About
The ACP-CD4CDM Project aimed at enabling the targeted ACP countries to fully participate in the carbon market.
Project brochure
The ACP-CD4CDM Project was part of the European Commission
Programme for Capacity Building related to Multilateral
Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific
(ACP) Countries. The Project enabled the participating ACP
countries to fully participate in the carbon market.
At the same time, the ACP-CD4CDM Project was a continuation of
the very successful "Capacity
Development for the Clean Development Mechanism" (CD4CDM)
Project, implemented by the UNEP DTU Partnership in select
countries from Asia, Latin America, Middle East, North Africa and
Sub-Saharan Africa. The CD4CDM Project was developed between 2002
and 2009 with funding from the Government of the Netherlands.
The Project had a duration of 4 years (March 2010 to February
2013) and was implemented by the UNEP
DTU Partnership, based in Denmark.
The activities implemented within the Project developed and
facilitated knowledge in the target ACP countries that should
enable them to fully participate in the global carbon
market. The goal at the end of the Project was that these countries
are able to identify, design, approve, finance, implement and
monitor CDM projects that both address their sustainable
development priorities and offer cost-effective options for
carbon credit buyers to comply with obligations under the Kyoto
Protocol.
Activities implemented by UDP emphasized the development of a
national CDM portfolio of projects that could be marketed in
international carbon events (such as Carbon Expo) and posted
on the webiste of each country's Designated National
Authority (DNA).