BACKGROUND Started at the informal ministerial meeting at Petersberg in May 2010.

1. INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON MITIGATION AND MRV • BACKGROUND • Started at the informal ministerial meeting at Petersberg in May 2010. • Germany, South Africa and the Republic of Korea announced that they will facilitate an • international partnership on mitigation and MRV.

2. INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON MITIGATION AND MRV • Scope • The Partnership intends to bring together countries interested in a practical exchange of • experience on questions that were identified as essential during the Petersberg Climate • Dialogue. • These questions were: • How best to design effective mitigation action in the context of green growth plans and how • to mobilize finance for planning and implementation? • What is needed in all countries with regard to MRV of actions to reduce emissions and how • best to support developing countries’ domestic capacities and institutions? • How can transparency of the implementation of actions and performance towards • commitments be ensured in practice?

3. INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON MITIGATION AND MRV Objective It was thought that addressing these and related questions can contribute decisively to making progress in international negotiations and the design of international guidelines and rules. The Partnership could contribute to a realistic assessment of what is required in practice and which approaches work best in different countries’ context. Participation The Partnership is open to participation by developed and developing countries.

4. Milestones • 1st Technical Workshop: Bonn August 2010 • 2nd Technical Workshop: Tianjin October 2010 • 3rd Technical Workshop: Bangkok April 2011 • 4th Technical Meeting: Bonn, 18 June 2011 • The technical exchange during the first three meetings were meant: • to create a shared understanding among partner countries of what is already being done in developed and developing countries with regard to MRV; • what is necessary in addition to existing activities; • what is practically feasible. • Possibly, a Ministerial stock-taking declaration in Durban could take place to build momentum

5. A template for information (database) about cooperation projects Project title Description of activity Type of activity Host region Host country Scope of project Project timeline and key milestones Project Budget Bilateral or Multilateral project Implementing Partners Source of support Other important information

6. CONCLUSION • Demistifying MRV • Best practice • Sharing practical experience on: • challenges & benefit of setting up/maintain/strengthen a national system • appraisal of policies/ NAMAs (not just quantification) and how to avoid double counting • on the inventory side: how to move from one tier to another, how to reduce uncertainty • impact of different verification systems • carbon market and environment integrity, review process, 3rd party verification • drafting/producing an LCDS    • Testing ideas, format, processes: e.g. template for recording NAMAs: how much is useful, • what would be the minimum information to be reporting and how to ensure minimum • comparability whilst still allow for flexibility. • Update of capacity-building project: awareness, success story, lessons learnt, avoiding • overlap.