Extraordinary Meeting (EX MTG1): Shenzhen
During an extraordinary meeting of the Partnership Assembly, Morocco became an Implementing Country Participant. Importantly, participants also discussed various options for allocating PMR funding in order to agree upon a modality.
Date:
Mar 14, 2012
Venue:
Shenzhen, China
| March 14, 2012 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Co-Chair: Evren Türkmenoğlu, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Turkeys | ||
| Co-Chair: Lex de Jonge, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Update Since PA2 (Istanbul) | ||
| 2. Reflections of the Durban Outcome | ||
| Participants shared their reflections on the UNFCCC decision on a market mechanism(s), in particular on how the PMR work could provide practical information to the UNFCCC process. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Evren Türkmenoğlu, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Turkey | ||
| Reflections of Durban Outcome and Implications on the PMR Work | ||
| 10:15 | Break | |
| 3. Presentation of Organizing Framework for Preparation Funding | ||
| Morocco presented its Organizing Framework for consideration and decision by the PA on allocation of the Preparation Funding. | ||
| 10:30 | ||
| Sabah Benchekroun, Ministry of General Affairs and Governance, Morocco | ||
| Morocco: Organizing Framework for Scoping of PMR Activities | ||
| 4. Information Update | ||
| Implementing Country Participants updated the PA on their PMR activities, in particular on the status of the MRP. Updates can be made using PowerPoint or oral briefings. Chile and Costa Rica had prepared presentations. | ||
| 11:30 | ||
| Juan Pedro Searle, Ministerio de Energía, Chile | ||
| Chile: Status of Market Readiness Proposal | ||
| Costa Rica: Organizational Framework and Progress Report | ||
| Costa Rica: Country Update 2 | ||
| 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 5. Options for Allocation of Implementation Funding | ||
| 14:00 | ||
| Xueman Wang and Sarah Underwood, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Implementation Funding Allocation Process | ||
| 16:00 | Break | |
| 6. Decisions and Next Steps | ||
| 16:15 | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Next Steps | ||
| Adoption of Decisions by Participants | ||
| o Allocation of the PMR Preparation Phase Funding for Activities in Morocco | ||
| Resolution EXMTG1/2012-1 | ||
| End of EX MTG1 | ||