Mécanisme pour le Développement Propre en Tunisie
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Mécanisme pour le Développement Propre en Tunisie
    Presentation of the Designated National Authority (DNA)

ROLE OF THE DESIGNATED NATIONAL AUTHORITY (DNA)

COMPOSITION OF THE DNA

THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT OF THE DNA

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ROLE OF THE DESIGNATED NATIONAL AUTHORITY (ANA)
To evaluate the proposals for CDM projects and to make sure that they correspond to the objectives of the Sustainable Development of the country (national criteria of SD),
To emit the letters of approval to the projects promoters.
To control the process of approval by accepting or by refusing the proposals for CDM projects
To promote the implementation of CDM projects.
To define, to approve of and to bring up to date the national criteria of Sustainable Development (SD) for CDM projects and the methods of their implementation.
To adopt its internal regulation and to update it (where necessary)
To draw up an annual report on CDM activities in Tunisia

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COMPOSITION OF THE DNA



The DNA is organized in the form of a committee, under the name of " National Office for the Clean Development Mechanism"
This office is structured as follows:

- The President of the DNA: The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.
- The Permanent Secretariat
- The members representing the following ministries and organizations:

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ministry of Development and International Cooperation
Ministry of Finances
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises.
Ministry of Agriculture and the Hydraulic Resources
Ministry of Transport
Ministry of Trade and Craft Industry
Ministry of Interior and Local Development.
Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Craft industry (UTICA)
Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing (UTAP)
Central Bank of Tunisia
National Agency for Energy Efficiency (ANME)
Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG)
Tunisian Chemical Group (GCT)

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THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT OF THE DNA

The Permanent Secretariat of the DNA is ensured by the General Directorate of Environment and the Quality of Life that comes under the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
Its functions are the following:

The spokesman of the DNA
To maintain permanent relations with the Executive Board of the CDM.
To be the single counter for CDM projects suggested by the economic operators
To make examine the projects by the DNA and to communicate the examination result to the promoters of the projects
To record and deliver the approval of the projects accepted in the name of the DNA
To contact the potential backers and the organizations purchasing carbon credits
To contact organizations able to help the economic operators in the development of their CDM projects
To make known the procedures, both at the national and international levels, the national organization as regards the CDM and the portfolio of CDM projects.
To promote the potential of CDM projects in Tunisia.
To ensure the follow-up of the projects throughout their cycle of life
To follow the evolution of the rules and procedures on the CDM on both international and national scale
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The Permanent Secretariat of the DNA
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
General Directorate of Environment and the Quality of Life


Adress: Boulevard de la Terre, Centre Urbain Nord 1080 Tunis
Tel. : (+ 216) 70 728 679 / 70 728 644
Fax : (+ 216) 70 728 595 / 70 728 655
E-mail : DGEQV@mineat.gov.tn

     
 
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