GS1247 VPA 85 Zoba Maekel Community Boreholes

Audit Analysis

A community borehole rehabilitation project in Eritrea with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative usage-rate assumptions, but weakened by the absence of a buffer pool, a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible,' a project-specific baseline, and a large number of unresolved corrective actions from the design and verification phases. Eleven cross-document contradictions in key parameters (ERR, FNRB, leakage, FPIC, crediting period) significantly undermine confidence in the data record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Eleven contradictions across documents on core parameters (total ERR 39,380 vs 4,403; FNRB 0.97 vs 0.85; leakage 0% vs 5%; FPIC true vs false; crediting period 2015-2022 vs 2025-2030), indicating inconsistent or outdated documentation
• ⚠Over 40 corrective actions listed, many relating to additionality of retroactive VPAs, ODA declarations, and methodology version updates, suggesting the project design had material gaps that were not fully resolved before verification
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% justified only as 'deemed negligible' in the 2023 monitoring report, while the 2020 monitoring report and the PDD referenced a quantified 5% deduction — the more conservative figure was dropped without clear justification

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