QC/QA and the establishment of the

Portuguese National System

Workshop on QC/QA of GHG Inventories and the establishment of National Inventory Systems

Copenhagen, 2-3 of September 2004

Catarina Furtado (cfurtado@ecoprogresso.pt)Inês Mourão (imourao@ecoprogresso.pt)

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National Inventory System

Elements for the establishment of NS

Methodological Development Programme (PDM)

QC/QA System

Manual

Programme

Documentation and archiving

Future work

Presentation structure

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National Inventory System (I)

Elements of the Portuguese NS (SNIERPA):

PDM: methodological development programme to

improve the quality of the inventory;

SCGQ: quality control and quality assurance

system;

SIGA: integrated system for the automated

management of SNIERPA.

Work developed by two teams working closely

together: Ecoprogresso

Inventory Unit at the Institute for the Environment

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National Inventory System (II)

ResponsibResponsible Entityle Entity

Controls and coordinates Inventory elaboration, management and implementation.

InstituteInstitute

forfor

EnvironmeEnvironmentnt

Focal Focal PointPoint

Entity that assures sectoral coordination and efficient allocation of the available resources, limiting the number of entities that directly communicate with the Responsible Entity.

ExpertsExperts

Data Data ProducerProducer

Public or private organization that collects, calculates and/or owns relevant data, statistics or parameters to the National Inventory.

Institutional definitions:

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National Inventory System (III)

Information Quality

Improvements

Methodological

Improvements

National National InventoryInventory

SNIERPA

PDPDMM

CRF

NFR

NIR

QC Report QA

Report

SCGQSCGQ

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National Inventory System: PDM

Methodological Development Programme - identification and planning of methodological improvements regarding:

activity data;

country specific emission factors;

country specific parameters;

PDM process started even before the formal establishment of the NS with a deep review of the NI, including:

8 Focal Points

10 Data Producers

15 Experts

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QC/QA System (SCGQ)

A Quality Management System will be implemented in Institute for Environment by the end of 2005, regarding the ISO 9001 certification process in course

QC/QA system will be integrated in the QMS

QC/QA system is autonomous, addressing the guidelines of IPCC Good Practice Guidance

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QC/QA Manual

QC/QA procedures based on IPCC Good Practice

Guidance and EPA Procedures Manual for QA/QC and

Uncertainty Analysis

Manual with description of:

QC Tier 1 procedures including checklists to facilitate QC application;

QC Tier 2 source specific procedures adapted to national circumstances;

QA procedures.

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QC/QA - Tier 1

QC Tier 1 procedures (Inventory team):

Basic verifications: acquisition and treatment of activity data for each source category (background calculation tables);

Cross-cutting categories: verification of common aspects between categories;

NIR: verification of document format and consistency with CRF tables;

CRF: verification of CRF tables to identify and correct possible errors (e.g. errors in the link to background calculation tables).

Checklists

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QC/QA - Tier 2 and QA

QC Tier 2 procedures (Inventory experts):

adapted to national circumstances from IPCC Good Practice Guidance.

QA procedures:

Basic Internal Review;

External Peer Review (PDM);

External Audit.

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QC/QA Programme

QC calendar:

1st phase (up to March 2005): QC procedures applied to source categories representing 84% of total national emissions

2nd phase (up to March 2006): QC procedures applied to remaining source categories (representing 16% of total emissions) and to other relevant categories (as recommended in previous years QC report)

QA calendar: 1st phase (October 2004): PDM; Further steps will be established after conclusion of PDM process.

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Documentation, Archiving

D&A requirements to be defined under ISO 9001 certification process, taking into account GPG recommendations.

Supporting documentation on the following must be archived:

activity data;

methodological changes;

emission calculation;

expert experience documentation;

registry of communications between RE and FP.

D&A QC procedures defined (to be applied with checklists)

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Future Work

Implementation of QC/QA System:

QC tier 1 checklists

QC tier 2 procedures

QA procedures

Further detailed discussions with Data Producers

regarding their QC/QA activities