1. Regional Workshop on CDM and NAMAs for Latin America and the Caribbean Bogotá, Colombia 31 August – 2 September, 2014 Challenges faced in the process of issuing LoAs and their resolution

2. NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK Ratifies UNFCCC 19901998 Law 24.295 Creates ACDMO Dec 822 Ratifies KP Law 25.438 2001 2004 2009 National Approval Procedure Res SAYDS 825 Technical Assistance for develop project ideas Res SAYDS 234 National project approval Programme of Activities (PoA) Res SAYDS 1201 2002 Designate SEandSD as DNA Dec 2213

3. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS ARGENTINE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM OFFICE PP PP PERMANENT SECRETARIAT ACDMO PERMANENT SECRETARIAT ACDMO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SECRETARY SE SD SECRETARY SE SD NATIONAL LETTER OF APPROBAL Provincial Authority Provincial Authority Website

4. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS PP PP PDD Compliance applicable law Sustainable Development Contribution ++ Barriers and difficulties  Lack of access to information of UNFCCC  Complex methodologies  Lack of information and data  Development of SD contribution letter  Compliance with current law unspecific  Administrative procedure

5. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS Proposals and activities  Direct access from website of SAYDS  Publication of manual and guidelines  Informative brochure  Meetings and workshops  Development EF of electric grid PP PP

6. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS Proposals and activities  Guideline to elaborate the contribution note of SD ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONAL PP PP

7. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS Proposals and activities  Technical assistance through Carbon Argentinean Fund PP PP Mitigation studies Training Guideline Assistance to projects

8. Barriers and difficulties  Coordination and monitoring  Change of the members  Difficulty understanding the methodological changes.  Complexity of projects  Administrative procedure EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  Secretariat of Environmental and Sustainable Development  Secretariat of Energy  Secretariat of Transport  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery  Secretariat of Industry, Commerce, and Small & Medium Sized Enterprises  Secretariat of Foreign Affairs  Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation  Secretariat of Environmental and Sustainable Development  Secretariat of Energy  Secretariat of Transport  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery  Secretariat of Industry, Commerce, and Small & Medium Sized Enterprises  Secretariat of Foreign Affairs  Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS

9. Proposals and activities  Continuity of membership  Fluid communication EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  Secretariat of Environmental and Sustainable Development  Secretariat of Energy  Secretariat of Transport  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery  Secretariat of Industry, Commerce, and Small & Medium Sized Enterprises  Secretariat of Foreign Affairs  Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation  Secretariat of Environmental and Sustainable Development  Secretariat of Energy  Secretariat of Transport  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery  Secretariat of Industry, Commerce, and Small & Medium Sized Enterprises  Secretariat of Foreign Affairs  Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

10. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS Barriers and difficulties  Ignorance of the subject  Lack of information on the procedure  Administrative procedure  Institutional changes 23 Provincias + CABA Provincial Authority Provincial Authority

11. NATIONALA APPROVAL PROCEDURE Proposals and activities  Designation of provincial focal points  Shipping of the information through several ways  Meetings and workshops Provincial Authority Provincial Authority 23 Provincias + CABA

12. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS Barriers and difficulties  Modification on organizational structure  Political changes SECRETARY SA y DS SECRETARY SA y DS

13. NATIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS Submitted 67 90% Approved 67% Registered

14. Third National Communication CONCLUSION Similar challenges on CDM and NAMAs  Strengthening institutional structures  Institutional arrangements  Improvement on communication and dissemination  Private sector involvement Governmental Committee on Climate Change National Strategy on Climate Change

15. Thank you for your attention Ing. Macarena Moreira mmmoreira@ambiente.gob.ar Dirección de Cambio Climático Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable