VVB Examination Process

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• VVB Process Flow (Validation and Verification)

  Validation and Verification To begin a validation and/or verification service with SustainCERT, a Validation/verification request must be booked in the SC App. Steps 1. Once the booking is requested, an invoice is generated automatically in the SC ...

• Does the Validation and Verification Body (VVB) have to obtain prior authorization from the Gold Standard (GS) Secretariat to perform verification for a Programme of Activity (PoA) that they have performed verification for previously?

  Yes. Previously, per the requirements listed in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project Standard for Programmes of Activities (Programme of Activity Requirements, V1.2 paragraph 1.1.4, page 3), it requires that if the VVB has performed a ...

• What is the project monitoring and verification process?

  With a successful Preliminary Review, the Project will obtain ‘Listed’ status in the Gold Standard Registry. This means that the Key Project Information, draft Project Design Documentation, and supporting documentation are made publicly available, ...

• What does the process of Certification look like?

  The detailed description of the certification process, including the various steps and the documentation required at each step, can be found here.   The basic steps of the certification process are as follows: Plan project and hold Stakeholder ...

• How long will it take? Our timeframe expectations

  Timeframe Expectations Stakeholder Feedback Round The Stakeholder Feedback Round (SFR) must take a minimum of 2 weeks to complete; it must also be closed and reported on before validation is completed. However, we recommend – as a minimum - that the ...