Third National CDM Capacity Building Workshop

Monitoring, validation and verification were the focus of the Third National Capacity Building Workshop on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Trinidad and Tobago. The Workshop also featured the project participants of the first CDM project approved by the T&T DNA.

Mr Neil Bujun delivers a presentation on behalf of local CDM project developer, Petrotrin about the company's experiences and challenges with CDM

In collaboration with the UNEP Risø Centre, the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources as the Trinidad and Tobago Designated National Authority (DNA) held the Capacity Building Workshop on September 12-13, 2012 at the Carlton Savannah Hotel, St Anns, Trinidad. 

The First and Second National Workshops held in 2011 sought to raise awareness of the various stages of the CDM project cycle, with this, the Third Workshop, focusing on the Validation, Verification and Monitoring stages. The training also covered work procedures of the Designated Operational Entity (DOE), CDM contract negotiations and legal issues, and an in-depth look at working methods of validators and verifiers.

The Third National Workshop aptly follows on the heels of the DNA's approval of the first CDM project in Trinidad and Tobago, which deals with the recovery and utilisation of associated gas from onshore and offshore oilfields in T&T. The project was developed by the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Petrotrin) in partnership with TOSL Engineering Ltd who acts as the Coordinating/Managing Entity (CME) and is the second participant on the project. As such, the project participants were invited to share information about their project, as well as their experiences, challenges faced and how they overcame these issues.

To view an in-depth summary and the presentations delivered at the workshop, kindly click on the following link: CDM Third National Capacity Building Workshop