5. As you consider the four inventory fundamentals, your overall job is to assess the quality of the Party’s inventory submission. For the purpose of inventory reviews, quality is assessed by an inventory submission’s transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability, and completeness (TACCC). You should be sure that you fully understand the definition of each of these terms in the context of the UNFCCC review process.
6. As a member of an expert review team, you have accepted a responsibility crucial to the overall success of the UNFCCC. Greenhouse gas inventories are the foundation of the Convention, and the work of review teams is central to the credibility of greenhouse gas inventories. As you surely know by now, being an expert reviewer is a responsibility you should take very seriously. Before you start your first review you will have to sign the “Agreement for expert review services” in accordance with decision 12/CP.9.
7. As an expert review team, you need to develop a plan at the beginning of your review period that prioritizes your work. This prioritization scheme should take into account the review approach being used (i.e., In-Country, Centralized or Desk) and that everyone on your team will not be working full time during all of your review period.
| Review
Approach |
Number
of Inventories to be Reviewed |
Time
Allocated to Prepare Draft Report, Convention |
Time
Allocated to Prepare Draft Report, Kyoto Protocol |
Number
of Experts on Team |
| Desk |
Up to 5 |
7 weeks |
8 weeks |
12 (2 per
Sector) |
| Centralized |
Up to 8 |
10 weeks |
8 weeks |
12 (2 per
Sector) |
| In-Country |
1 |
4 weeks |
8 weeks |
6 (1 per
Sector) |
| 
