Training for the accredutation in the field of GHG verifiers was held

During this week, ATS representatives participated in a two-day training organized by TAIEX TRATOLOW in the pleasant surroundings of the Central Point Hotel in Belgrade. The lecturers were experts from the EU: Lucy Candlin (TRATOLOW), Zdenko Franić (HAA), and Monique Voogt (TRATOLOW).

The training was related to verifying and accreditation verifiers of reports on greenhouse gas emissions. On the first day of the training, the following topics were discussed:  

• accreditation cycle (key activities, information exchange, and deadlines;
• cycle of harmonization (legislation, requirements, and deadlines);
• verification process (principles, tasks, and roles of verifiers).

On the second day of the training, the following was discussed: 

• pre-contractual preparations and contracting (sales, review of documentation, strategic and risk analysis, verification planning;
• ''Step-by-step verification“ including document templates (on-site work, compliance, data flow)
• evaluation of findings.

The goal of this training was to support representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia; The Environmental Protection Agency of Serbia and the Accreditation Body of Serbia in implementing the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS). The training provided practical insight into conducting ETS accreditation and understanding the specific requirements of ETS verifiers. Also, the goal is to provide ATS with the necessary professional knowledge to decide which documents will form the basis for their evaluation by ETS verifiers and shape the accreditation process in Serbia.

As a result of this training, is expected to improve the understanding of the practical aspects of accreditation and verification in the emissions trading system. And the assessors shall be ready to perform their tasks within the planned emissions trading system in Serbia, by the EU emissions trading system.