Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Proyecto Mirador Honduras Efficient Cook Stove Project Santa Barbara Province, Honduras, December 18, 2008 CONTENTS A. Invitations 1. Invitation tracking table 2. Text of invitations or newspaper ads B. Meeting 1. Program 2. Non-technical summary 3. Participants i. list ii. feedback forms 4. Pictures 5. Outcomes of consultation i. Minutes of the meeting ii. Assessment of comments iii. Revisit sustainable development assessment iv. Summary of alterations based on comments C. Sustainable development matrix 1. Own sustainable development assessment 2. Outcome blind exercise stakeholders 3. Consolidated sustainable development matrix D. Preparation of Stakeholder Feedback Round Annex 1: Non-Technical Summary (Power Point Presentation) Annex 2: Feedback forms Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report SECTION A. Invitations A.1. Invitation tracking table Please find below the invite tracking table for people invited both from within Honduras and outside of the country as well a discussion on how the Gold Standard process was followed. How the Gold Standard Process was Followed 1) How did we decide on the invitation process? In developing the list of invitees for the stakeholders meeting it was important for us to insure adequate representation from local people affected and from government, opinion, and community leaders who could represent their larger constituencies. The community leaders on our list were especially important as they are the gatekeepers to implementation of our project, and their cooperation is essential to our success. Personal invitation with personal follow-up was chosen as the most likely means of insuring a good turnout for our meeting. 2) Were local residents in non-leadership roles invited to the meeting? Yes. Local residents in non-leadership roles were invited to the meeting. It would be unlikely for us to expect that large numbers of rural families would attend a formal meeting of this type given time constraints due to the December coffee harvest, the cost of transportation from remote areas, illiteracy, and their own lack of monetary resources. That said, please refer to the written feedback of participants #5 Thelma Felseno, #13, Maria Deysi Calles, #17 Deisy Nohemy Garcia, #20 Isidro Munoz, #25 Aminta Pacheco, #28 Corina Meija who are rural women and own stoves and wrote comments on the proceedings (see “Annex 1 Written Evaluation Forms Spanish and Annex 2 Written Evaluation Forms English). 3) Were public notices of the meeting posted in various municipalities? Yes. The invitations were distributed by hand or mail, as well as by email to invitees with internet access. Follow-up calls were made by cell phone to mayors and community leaders who were asked to disseminate the information through their local channels and word of mouth to the local public. The only central, public buildings for posting notices in some of our communities are small schools that are not frequented by adults, and we did not think this would be an effective means of notification. We are confident that the community leaders followed through with our request to notify their constituents in the most effective means locally available. Invite Tracking Table and Email List The Tracking Table is attached as Annex 11 due to the length and size of the file. It could not be formatted to fit into the LSCR. Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 2 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report A. 2. Invitation text Please find below the meeting invitation. Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 3 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report SECTION B. Meeting B. 1. Agenda of the meeting Please find below the meeting agenda. Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 4 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report B. 2. Non-technical summary Please find attached the non-technical summary in the local language Spanish in the form of a power point presentation that was presented at the meeting. Due to size of the file it is attached as Annex 8. An excerpt is found below. Alternativa Surge la Eco-estufa “Justa” como elemento de cambio que ha llegado convertirse en la nueva generación de fogones. Superando en economía, rendimiento y estética a los fogones tradicionales. Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 5 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report B. 3. Participants i. List of participants Two participant lists are included below. Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 6 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 7 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 8 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 9 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 10 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Comments accompanying Participant List: The stakeholder meeting attracted a diverse range of participants including: local inhabitants, local mayors, academics, NGO officials, government officials, religious representatives, and local employees of the Proyecto Mirador organization. In total 37 people attended the meeting which lasted over two and a half hours. Please find a table below demonstrating how the stakeholder meeting satisfied the invitation category criteria of the Gold Standard: Category Code Category Outcome Numerous people in this category were invited A Local people impacted by the project or official representatives and attended. Numerous people in this category were invited B Local policy makers and representatives of local authorities and attended. For CDM / JI projects, an official representative of the DNA or DFP of the host country of your project, or the UNFCCC focal C point if the DNA or DFP has not yet been set‐up* This project is not a CDM/JI project. Local non‐governmental organizations working on topics Numerous people in this category were invited D relevant to your project and attended. Watanabe, Jr. [email protected] Mr. The local Gold Standard expert who is located closest to your Watanabe was notified and was unable to E* project location attend. Fundación MDL de Honduras Relevant international non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) [email protected] is a Gold supporting the Gold Standard, with a representation in your Standard Supporting NGO. Fundación MDL de region and ALL GS supporter NGOs located in the host country Honduras was notified and was unable to send a F of the project. representative. * It is recommended to invite the local GS expert but this is not mandatory. Additional Information in Response to Gold Standard Review: We are happy to inform you that all required persons were invited as we described in Section B.3.i. The local offices of GS NGO Supporters were invited to the 12/8/08 Stakeholder Meeting including: 1) Fundación MDL Honduras. At the time the invitations were sent in November 2008, this was the only organization listed as a GS Supporter in Honduras. They received the invitation but did not did not provide any comments. The GS Local Expert at the time was invited. This was Mr. Watanabe in Brazil. Mr. Watanabe did not respond to the invitation, nor did he submit comments. We learned of the addition of Mr. Ivan Hernandez Villegas as a local GS Expert from the April 13, 2009 GS press release: http://www.cdmgoldstandard.org/Detail- Page.283+M57a9388919b.0.html Since the Stakeholder Meeting was held December 18, 2008, we hope you will agree that we could not have invited Mr. Villegas. We would be happy to invite Mr. Villegas to attend any future meetings and will be sure to invite him going forward. Regarding the comment: “please do not forget HELIO International”: the meeting has already occurred so we do not have any recourse to respond to this comment. HELIO Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 11 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report International is an organization headquartered in Paris, France. We were not aware of this organization at the time of the meeting invitations and we are not aware of their operations in Honduras. We are more than happy to put them on our marketing distribution list and keep them abreast of our developments. Please provide a contact person at Helios as well as the relevant contact details. Such mailings are sent out 2-3 times per year. ii. Evaluation forms Evaluation forms in Spanish are attached as Annex 1. Evaluation forms in English are attached as Annex 2. Comments accompanying Annex 2: As the extensive evaluation forms demonstrate, the overwhelming sentiment of the stakeholder meeting participants was enthusiastic support for the Proyecto Mirador Efficient Cook Stove Project. The 31 evaluation forms collected from participants indicated a very positive impression of the meeting, a diverse set of positive comments for the project and almost no negative comments. Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 12 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report B. 4. Pictures Please find below pictures of the meeting and a picture of the LSCR being distributed locally as part of Feedback Round. Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 13 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 14 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report Gold Standard Passport version 2.0 July 2008 15 Developed by Ecofys, TÜV-SÜD and FIELD Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report B.