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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 (CMP). The CDM EB is fully accountable to the CMP.

The CDM EB will be the ultimate point of contact for CDM Project Participants for the registration of projects and the issuance of CERs.

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Next EB Meeting: 111	Date: 30 August to 1 September and 7 to 9 September 2021	Webcast

EB Meeting: 110	Date: 17-19 and 25-27 May 2021	Webcast
Show all Meeting report Meeting report (version 01.0) (243 KB) Conflict of Interest overview Standards for CDM project activities and programmes of activities Annex 1 - Standard for sampling and surveys for CDM PAs and PoAs (version 09.0) (272 KB) Methodological standards for large-scale CDM project activities Annex 2 - ACM0016: Mass rapid transit projects (version 05.0) (1179 KB) Annex 3 - AM0031: Bus rapid transit projects (version 08.0) (1003 KB) Annex 4 - TOOL32: Positive lists of technologies (version 03.0) (172 KB) Methodological standards for small-scale CDM project activities Annex 5 - AMS-I.I.: Biogas/biomass thermal applications for households/small users (version 05.0) (279 KB) Annex 6 - AMS-I.E.: Switch from non-renewable biomass for thermal applications by the user (version 12.0) (586 KB) Annex 7- AMS-III.R.: Methane recovery in agricultural activities at household/small farm level (version 04.0) (247 KB) Other matters Annex 8 - Calendar of meetings for 2021 (version 03.0) (75 KB) Annex 9 - Provisional agenda: CDM Executive Board 111th meeting (version 01.0) (22 KB)

EB Meeting: 109	Date: 1-3 March and 9-11 March 2021	Webcast
Show all Meeting report Meeting report (version 01.0) (232 KB) Conflict of Interest overview Strategic planning and direction Annex 1 - Clarification: Regulatory requirements under temporary measures for post-2020 cases (version 01.1) (228 KB) Performance management Annex 2 - CDM Executive Board workplan 2021 (version 01.0) (149 KB) Annex 3 - CDM Accreditation Panel workplan 2021 (version 01.0) (41 KB) Annex 4 - Methodologies Panel workplan 2021 (version 01.0) (117 KB) Standards for CDM project activities and programmes of activities Annex 5 - Standard: Amendments to version 02.0 of the CDM project standards for project activities on addition/change of technologies (version 01.0) (151 KB) Annex 6 - Standard: Amendments to version 02.0 of the CDM project standards for programmes of activities on addition/change of technologies (version 01.0) (181 KB) Other matters Annex 7 - Calendar of meetings for 2021 (version 02.0) (71 KB) Annex 8 - Provisional agenda: CDM Executive Board 110th meeting (version 01.0) (69 KB)

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The CDM Executive Board

+ The role of the CDM EB

The 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 CDMprojects in accordance with specific procedures;
Make publicly available information on proposed CDMprojects 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 procedure of the Executive Board of the CDM.

At its thirty-seventh meeting, the Executive Board approved the General Guidelines for panels/working groups.

+ The CDM EB members

Composition of the CDM Executive Board for 2020 (as of the first meeting of the Board in 2020)

The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its fifteenth session elected new members and alternate members to the Board. The term of service of the incoming members/alternate members will start at the first meeting of the Board in 2020.

The Board elected Mr. Olivier Kassi of Belgium and Mr. Omar Alcock of Jamaica to serve as Chair and Vice-Chair of the CDM Executive Board respectively until the first meeting of the Board in 2022.

Members	Alternates
Mr. Omar Alcock^b (Vice-Chair)	Mr. Amjad Abdulla^b
Mr. El Hadji Mbaye Diagne^a	Mr. Rachid Tahiri^a
Mr. Piotr Dom browicki^b	Ms. Anna Romanovskaya^b
Ms. Diana Harutyunyan^b	Ms. Nataliya Kushko^b
Mr. Olivier Kassi^a(Chair)	Mr. Frank Wolke ^a
Mr. Moises Alvarez^{b, 1}	Ms. Asmau Jibril^b
Mr. Lambert Schneider^a	Mr. Kazunari Kainou^a
Mr. Muhammad Tariq^b	Mr. Kamal Djemouai^b
Mr. Spencer Thomas^a	Mr. Eduardo Calvo^a
Mr. Sirous Vatankhah^a	Mr. Nurul Quadir^a

Members and alternate members are listed in alphabetical order by Board member.

^{^a}Term: 2 years (starting at the first meeting in 2019). See note below.

^b Term: 2 years (starting at the first meeting in 2020). See note below.

¹ In accordance with the communication dated 12 December 2019 from the Chair of GRULAC, the member from Brazil (Mr. José Miguez) was to serve the first year (2020) of the first term of office in this position, and the member from the Dominican Republic (Mr. Moises Alvarez) was to serve the second year (2021) of the first term of office in this position. Further to the communication dated 3 July 2020, the Chair of GRULAC informed that Mr. José Miguez to serve in office until 30 June 2021, when he was succeeded by Mr. Moises Alvarez who will serve for the remainder of the term.

Note: The term of office has been extended by one year in accordance with the guidance of the COP/CMP/CMA Bureau as communicated to Parties in the notification to Parties dated 15 January 2021, and available at this link: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Notification%20to%20Parties%20on%202020%20elections%20Signed%20by.pdf.

Further information about nomination, election and re-election of members and alternate members of the CDM Board can be found in the Rules of procedure of the Executive Board of the CDM.

Information on the election and membership of the bodies of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol can be found here.

+ CDM EB Code of conduct
+ CDM Business and management plans

This section provides history of the CDM Business and management plans

EB	Annex / Date of Issuance	Version
EB104 (9 - 12 September 2019)	Annex 1	CDM two-year business and management plan 2020-2021 (version 01.0)
EB97 (30 Oct - 1 Nov 2017)	Annex 1	CDM two-year business and management plan 2018-2019 (Version 01.0)
EB92 (31 Oct - 4 Nov 2016)	Annex 1	CDM management plan 2017 (Version 01.0)
EB87 (23 - 27 Nov 2015)	Annex 1	CDM two-year business plan 2016-2017 and management plan 2016 (Version 01.1)
EB81 (24 - 28 Nov 2014)	Annex 1	CDM MAP 2015 (Version 01.0)
EB76 (4 - 8 Nov 2013)	Annex 1	CDM two-year business plan 2014-2015 and management plan 2014 (Version 02.0)
EB75 (30 Sep - 4 Oct 2013)	Annex 1	CDM Business plan 2014-2015 (Version 01.0)
EB71 (30 Jan - 1 Feb 2013)	Annex 1	CDM two-year business plan and management plan 2013-2014 (Version 01.0)
EB66 (27 Feb - 2 Mar 2012)	Annex 1	CDM 2-year business plan 2012-2013 (Version 02.0)
EB66 (27 Feb - 2 Mar 2012)	Annex 2	CDM-MAP 2012 (Version 01.1)
EB59 (14 - 18 Feb 2011)	Annex 16	CDM 2-year business plan (Version 01.1)
EB59 (14 - 18 Feb 2011)	Annex 17	CDM-MAP 2011 (Version 01.1)
EB54 (24 - 28 May 2010)	Annex 37	CDM-MAP 2010 (Version 1)
EB45 (11 - 13 Feb 2009)	Annex 71	CDM-MAP 2009 (Version 1)
Mandated by EB40 (15 - 17 Jun 2008 )	10 Sept 2008	CDM-MAP 2008 (Version 1.1)
EB37 (30 Jan - 1 Feb 2008)	Annex 23	CDM-MAP 2008 (Version 1)
EB32 (20 - 22 Jun 2007)	Annex 40	CDM-MAP 2007-2008 (Version 2)
EB27 (29 Oct - 1 Nov 2006)	Annex 17	CDM-MAP 2007-2008 (Version 1)
EB21 (28 - 30 Sep 2005)	Annex 25	CDM-MAP 2005-2006 (Revised Version)
EB19 (11 - 13 May 2005)	Annex 15	CDM-MAP 2005-2006

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