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Process

Involves

Costs*

Project Idea Note (PIN) review

Desk review by the Plan Vivo Foundation

$1,000 (for all projects)

Project Design Document review (including one Technical Specification)

Desk review by the Plan Vivo Foundation; peer review by Technical Review Panel

$1,500 (for macroscale projects)

$3,000 (for microscale projects)

Additional Tech Spec Review

Desk Review by the Plan Vivo Foundation; peer review by Technical Review Panel

$500 (for macroscale projects)

$500 (for microscale projects)

PDD / Tech Spec Updates

Desk review by the Plan Vivo Foundation

Variable based on the scope of PDD update

Validation and Verification Coordination

Desk review and finalisation of project registration by Plan Vivo Foundation

Macroscale validation and verification: $1,000

Microscale validation and verification: $2,000

Late Annual Report Fee

Late fee for annual reports that are more than 12 months overdue

$100

Issuance Fees

Issuing Plan Vivo Certificates, per issuance volume band

≤50,000 PVC p.a. = $0.40/PVC 

>50,000 PVC p.a. = $0.35/PVC

Conversion fees

Converting PVCs between unit types

Free

Methodology Concept Note Review

Review of methodology concept notes

$350

Methodology Assessment

Review of Methodologies (not including VVB assessment)

Variable

Auditors

Review and registration of VVBs and IEs

Registration fee (once off) for VVBs: $500

Registration fee (once off) for Independent Experts: $100

Resellers

Costs associated with setting up and ongoing access to an account on the registry

Registration fee (one off): $800

Annual fee: $800

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*All costs are subject to VAT. UK based organisations will be charged VAT at 20%. Organisations and individuals based in the rest of the world are not subject to VAT.

NON-ISSUING PV CLIMATE PROJECTS

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$1,500

PDD

$6,000

PDD Update

Variable

Validation and Verification

$2,000

Annual Certification Fee

$0.10 per carbon benefit reported

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DEVELOPMENT COSTS

Project development costs can vary considerably depending on the size, location and complexity of the project. It also depends on the technical capacity of the project coordinator, as a technical expert will be required for the creation of the technical specifications (see

Registration Process⁠

for more information about project documentation types), and so one may need to be hired if the project coordinator does not hold this capacity internally.

To fund these initial development costs, a project coordinator may want to seek start-up funding (see below).

AUDIT COSTS

To ensure that projects meet the PV Climate Standard - and continue to do so in their lifetime - projects must undergo periodic 3rd-party audits. This consists of a validation prior to project registration, then verifications every 5 years thereafter. The cost of these events is highly situational-dependent, varying on project size, remoteness and intervention types.

For more information, please see the

Validation & Verification page ⁠

or contact the Plan Vivo projects team:

projects@planvivofoundation.org⁠

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OPERATIONAL COSTS

The size of project operational costs depend on the scale and nature of the project. To access example information on other projects’ running costs, project developers can read existing Plan Vivo project Annual Reports (found on the individual project pages), which include information on running costs and distribution of benefits within the project. Comparison against their situation may better help you understand what your project's costs may be.

PROJECT START-UP FUNDING

The Plan Vivo Foundation does not provide start-up funding to PV Climate projects. Information on funding can be found at the following websites:

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Climate Funds Update⁠

Provides information on international fund initiatives, including lists of previously funded projects.

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Terra Viva Grants Directory⁠

develops and manages information about grants for agriculture, energy, environment, and natural resources in developing countries.

Current PV Climate projects have sourced start-up funding (for initial project development costs) from sources including DFID, USAID, the EU, the Waterloo Foundation, Darwin Initiative, and from up-front payments or investment by purchasers.

For all project related enquiries, please email

projects@planvivofoundation.org⁠

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