Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR)
PMR Website Enhancement: Report on Collaboration with Columbia University
Mr. Ben Rattenbury Columbia University (SIPA)
6th Partnership Assembly Meeting May 28, 2013
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Partnership with the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
PMR Secretariat partnered with the SIPA Capstone Program, January-May 2013
For the students: work experience with client in area of study
For the PMR: access to bright graduate students for free!
Students presented final deliverables May 3, 2013
Positive experience; practical recommendations
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Current Website Use
11% 15% 16% 9% 3% 3% 3%
3%
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Project Goals
Participant Pages
Templates
Layout
Knowledge Center
Vision
Layout
Discussion Forum
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Participant Pages
Increase participant ownership of respective pages and allow them to share experiences
Tailor layout to Contributing or Implementing Participants
Balance standardized presentation with customization for each participant
Templates
Drafts
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Participant Pages – Template (Implementing Participants)
National Context
GHG Mitigation Policy Context
Regulatory Context
Proposed PMR Activities
Market Readiness Components
Market-based Mechanisms and Carbon Pricing Instruments
- Carbon Tax
- Emissions Trading
- Offset and/or Other Emission Reduction Crediting Programs
- Other Activities to Support the Development of Market-based Mechanisms
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Participant Pages – Template (Contributing Participants)
National Context
GHG Mitigation Policy Context
Regulatory Context
Market-based Approach
Market Readiness Components
Market-based Mechanisms and Carbon Pricing Instruments
- Carbon Tax
- Emissions Trading
- Offset and/or Other Emission Reduction Crediting Programs
- Other Carbon Financing Instruments
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Participant Pages - template
About
About Us
PMR Focal Point
News and Events
Other
Publications
Audio-Visual
Other Programs/Partnerships
Centers of Excellence
Other Links
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Participant Pages
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Participant Pages
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Knowledge Center
VISION
The one-stop-shop for governments and the general public to share and learn about market-based and carbon pricing-based
approaches to GHG mitigation.
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Knowledge Center
Defining the Knowledge Center’s objectives Facilitating a tailored knowledge exchange
Expanding technical discussion by policy makers beyond workshops
Informing implementing countries about market readiness components
Assisting implementing countries with fulfilling their PMR commitments
Increase public awareness of the PMR
Making use of the following tools Social Networking Sites: Enhance knowledge sharing
Rich Site Summary (RSS) feeds: Update web-community
Multimedia: Connecting web-users to in-person events and workshops
Enhanced Search Functionality
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Knowledge Center – Current Layout
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Knowledge Center – Proposed Layout
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Knowledge Center - Layout
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Discussion Forum
Three options
Participant only
Public only
Combine the two
Considerations
Moderate contributions
Email alerts
Link online activity and events
• Highlight the online discussions at PMR events
• Supplement online discussions with video, teleconferences
• Encourage participants to share their views and opinions relating to discussions at the events as a follow-up activity
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Team members
Prof. Ruben Lubowski – Faculty Advisor
Doyeon Kim – Knowledge Center
Menan Omar – Literature Review
Hyejin Lee – Country Pages
Jnanesh Shivaprakash – Editor
Hyunseung Lee – Web Management
Ben Rattenbury – Project Manager
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WORLD BANK’S
CARBON FINANCE UNIT, PLEASE CONTACT:
PMR SECRETARIAT
WWW.THEPMR.ORG
Thank you
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Objective: Centralize existing information on market-based approaches to mitigation
Focus: Primarily, the 6 components of the technical work program; additional resources on 3 market mechanisms
Methodology:
Identify relevant academic and technical publications
Include a 2-3-sentence summary to provide readers with a quick overview of publications’ content
Classify literature under two main categories: Technical Papers and Case Studies
Recommendation: Mark PMR publications with the PMR logo
ANNEX I: Knowledge Center – Literature Review