POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Overall Coordination and Information Service

A. Donor

Activities

USAID

• Assessment/seminar/report on strengthening Ukraine climate change project administration capacity (2.1.6)
• Database/ electronic newsletter on climate change activities in Ukraine (2.1.2)

CIDA

• On-going information exchange on UNFCCC implementation (4.1.1)
  Database of Canadian climate change-related organizations and persons (4.1.1)
• Information bulletins (4.1.1)

Wb/switzerland

• Information system to address climate change issues to potential stakeholders (T4)

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Devise GHG policies, including integration of these policies with sectoral policies

Donor

USAID

• Ad-hoc assistance upon request from GOU and USAID (2.1.1)

CIDA

• Analytical report on climate change policies, national action plans and strategies on climate change mitigation (4.1.2)
• Seminars/workshops/ conferences on national, regional and sector levels addressing political, economic, scientific and technical aspects of climate change (4.3.1)

Wb/switzerland

• Project GHG emissions trajectory under varying macro-economic scenarios (T2)
• Conduct а sector decomposition of actual and projected GHG emissions under varying macroeconomic scenarios and under opportunities and constraints created by Kyoto Protocol (T2)
• Perform sector analysis of existing technologies in selected sectors and possible emission reduction projects with best available technology/practices (T2)
• Recommend priority sectors for GHG emission reductions (T2)
  Analyze prospective international demand for Ukraine’s GHG reductions (T3)
• Describe and analyze the nature of the potential market for GHG emission reductions (T3)
• Examine the various options for GHG trading consistent with emerging agreements through UNFCCC process (T3)
• Identify regulatory, institutional and capacity-building requirements for JI (T4)
• Examine the identified GHG emission reduction choices for addressing climate change in the context of the national development goals and priorities (T4)
• Examine and review potential for trading GHG emission reductions through JI (T5)
• Describe GHG reduction scenarios (T5)

Undp/gef

• Projection of GHG emissions in municipal district heating system under different (baseline and alternative) scenarios
• Identification of major existing barriers in the following areas: macro-economic conditions; inconsistency of regulatory and legal policies; non-payment crisis; pricing policy; institutional weaknesses; ownership inefficiency; lack of information and experience; high transaction costs for efficiency projects; financial state of district heating companies; consumers and local budgets; reliability of possible borrowers; technical deficiencies of heat supplier and consumer systems
• Development of а scheme for financing and implementation of supply and demand side energy efficiency improvements in municipal district heating system

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Develop Joint Implementation/clean Development Mechanism specific rules and criteria

Donor

• Assessment of barriers in different economic sectors and recommendations on JI projects realization policy in Ukraine (evaluation, monitoring, registration, verification, certification, reporting and control, selection criteria, protection of interests of parties) (4.3.1)

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Initiate and support the development of Joint Implementation-related expertise/capacity at all levels

Donor

USAID

• Training courses for national ministries (2.4)
  1. Project-level GHG emission estimation
  2. Project preparation and financing
• Existing courses/workshops (IIE, Un-cc:train)
• Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
• Ukrainian/russian glossary on climate change terms and concepts (2.1)
• Database of GHG mitigation projects (2.3.4)

CIDA

• Methods of interaction between local governments, businesses and public organizations in GHG emissions monitoring, evaluating and reporting: local GHG emission reduction action plan for Zaporizhia (4.2.4)
• Analysis and recommendations on developing efficient management of JI in Ukraine. Draft regulatory documents on а specialized body authorized to register, verify, certify and monitor JI projects (4.2.1)
• Database for sectors, enterprises, Canadian businesses interest in and potential for JI projects in Ukraine (4.3.2)

Wb/switzerland

• Review existing projects and prepare а pipeline of possible JI pilot projects (T6)

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Definition of standards/protocols

Donor

USAID

• Translation of international methodologies and guidelines on GHG emissions estimation, measuring and monitoring protocols, data collection and verification techniques (2.2.1)
• Manuals on monitoring and evaluation protocols (2.2.1)
• Guidelines for methodologies and technical procedures for monitoring GHG emissions in Ukraine (2.2.2)

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Project cycle management (assessment, selection and evaluation)

Donor

USAID

• RFP, review, evaluate and select projects for energy efficiency project preparation (2.3.1-3)
• Select CBM project for business plan development (2.3.1)
• Report “Guidelines for GHG project development” (2.3.5)

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Co-financing of projects

Donor

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Verification (including: baseline, additionality and monitoring)

Donor

USAID

• Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
• Workshops/seminars for local governments on monitoring, evaluation and emission protocols in the energy sector (2.1.4)

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Enforcement

Donor

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
UN Framework Commission on Climate Change reporting

Donor

USAID

• Participation of Government of Ukraine and other Ukrainian climate change experts in, for example, Conferences of Parties (2.1.5)

CIDA

• Assessment/proposals on National System of Inventories of GHG Emission and Removals by Sinks in Ukraine (4.2.2)
• Software for processing and converting national statistical data and compiling Annual Inventories of GHG Emission and Removals by Sinks in the Common Report Format (4.2.2)

Donor

Activities

USAID

• Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
• Training courses for focus industries (2.4)
1. Project-level GHG emission estimation
2. Project preparation and financing
• Two high level business dialogues and establishment of Industrial Council on Climate Change to support climate change programs, market mechanisms and encourage voluntary actions (2.5)

CIDA

• Action plan for GHG emission reduction on the municipal level (Rivne) with subsequent dissemination in other Ukraine oblast centers (4.2.5)
• Project proposals to Canadian investors for potential JI projects in Rivne (4.2.5)
• Automated database for sectors and enterprises in Ukraine, Canadian businesses interest in and potential for JI projects in Ukraine (4.3.2)

Donor

USAID

• Training course on project preparation and financing (2.4)

CIDA

• Feasibility study for district heating renovation in Vinnitsia (4.3.3)

Undp/gef

• Pre-feasibility study for supply and demand side district heating system energy efficiency improvement in the city of Rivne

Donor

Donor

Activities

USAID

• Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
• Workshops/seminars on project specific monitoring, evaluation and verification protocols in the energy sector (2.2.2)

CIDA

• Methods of interaction between local governments, businesses and public organizations in GHG emissions monitoring, evaluating and reporting: local GHG emission reduction action plan for Zaporizhia (4.2.4)

Donor

Activities

Donor

Activities

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Help in promoting public awareness of climate change

Donor

Activities

USAID

• Two climate change public events (2.5.2)
• Routine electronic newsletter (2.5.2)
• Ukraine climate change web-site (2.5.3)
• NGO network on climate change (2.5.2)
• Access to Internet and library at CCI Center (2.5.2)

CIDA

• Public event with popular persons, thematic quizzes, etc. (4.1.5)
• Information brochures, bulletins, posters (4.1.5)
• Web-page for Internet (4.1.5)
• Recommendations re media programs on climate change (4.1.5)
• Educational materials/ lectures for middle school (4.1.5)

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Watchdog role: policies, procedures, implementation, enforcement

Donor

POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Help in project identification

Donor

Donor

Activities

USAID

• Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)

Donor

Activities

USAID

• Informal training seminars on IPCC methodologies by CCI staff (2.1.3)
• Workshops with experts from national ministries, e.g. Ministry of Energy, on annual inventories, emission accounting system, baseline estimation methods, measuring and metering issues, data collection and reporting protocols (2.2.2)
• Training courses on project-level GHG emission estimation (2.4)

CIDA

• Analysis/recommendations/program of information exchange between Ukraine and Canada on improving assessment methods of GHG emissions and sinks (4.2.3)

Donor

Activities

• Training seminars on climate change economic modeling: trends analysis, macroeconomic/sector forecasting, optimization, economic benefits from JI projects and economic efficiency of GHG mitigation (4.1.6)

USAID

• RFP for energy efficiency project preparation (2.3.1)
• Routine electronic newsletter (2.5.2)
• Ukraine’s climate change web-site (2.5.3)

CIDA

• Developing technical design for operating unit for coal bed methane processing and coordinating it with acting legislation (4.3.4)

CIDA

• Training seminars on climate change economic modeling: trends analysis, macroeconomic/sector forecasting, optimization, economic benefits from JI projects and economic efficiency of GHG mitigation (4.1.6)

• Training course on project preparation and financing (2.4)