CDM Executive Board
What is the CDM Executive Board?
The CDM Executive Board (CDM EB) supervises the Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism under the authority and guidance of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP). The CDM EB is fully accountable to the COP/MOP.
The CDM EB will be the ultimate point of contact for CDM Project Participants for the registration of projects and the issuance of CERs.
Summaries of the CDM EB reports and the translations can be found on the EB Summary Reports page
Access meeting agendas, annotations, etc., by clicking on the meeting numbers highlighted in blue.
| Next EB Meeting: 66 | Date: 27 February - 2 March 2012 |
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The CDM Executive Board
+ The role of the CDM EBThe Parties have given the CDM Executive Board a number of specific tasks and powers.
The role of the CDM EB is to:
- Develop procedures for the CDM;
- Approve new methodologies;
- Accredit Designated Operations Entities (DOEs);
- Register projects (in accordance with specific procedures);
- Issue Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits earned through CDM projects in accordance with specific procedures;
- Make publicly available information on proposed CDM projects in need of funding and investors seeking opportunities;
- Maintain a public database of CDM project activities containing information on registered project design documents, comments received, verification reports, CDM Executive Board decisions and information on all CERs issued;
- Develop and maintain the CDM registry.
The Executive Board comprises of 10 members and 10 alternate members from Parties to the Kyoto Protocol as follows:
| Member | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 UN regional groups (1 from each) | 5 | 5 |
| Annex I Parties | 2 | 2 |
| Non-Annex I Parties | 2 | 2 |
| Small island developing States | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 |
The Executive Board may establish committees, panels or working groups to assist it in the performance of its functions. The Executive Board shall draw on the expertise necessary to perform its functions, including from the UNFCCC roster of experts. Just as in the composition of the EB itself, regional balance shall be considered in the composition of panels in accordance with rule 32 of the Rules of procedures of the Executive Board of the CDM.
At its thirty-seventh meeting, the Executive Board approved
the 
General Guidelines for panels/working groups (143 KB).
+ The CDM EB members
+ Management plans (CDM-MAPs)
This section provides history of the CDM management plans (CDM-MAPs)
| EB | Annex / Date of Issuance | Version |
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| EB59 (14 - 18 February 2011) | Annex 17 | CDM-MAP 2011 (332 KB) (Version 01.1) |
| EB54 (24 - 28 May 2010) | Annex 37 | CDM-MAP 2010 (906 KB) (Version 1) |
| EB45 (11 - 13 February 2009) | Annex 71 | CDM-MAP 2009 (294 KB) (Version 1) |
| Mandated by EB40 (15 - 17 June 2008 ) | 10 September 2008 | CDM-MAP 2008 (416 KB) (Version 1.1) |
| EB37 (30 January - 01 February 2008) | Annex 23 | CDM-MAP 2008 (680 KB) (Version 1) |
| EB32 (20 - 22 June 2007) | Annex 40 | CDM-MAP 2007-2008 (359 KB) (Version 2) |
| EB27 (29 October - 1 November 2006) | Annex 17 | CDM-MAP 2007-2008 (364 KB) (Version 1) |
| EB21 (28 - 30 September 2005) | Annex 25 | CDM-MAP 2005-2006 (1302 KB) (Revised Version) |
| EB19 (11 - 13 May 2005) | Annex 15 | CDM-MAP 2005-2006 (21 KB) |
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