Validation Process

Step 1: Project Validation Review: Evaluation of the Project Plan or Project Design Document for alignment with both the Regen Registry Program and the protocol that the project was run under. VVC members will be required to complete the Project Validation Review that examines project benefits, governance, additionality, safeguards, land tenureship, monitoring and measuring procedures, financial distribution and mechanisms of distribution, compliance with laws and regulations, and other key elements. The VVC will also complete due diligence on baseline selected and metrics used as well as a review of possible risks inherent to the project and how the project developers addressed those risks. The local VVC member will conduct a thorough analysis and if need complete additional interviews with local stakeholders and community members to ensure there was compliance with and full knowledge of the projects activities and financial resources and distribution processes. The VVC team members will then collectively asses any additional information regarding local community stakeholders and members that is revealed through this additional research.

Step 2: Project Validation Report Submission: The VVC team lead will submit the completed Validation Report to the Regen Registry consultant for review. The Regen Registry consultant will conduct a thorough review of the answers provided and submit comments or questions in the document that need clarification.

Step 3: Project Validation Report Approval: The VVC team will work to address each comment until marked as resolved by the Regen Registry consultant. Once all comments have been resolved each VVC member and Regen Registry consultant will be required to sign a the document stating completion and approval.

Step 4: Begin Verification Report Submission: The verification report focuses on verify data submitted via the Monitoring Report and any additional documents submitted via the Data Post, Google Drive or any other agreed upon file sharing platform.

All requests for clarification from the VVC to the project proponents must be documented as detailed as described in VVC Requests for Additional Information chapter.