Context

As developing countries gain experience in preparing and improving their biennial transparency reports, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) can help identify errors, strengthen data and documentation, improve coordination among institutions and support continuous improvement over time.

At the same time, establishing and applying effective QA/QC arrangements can be challenging. Countries may face constraints related to institutional arrangements, technical capacity, data availability, documentation, time and resources, and may adopt different approaches depending on their national circumstances.

The CGE’s capacity-building needs analysis provides insights into challenges and capacity-building needs encountered by developing countries in preparing their national GHG inventories. Building on these findings, this side event will bring together national experts to share how QA/QC is being applied in practice, what has worked, what remains challenging and what lessons may be useful for other countries.

Through country experiences and an interactive discussion, the event will explore practical approaches that can help countries strengthen the quality of their inventories and support improvement in successive BTR cycles.

Target audience and event setting

The CGE side event will be convened in-person and will be open to all SB 65 participants, especially particularly national GHG inventory experts, BTR coordinators and transparency experts.

Preliminary agenda