UNDP Launches Article 6.2 ITMO Call for Proposals — Private Sector Invited

TrustVal Team  |  21 April 2026

The UNDP has opened a Call for Proposals inviting private sector project developers to supply Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) under Article 6.2 bilateral agreements with Switzerland — the world's most active bilateral carbon market.

Following its January 2026 Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has moved to a full Call for Proposals (CfP) phase, seeking private sector partners to develop and supply ITMOs in seven priority host countries: Ukraine, Peru, Senegal, Georgia, Kenya, Tunisia, and Malawi — all of which have signed bilateral cooperation agreements with Switzerland for Article 6.2 carbon market cooperation.

Switzerland's Article 6.2 Network: 17 Bilateral Agreements

Switzerland is the global leader in Article 6.2 bilateral agreements, having signed 17 such agreements to date. At COP30 in Belém, Switzerland added three new agreements — with Mongolia, Zambia, and Uganda — and launched the Article 6 Ambition Alliance, a 10-nation coalition working together to close the gap between domestic NDC targets and international climate goals.

The single completed ITMO transfer to date was between Switzerland and Thailand in January 2024 — highlighting how nascent the actual transaction market remains despite growing legal framework activity. The UNDP CfP is a deliberate push to close this gap by activating private sector pipeline in eligible host countries.

What Project Developers Need to Know

Eligible projects must be based in one of the seven priority countries and able to generate verifiable emission reductions or removals that meet Article 6.2 quality standards, including corresponding adjustment requirements and robust MRV — areas where dMRV technology is becoming the preferred approach for ITMO-grade verification.

Submissions under the CfP are directed to carbon.markets@undp.org. The second phase (CfP) launched in 2026 in host countries with demonstrated ITMO generation potential. As of April 2026, over 90 Article 6.2 bilateral agreements have been signed globally between 59 countries, and 155 pilot projects are recorded under the Article 6.2 framework.

Implications for dMRV Adoption

ITMO-grade verification under Article 6.2 requires a level of MRV rigor that strongly favors digital and continuous monitoring approaches. Kenya is already developing a national dMRV portal specifically to support Article 6 carbon markets (via UNDP). As more host countries establish dMRV infrastructure, the Article 6.2 market will increasingly reward projects that can demonstrate continuous, auditable, satellite- or sensor-based monitoring.