In addition to addressing the global problem of climate change in a cost-effective manner, CDM offers significant benefits to both the investing and the host parties. Benefits to the host parties include financial and technological inputs, capacity-building, local environmental benefits and indirect benefits such as employment generation and international contacts.

Target Groups are e.g. Industrial sector, Consulting companies, Financial enterprises, and host country governmental institutions.

Training Content is the preparation of the CDM host country stakeholders for the upcoming international Emission Trading Regime of the Kyoto Protocol.

Problems to be addressed are (i) the lack of climate change awareness in the public and the private sector, (ii) the lack of linkages to the international climate change regime and (iii) the lack of ability to identify, design and implement CDM projects

To reach these targets, a combination of seminar training and training on the job is needed: The Seminar Training will enable the participants to assess the quality and operability of a CDM project. The On the Job Training will show the participants the practical steps towards a successful implemented CDM project by carrying out a feasibility study for a proposed CDM project.

Examples

CDM Training workshops have been carried out by INTEGRATION in Mongolia , Nepal and China so far.

In 2003 INTEGRATION developed a CDM capacity building concept for the EU-China "Environmental Management Cooperation Program" (EMCP). The following human resource development tools were designed and will be carried out during the next two years:

• Online training courses and databases as a resource for Chinese climate change stakeholders and decision makers
• CDM Training Handbook for Trainers
• Demand driven and needs oriented CDM train-the-trainers and training courses with preparation of CDM training guidelines on a modular basis
• Multi-level evaluation of all CDM capacity building measures by designing specific quality assurance standards

• Conduction of training courses on the CDM methodology and CDM project operation procedures is necessary to inform the local institutions in developing as well as in developed countries.
• The definition of eligible CDM Projects for each host- and investing country is necessary.
• Standards for baseline determination and project implementation have to be installed.