D2: Find examples of strategies and initiatives to facilitate the sustainable and long-term growth of ERC demand.

V1: Robust Monitoring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) approaches can provide the necessary support to ensure high-quality ERCs. 

S4: Find the key elements of an effective benefit-sharing mechanisms that can serve as a guide.

V2: Validation/verification bodies to maintain the integrity of ERCs generated by local projects, especially if the country is intending to roll out its own crediting system.

S2: Streamlined permitting processes for ERC projects are essential for project developers to deploy capacity and resources to any market.

S1: This criterion assesses whether existing country policies provide clear and unambiguous legal definitions of ERCs, along with the transactions that may be conducted with them.

I3: Achieving transparency and accountability is crucial for the successful implementation of policies relating to ERCs.

I2: The successful implementation of policies relating to ERCs is highly dependent on well-resourced executing institutions with a clear legal mandate.

I1: A critical factor for the successful implementation of policies related to ERCs is the level of mandate provided to the executing body and core institutions responsible for their implementation.

Introduction to the Deep-Dives

Each component in the Country System Assessment Framework is discussed in-depth in this section to enable users to develop the Assessment for the target country. Each Component deep-dive will include: