol
5.Supervision of CDM
National Bureau
CDM National
Bureau

9. 4.1 CDM in Mongolia (2)
Approved project type
1, 14% Project Status Num.
CDM projects registered at CDM executive
4
board
Renewable
Energy efficiency CDM projects approved by DNA 7
Biofuel
CDM projects at or after the validation stage 2
2, 29% 4, 57%
Registered CDM Projects
Num. Average annual Amount of Rejected
Total ERs by Review
of emission issued CERs
2012 (tCO2) Conducted
projects reduction(tCO2) (tCO2)
Hydro Power 2 30,000 302,173 15,354 0 0
Wind Power 1 178,778 0 0 0 0
Energy Efficiency 1 11,904 83,328 0 0 0
Total 4 62,670 385,501 15,354 0 0

10. 4.1 CDM in Mongolia (3)
Approved projects from Mongolian DNA
Name of CDM Type of Supplemen Approval Annual PPs PPs
Project Activity Project tal Date (Y/M/D) ER (Host Country) (Others) Status
Info. (tCO2/yr)
Mitsubishi
Energy Issued CERs
Durgun Hydropower New UFJ
Hydro Power 2006/10/2 30,400 Authority, are 14,468
Project in Mongolia reservoir Securities Co.,
tCO2
Ltd.
Mitsubishi Amount of 1st
Taishir Hydropower Hydro New Energy UFJ and 2nd issued
2006/10/02 29,600
Project in Mongolia Power reservoir Authority Securities Co., CERs are
Ltd. 886tCO2
Prokon Nord
A retrofit programme
Energiesystem
for decentralised Energy
Supply side 2006/04/27 11,904 e GmbH Registered
heating stations in Efficiency
Mongol Zuukh
Mongolia
XXI ltd.
Wind Total 2011/11/11 Clean Energy
Salkhit wind Farm 178,778 Registered
Power 49.6MW (reissuance) LLC, Mongolia
Maikhan small
Hydro Usny Erchim Before
hydropower project in Run of river 2010/12/09 36,377
Power Co.,Ltd. validation
Mongolia
EnBW
Pellet and briquette Under
Biomass Others 2011/03/21 19,436 NTIC Co.,Ltd Trading
plant in Mongolia validation
GmbH
MicroEnergy Credits-
MicroEnergy
Microfinance for Clean Energy Program of Under
2012/04/30 61,656 Xacbank LLC Credits
Energy Product Lines- Efficiency Activity validation
(CME)
Mongolia

11. 4.2 Mongolian experience: To promote
CDM in Mongolia
Training
materials are
compiled and
available on
the website
CDM NB has co-organized more
than 30 trainings on CDM (in 4 cities
of Mongolia) between 2010-2012 in
cooperation with World Bank, ADB
and IGES

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13. 4.2 Mongolian experience: To promote
CDM in Mongolia (3)
Grid emission factor for
CES has been calculated
and uploaded on the
website along with
underlying data and
calculations
PROMOTIONAL
MATERIALS

14. 4.2 Mongolian experience: To
promote CDM in Mongolia (4)
Barriers for implementing CDM in Mongolia
Barrier Historical significance Current significance
Size – transaction cost Medium High
barrier
Type – methodological High High
complication barriers
CDM consultant barrier Low Low
Institutional barrier High / prohibitive Very Low / none
Documentation barrier Medium/low Medium/High
Financing barrier High Medium/High
Awareness barrier Medium/High Very Low
Demand barrier None High
Source: Carbon Finance in Mongolia 2011 publication

15. 5. Conclusion
DNAs can play an important role in promoting
CDM in their countries in the below field
–awareness raising
–decreasing some burdens for developing CDM
project (GEF, benchmarks)
–providing input to improve current CDM (on the
ground experience)

16. ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM FOR
ASIA-PACIFIC DNAs is under
operation
asia-pacific-dna-forum@freelists.org
To be used for: 82 members from
i. Experience sharing over 30 countries
ii. Input collection for various purposes (EB meeting etc., )

17. Input from Asia-Pacific DNAs for the
next EB meeting
(collected through online forum)
Validation of National Grid Emission Factors (GEF)
Problem: Data confidentiality. How to validate National GEFs calculated by DNAs? DNAs may not
be able to provide underlying data due to data confidentiality issue according to local regulations
other than just give assurances (or show it in office) that the GEF is calculated according to latest
tool.
But PPs and DOEs claim that according to the latest VVM it is necessary for them to obtain/see the
data and calculation .
How to solve this issue (conflict between local and international rules and regulations)?
Some of the DNAs in our region requested for clarification regarding whether the VVM/VVS really
requires DOEs to do as the above?
Some would like to request EB to take this issue into account and propose some solution such as
make an option to allow DOEs to accept emission factors published by DNAs without further
validation if there is a statement from DNA that it was calculated according to the latest tool
applicable. Perhaps with a possibility that EB can request validation if they find the number really
doubtful.
Some additional information: Even though this issue had been discussed during 11th DNA
forum, seems like there is no related development since then. (Below presentation highlights draft
procedure for validation of National GEF, but it seems there is no approved procedure or guidance
yet.)

18. Thank you very much for your attention!!!
www.cdm-mongolia.com
tsendsuren@cdm-mongolia.com