Designated Operational Entities (DOE)

A Designated Operational Entity under the CDM has two key functions: 1) validates and subsequently requests registration of a proposed CDM project activity and 2) verifies emission reduction of a registered CDM project activity certifies as appropriate and requests the Board to issue Certified Emission Reductions accordingly. To download a list of designated operational entities click here.

Investors & Certified Emission Reductions (CERS) Buyers

Investors or CER buyers can be parties from the developed (Annex 1) countries wishing to purchase CERs from the host country. It could be private sector, NGOs, Government or multilateral funds (e.g. the World Bank). To download a list of project developers click here.

Project Developers

Project developers assist in developing and operating the CDM projects and sometimes own the certified emission reductions (CERs) generated from the project implementation. To download a list of project developers click here.