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E276: Dissemination of best practices in the abatement, recovery, and use of methane. Phase II.

EXCOM Form:

 

EXCOM form

Concept Paper or Project Document:

 

Concept paper, including the budget

Annual Progress Reports:

 

 

Final Report:

 

 

Key project deliverables:

 

 

Links to project page:

 

 

Evaluation:

 

https://unece.org/evaluation-reports

Part I. Planning
(to be filled in before submission to EXCOM)
Part II. Implementation
(to be used for reporting on progress in the implementation of the project in real time)1,2
 

Expected accomplishments

Planned activities

Estimated costs (US$)

Implemented activities3

Actual Expenditures4 (US$)3

EA 1: Improved understanding of the initial conditions, opportunities and challenges in methane management from active and abandoned coal mines in targeted regions

A.1.1. Two fact-finding missions to the critical coal mining regions (active and abandoned mines)

$16,000

1. Fact-finding mission to Colombia delivered in March 2018.

1. approx. $5,500

A.1.2. Report and recommendations from the fact-finding missions 

$10,000

 

 

 

 

1. Report from the fact-finding mission to Colombia (in progress - to be completed in May 2018).

1.

A.1.3. Development of best practices (or recommendations) on sustainable management of abandoned coal mines

$36,000

1. Task Force Established

2. Outline developed

1.

...

E.A.2. Increased capacity to apply internationally recognized best practices in the abatement, recovery, and use of CMM and abandoned mine methane 

A.2.1. Three demand-driven capacity-building workshops

$42,000

1. Workshop in Colombia (preparations in progress - to be delivered in summer 2018)

2. Workshop in Georgia (preparations in progress - to be delivered in Q4 2018)

1.

...

A.2.2. Development of a standard training module on best practices in the abatement, recovery, and use of methane from coal mines

$20,000

 

1.






 

 

A.2.3. Three capacity-building seminars to disseminate training module 

$36,000

1. Seminar in Cracow, Poland, delivered in February 2018 within the framework of the School of Underground Mining.

2. Seminar in Toronto, Canada, delivered in April 2018 within the framework of the Global Methane Forum

3. Seminar in Astana, Kazakhstan (preparations in progress - to be delivered on 20 June 2018, within the framework of the World Mining Congress)

3. Seminar in Kiev, Ukraine (preparations in progress - to be delivered in November 2018, within the framework of the 9th IFESD)

1. approx. $5,500


2. approx. $15,000

A.2.4. Dissemination of case studies and best practices 

$9,000

 

1.

A.2.5. Translation of case studies and best practices into additional languages

 

$8,000

1. Translation of best practices into Spanish (in progress - to be delivered in summer 2018)

1.

Total (incl. 13% Programme Support Costs):

$200,000

 

Total: approx. $30,000

Footnote


1 The secretariat shall inform EXCOM in case of unexpected developments or serious problems of any kind in the project implementation.
2 Questions from member States on project implementation will be forwarded to the secretariat.
Relevant information should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity and include the following:
(a) For an advisory service (including at a workshop/seminar/training organized by other organizations): title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlink(s) to presentation(s) and other relevant documents;
(b) For a workshop/conference/training organized by UNECE: title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlinks to the meeting agenda, list of participants, presentation(s) made by UNECE, conference documents, training materials and reports;
(c) For a consultancy: project expenditures; hyperlinks to the consultancy ToR and main outputs (study, report, training material, presentation, etc.) produced by the consultant/s;
(d) For other outputs not included under bullet points above: hyperlink to relevant documents.  
[1] Relevant financial information – certified by the Executive Office - should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity.