Designated operational entity (DOE)

An entity designated by the COP/MOP, based on the recommendation by the Executive Board, as
qualified to validate proposed CDM project activities as well as verify and certify reductions in
anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases (GHG). A designated operational entity shall
perform validation or verification and certification on the same CDM project activity. Upon request, the
Executive Board may however allow a single DOE to perform all these functions within a single CDM
project activity. COP at its eight session decided that the Executive Board may designate on a
provisional basis operational entities (please refer to decision 21/CP.8).
SOURCE: GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETING CDM-PDD, CDM-NMB and CDM-NMM