In addition to all the resources for your inventory review mentioned previously, you also have the opportunity to ask technical questions to experts designated by the Party you are reviewing. You should utilize this option, taking into account the time you have available to complete the reviews for all Parties.

Prior to beginning the review, each Party should designate particular national experts to which your lead reviewer may forward questions (primarily with the Desk and Centralized review approaches, but also before an In-country review).

However, even if you have clarified an important issue in a Party’s inventory submission by contacting its experts directly, in your final review report you must insist that the Party be completely transparent by including this information in its future inventory submissions (i.e., NIR and CRF).

During your review, you are also allowed to access other information, such as reports from international organizations or inventories of other Parties. If you use this material in your review, however, you must clearly cite it in your final review report and make sure it is available to the relevant Parties. Some of this other information could include background materials referenced by the Party itself in its NIR, especially if it is available on the internet.