Expert review teams

Lead reviewers

Ad hoc review experts

Expert review teams During individual inventory reviews, international teams of inventory experts examine the data, methodologies and procedures used in preparing the national inventory.

To facilitate a common approach to the reviews, the lead reviewers recommended that the secretariat develop the review handbook for this sector for use by expert review teams.

Composition of the expert review teams

Recommendations for improving the technical review of GHG inventories and for applying common approaches in the review by expert review teams (resulting from meetings of lead reviewers)

During the initial review the expert review team shall assess whether

During the annual review the expert review team shall assess whether

Expert review teams and institutional arrangements

An expert review team member's obligation not to disclose confidential information shall continue after termination of his or her service on the expert review team.

Lead reviewers also provided additional guidance for use by expert review teams during the adjustment process in 2005.

Expert review teams do not make decisions.

Lead reviewers also considered the appropriate treatment by expert review teams of comments received from Parties.

This information will be updated periodically following the collective recommendation of lead reviewers on ways to improve the review process,1 including the consistent application of the technical guidance by expert review teams.

The expert review team shall calculate

These lead reviewers have a special role in guiding the review teams to ensure the quality, consistency and objectivity of the reviews.

They also should ensure the quality and the objectivity of the thorough and comprehensive technical assessments in the reviews and to provide for continuity, comparability and timeliness of the review.

Lead reviewers should ensure that the reviews in which they participate are performed according to the review guidelines and are performed consistently across Parties by each expert review team.

All final review reports prepared by the expert review team, except for status reports, shall include the following elements

However, the expedited nature of this review procedure shall not compromise the thoroughness of the examination by the expert review team.

An introduction and summary A description of the technical assessment of each of the elements reviewed according to the relevant sections on the scope of the review in parts II to VII of these guidelines, including

Initial check by the expert review team, with the assistance of the secretariat Individual inventory review by the expert review team.

The expert review team shall, inter alia

Reports of the expert review teams under Article 8 of the Protocol The Party concerned The Party that has submitted a question of implementation with respect to another Party Reports of the Conference of the Parties, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, and the subsidiary bodies under the Convention and the Protocol and The other branch.

Recommended drivers (prepared on the basis of data obtained from external data sources that have adequate correlation with GHG emission estimates).

Information on previous adjustment calculations by expert review teams.

The SBSTA shall provide general guidance to the secretariat on the selection of experts and coordination of the expert review teams and to the expert review teams on the expert review process.

For this purpose Parties included in Annex I shall provide the expert review team with effective access to their national registry during the review.

These developments were welcomed by the lead reviewers, who supported the continued use of these tools in the review process.

Ad hoc review experts shall be selected from those nominated by Parties or, exceptionally and only when the required expertise for the task is not available among them, from the relevant intergovernmental organizations belonging to the UNFCCC roster of experts for specific annual or periodic reviews by the secretariat.

The secretariat shall prepare an annual report to the SBSTA on the composition, including the selection of experts for the review teams and the lead reviewers, and the actions taken to ensure the application of the selection criteria stated in paragraphs 31 and 32 above.

Lead reviewers collectively shall also

Provisions in the guidelines for review under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol that relate to adjustments Timing Within the review of the inventory, the expert review team shall list all the problems identified, indicating which would need an adjustment, and send this list to the Annex I Party no later than 25 weeks from the submission due date of the annual inventory.

Lead reviewers also agreed that expert review teams should consider all comments received from Parties and provide a brief written response to the Party on how these comments were addressed.

The secretariat shall, under the direction of the expert review team, conduct a standardized set of data comparisons to be performed on the electronic common reporting format submissions to be used in the review process.

Training programme for members of expert review teams for the initial review under the guidelines for review under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol

The review team, under the guidance of the Board members responsible for supervising the review, shall provide inputs, prepare requests for clarification and further information to the DOE and project participants, and analyse information received during the review.

The expert review team shall justify and document the technical reason for its decision, and for its choice of the alternative approach used, and include this information in the review report.

All of these 23 experts were successfully integrated in expert review teams in the 2004 and or 2005 review cycle.

Possible recommendations by the expert review team on the conduct of the review in subsequent years, including which parts may need to be considered in more depth Information on any other issue of concern deemed relevant by the expert review team The sources of information used in the formulation of the final report.

Ten new and 19 experienced review experts participated in the course and attended the seminar.

Instead, the secretariat will directly instruct expert review teams on these procedures.

The Annex I Party shall be provided with four weeks to comment on the draft individual inventory review report and, where appropriate, on whether, and for what reasons, it accepts or rejects the adjustment.

This course provides tools to improve the work of expert review teams and facilitate teamwork.