PROJECT IDEA NOTE

[PROJECT NAME]

[Version Number: 01]

[Date: DD/MM/YYYY]

Purpose of this document: The PIN document is the first step of myclimate’s assessment of new climate protection projects. The document is filled by the project owner (project partner) and/or myc Project Manager as an initial due diligence. It is reviewed by the Head of the COP Department. The outcome of this review is a decision whether the proposed project will enter the next stage of the assessment cycle – the main due diligence. How to fill in this PIN: Please click in the grey boxes [Please specify] and fill in your answers Section D Finance: Please fill in the Excel file provided by your myclimate contact and copy into the document.

Project description, type, location and timeline

Project Overview
Objective of the project	[Please specify]
Project description and proposed activities (including a technical description of the project)	[Please specify]
Technology to be employed	[Please specify]
Scale of the project	[e.g. capacity in MW or annual energy output/saving in GWh or number of systems as water filters, cook stoves]
Make or buy	☐ Certification/development by myc (make) ☐ Purchase of a certified project (buy)
Standard to be pursued	☐ GS ☐ CDM GS ☐ CDM ☐ Plan Vivo ☐ Other [Please specify]

Project participant 1: [Please specify: project owner, local project partner etc.]
Name of organisation
Organisational category	Examples: Government, Government agency, Municipality, private (social) company, NGO, Other. [Please specify]
Address
Contact person	[Name of the project developer]
Telephone / fax	Tel. Fax.
E-mail and website, if any
Role(s) of project participant 1 in the project	Examples: Project coordinator, Sponsor, Technical advisor, Technology provider, Implementation partner, Intermediary, Designated Operational Entity under the CDM, Other [Please specify and explain]
Main activities/services
Summary of relevant experience	[Describe experience related to the proposed activity]
Experiences with carbon offsetting projects	☐ No/Little ☐ Medium ☐ Vast [Please specify]

Project participant 2: [Please specify: project owner, local project partner etc.]
Name of organisation
Organisational category	Examples: Government, Government agency, Municipality, private (social) company, NGO, Other. [Please specify]
Address
Contact person	[Name of the project developer]
Telephone / fax	Tel. Fax.
E-mail and website, if any
Role(s) of project participant 2 in the project	Examples: Project coordinator, Sponsor, Technical advisor, Technology provider, Implementation partner, Intermediary, Designated Operational Entity under the CDM, Other [Please specify and explain]
Main activities/services
Summary of relevant experience	[Describe experience related to the proposed activity]
Experiences with carbon offsetting projects	☐ No/Little ☐ Medium ☐ Vast [Please specify]

Project participant 3: [Please specify: project owner, local project partner etc.]
Name of organisation
Organisational category	Examples: Government, Government agency, Municipality, private (social) company, NGO, Other. [Please specify]
Address
Contact person	[Name of the project developer]
Telephone / fax	Tel. Fax.
E-mail and website, if any
Role(s) of project participant 3 in the project	Examples: Project coordinator, Sponsor, Technical advisor, Technology provider, Implementation partner, Intermediary, Designated Operational Entity under the CDM, Other [Please specify and explain]
Main activities/services
Summary of relevant experience	[Describe experience related to the proposed activity]
Experiences with carbon offsetting projects	☐ No/Little ☐ Medium ☐ Vast [Please specify]

Type of the project and business model
Type of technology	☐ Cook stoves ☐ Biodigesters ☐ Water purification ☐ Solar home systems ☐ Energy supply (PV, wind, hydro), grid-connected (y/n) ☐ Energy supply (biogas, biomass), grid-connected (y/n) ☐ Transport ☐ Waste management and composting ☐ Landfill gas ☐ Agriculture and livestock ☐ Peat land, afforestation, forest management ☐ Other [Please specify] [Please specify and explain]
Methodology check	Is there an existing CDM/GS methodology available? Yes ☐ No ☐
Distribution network	[What is the set-up of the distribution network? Roles and responsibilities? Contact to end-users?
Innovative elements	[Briefly discuss any innovative technology components]
Business approach	[Briefly discuss the business model approach. Will there be any revenues generated? Will the project/company be able to establish a self-sustaining business model in the future?]

Location of the project
Country/countries
City
Category (LDC, low, middle income country)	LDC ☐ lower middle ☐ upper middle ☐
Country risk	Corruption risk: Low ☐ medium ☐ high ☐ Natural hazard risks: Low ☐ medium ☐ high ☐ War/ conflict risk: Low ☐ medium ☐ high ☐

Expected timeline
Earliest project start date	[Year in which the project will be operational]
Expected first year of CER/VER delivery
Project lifetime	[Years]
Current status of the project (several could apply)	Contractual/DD status ☐ Identification and feasibility check ☐ (Pre-) Feasibility study finished ☐ Negotiations phase ☐ Contracting phase (mention what contracts) ☐ Other: [Please specify] [Briefly explain] Available documents:	Implementation status ☐ Project idea ☐ Piloting phase ☐ Similar project already implemented ☐ Project implementation already started ☐ Other: [Please specify] [Briefly explain] Available documents:

Expected greenhouse gas emission reductions

Project size Estimate of Greenhouse Gases abated (in metric tons of CO2-equivalent)	☐ Critical < 5,000t ☐ Micro scale 5,000t - 10,000t ☐ Small scale 10,000t - 60,000t p.a. ☐ Large scale > 60,000t p.a. t CO2-equivalent during a period of years Assumptions: [Please explain]
Baseline scenario	1) Which emissions is the proposed project displacing? 2) What would the future look like without the proposed project?
Additionality	[Main barriers for implementation of the project? Why is the financial contribution from emission reduction certificates playing an important role for overcoming any of these barriers.]
Monitoring and training	[Please describe your experience with project (impact) monitoring and if relevant for the project type, conducting user trainings, community mobilization, awareness building measures]

Expected environmental and social benefits

Specific environmental benefits	[Environmentel benefits and, if relevant, their relation to the environmental strategy and priorities of the host country.]
Socio-economic aspects	[What social and economic effects are attributable to the project which would not have occurred in a comparable situation without that project?]

Finance

Below there are two cases:

(1) “make-project” myclimate develops and handles the certification of the project.

(2) “Buy-Project”: myclimate purchases carbon credits from a certified project.

Please fill in the section your project fits into and hide the other case by clicking on the small grey triangle which appears if you put you point on the left of the word “case”.

(1) Case “Make-project”:	☐ Certification/development by myclimate

Please fill in as much as you know at this stage and copy into the document. Excel file to be provided by myclimate.

(2) Case “Buy-Project”: ☐ Purchase of a certified project

Carbon finance
Indicative price per CER/VER (subject to negotiation and financial due diligence)	Contract CER/VERs: [value] for vintages [year] - [year] Option CER/VERs: [value] for vintages [year] - [year] [Comments]

Conclusion

To be filled in by myclimate.

Summary of critical aspects	Ways to overcome the critical points or alleviative arguments
[Please specify] … … …	[Please explain] … … …
Summary of positive aspects	Further comments
[Please specify] … … …	…

PIN handed in by:	[Please specify]

PIN handed in when:	[Date]

Shall we continue with the project?	YES ☐	YES, BUT ☐	NO ☐

Further comments:

[Please comment]

PIN reviewed by:	[Please specify]

PIN reviewed when:	[Date]

ANNEX

Supporting documents

Server Link: [Link]

Documents	Provided/available	Conclusion OK / Tbd / To do etc.
Business/Company (of project owner)
Annual reports
Organigram/structure
Business Plan
CVs
Compliance and integrity guidelines or policies
Other:
Environmental & Health
Documentation related to environmental permits covering, for example, air, water, waste, storage of materials on site.
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) approval (where conducted according to country’s regulations)
Company environmental, health and safety policy and/or procedures.
Any existing sustainability reports or audits from regulatory authorities, environmental experts, customers or other bodies (RSPO, ISO,…).
Project Related
Management Plan
Work plan / Project schedule
Training manuals for staff
Excerpts from project database
O&M, EPC, turnkey contracts
Technology supplier contract
Feedstock supply contracts
Pre-/Feasibility Study
Biomass Assessment Study
Water flow data/Wind assessment/Sun radiation data
Carbon Process Related
Baseline assessment data
PIN
PDD
Support letter from DNA
Monitoring plan
MoU with myclimate
Term sheet with myclimate
NDA with myclimate
Project factsheet
Project cost sheet
Proof of ER ownership (contract)
Other documents
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Categories according to https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519; LDCs: https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/publication/ldc_list.pdf

Corruption risk: https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018 | Disaster/natural hazards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_disaster_risk | War/conflict risks: https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch , https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/de/home/vertretungen-und-reisehinweise.html