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CDM Capacity Development

The Danish CDM Facility will help to develop the capacity to write PDDs through hands-on support of the writing of PDDs. It will offer a combination of financial support for the writing of the PDD, and technical support.

Hands-on capacity development

Denmark will provide the support to the Project Entity's staff, or to the Project Entity's consultants, or if the Project Entity is not interested in developing its own capacities in the field of CDM, and does not have a contract with consultants, the Facility will identify and hire Chinese consultants for the development of the PDD.
Financial and technical support

The levels of technical and financial support depend on the skills of the consultants or Project Entity's staff: if they have a lot of expertise and experience with CDM, the level of financial support will be high, and the level of technical support will consist mostly of supervision. If, on the other hand, the level of expertise and experience will be low, the financial support will be low, and technical support (provided by Caspervandertak Consulting) will be high. Over time, the consultants or project entity's staff can graduate to lower levels of technical support, combined with higher levels of financial support, as illustrated in the figure below.
 
Combinations of international and Chinese consultants

The facility also has the opportunity to provide support to combinations of Chinese and international consultants. In that case, the condition is that the international consultant is highly qualified, that the Chinese consultants do at least 50% of the work, and get at least 50% of the financial support. The international consultant then also has the responsibility to transfer CDM development skills to the Chinese consultants, for example explaining how different methodologies for baseline determination and monitoring emission reductions work, and how they are implemented.
 
Level of financial support


The level of financial support depends on the amount of work necessary to complete the PDD, and also on the level of technical support offered. If the Facility needs to hire consultants, it expects to pay for 'normal-sized projects' that can use existing methodologies:

  • High level of financial, low level of technical support: EURO 25,000-35,000;
  • Medium level of financial support and technical support: EURO 15,000-25,000;
  • Low level of financial, high level of technical support: EURO 5,000-15,000.

The exact amounts will be based on the market, through restricted bidding with a maximum budget indicated.

If the Project Entity wishes to use its own staff for the development of the PDD, or has hired a consultant, the level of support provided depends on the amount the Danish Embassy expects to pay if it uses the services of consultants it needs to hire in the market.