The EU-China CDM Facilitation Project aims to strengthen the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a central pillar within China’s path to sustainable development. The project lasts three years from February 2007 to January 2010. Through a series of activities including policy research, capacity building and training programmes, the project will focus on China’s policy and regulatory regime for CDM development and will provide policy recommendations to CDM policy-makers in Europe and China. It brings together a wide range of stakeholders at public and private sector levels involved in CDM projects.

The EU-China CDM Facilitation Project is being implemented by Chinese and European partners and associates with grants from the European Commission and is the largest European-funded project addressing CDM-related activities with the total financial contribution of EUR 2.8 million.

Objectives

• Strengthen the capacity of China’s Designated National Authority (DNA), the National and Regional CDM Centres, and Chinese Organisations applying for Designated Operational Entity (DOE) status
• Introduce European and International Standard in Quality management of the CDM development process
• Increase awareness of CDM opportunities and enhance the CDM framework conditions in the Chinese CDM market
• Provide policy recommendations to CDM policy-makers in Europe and China

Activities

• CDM Policy Study: including the Research on  Technology Transfer in  CDM Projects in China; Pre-2012 CDM Market in China; Assessment of the Impact of CDM Projects on China’s Sustainable Development and the Improvement of CDM Policy
• Three high-level policy study tours, for Chinese delegations to Europe
• Training programme and capacity building for Chinese Designated Operational Entity (DOE) applicants, including six traineeships at TÜV Rheinland Headquarters in Cologne, Germany
• 10 capacity building and awareness raising workshops at the regional level
• EU-China Business Facilitation Conferences in Cologne, Germany and Beijing, China.

Target beneficiaries

• National and Regional Level Authorities for CDM administration and management
• Chinese DOE applicants
• CDM Project Owners, CDM Project Developers and International CDM investors

The Project Partners:

• Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL), Sweden
• Policy Research Centre for Environment and Economy (PRCEE) of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), China
• DEVELOPMENT Solutions, China
• TÜV Rheinland, Germany
• CDM Project Management Center (CDM-PMC), Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission
• Research Center of Urban Development and Environment of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China

Supporting Ministries

•  Department of Climate Change,  National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China
• Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), China