Advanced Technical Training Programme on Verification in the scope of the EU ETS
Date: 03-04.11.2015
Place: Pancevo, Serbia
Organizer: ECRAN Secretariat with EC TAIEX Unit
The European Commission actively supports climate cooperation in the region of the Western
Balkans and Turkey through the Environment and Climate Regional Accession Network (ECRAN).
The Emissions Trading Working Group of ECRAN aims to provide the essential regulatory building
blocks and to increase the technical capacity for a well-functioning future national or regional ETS
system, which could be or is modelled in line with the EU ETS. This would pave the way for further
cooperation and linking with the EU ETS.
The following results are expected for this Working Group:
- To improve technical understanding of the EU ETS implementing provisions in relation to
monitoring, reporting, verification and accreditation (MRVA) in the beneficiary countries, among
the target group of industry and aircraft operators, as well as the Competent Authorities and
potential verifiers.
- To identify institutional, legal and procedural arrangements for a future national or regional
ETS system, which could be modelled in line with the EU ETS.
Successful implementation of an emissions trading system among others involves the
implementation of a system for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, and for
the verification of annual emission reports. Such Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV)
systems form the backbone of any ETS system.
Objectives of the Training
The advanced training programme aims to provide the government authorities in Serbia with an
improved technical understanding of the EU requirements on monitoring, reporting and
verification. Specifically to obtain hands-on understanding of reporting and verification in a refinery
and in the petrochemical industry.
Expected Results of the Workshop:
The training will provide in-depth insights in the Monitoring and Reporting regulation and in
verification, specifically in understanding the road from Monitoring Plan to a validated annual
emission report. The training will zoom in on key challenges experienced during the formulation of
Monitoring Plans and will provide in-depth insights in the verification of an emission report based on
the Monitoring Plan. All practical training should optimally prepare the staff of the Ministry for their
task of validating the Monitoring Plan and approving the annual emission reports.
In order to work with real-life examples larger parts of the training will be held at the sites of two
future Serbian ETS operators: the NIS refinery and HIP-Petrohemija. These companies were selected
since they represent the more complicated activities in terms of Greenhouse gas monitoring and
reporting and consequently validation of their Monitoring Plan and verification of their annual
emissions report are regarded as some of the more complex tasks for the Ministry staff.
