Reports on cancellation of projects and implementation delays

The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note, with appreciation, the cancellation report of the Government of Australia and decide that project cancellation reports should be submitted for all projects that had incurred disbursements;

(h) to agree that projects that have experienced some progress and are recommended for continued monitoring should include:

(i) those institutional strengthening projects which have not moved from one milestone to another, the delay in which has not been clearly removed, or which have additional implementation delays;

(ii) those other projects approved within the last three years which have not moved from one milestone to another, the delay in which has not been clearly removed, or which have additional implementation delays, and which, despite additional actions taken by the agency, government or beneficiary, still experience implementation delays;

(i) to agree that projects which should be considered for cancellation in accordance with the Executive Committee’s project cancellation guidelines (Decision 26/2) should include:

(i) projects which have made no progress;

(ii) projects approved more than three years previously which have not moved from one milestone to another, the delay in which has not been clearly removed, or which have additional implementation delays, and which, despite additional actions taken by the agency, government or beneficiary, still experience implementation delays.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/4, para. 15(a, h, i)).

The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to confirm that the Secretariat's interpretation of progress reflected the understanding of the Executive Committee;

(c) that, as of the Thirty-third Meeting, projects which had been approved more than three years previously and had been classified as experiencing implementation delays should remain on the list of projects for continued monitoring.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/10, para. 27(a, c)).

The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(b) that the Secretariat and Implementing Agencies should take necessary actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e., progress and some progress, and should report and notify governments as required;

(c) to note that the Secretariat would be conducting a comprehensive review of the status of projects with implementation delays and to authorize the Secretariat to modify its classifications of progress and some progress based on the results of the assessment, and to report on this to the 36th Meeting of the Executive Committee;

(l) in order to ensure project implementation did not proceed until the preconditions necessary for sustainability were in place, to urge all Implementing Agencies to re-assess planned completion dates in the context of their annual progress report to the 37th Meeting of the Executive Committee.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/67, Decision 35/13, para. 41 (b, c, l)).

The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(b) to remove institutional strengthening, halon banking, customs training, recovery and recycling, and demonstration projects from the list of projects with implementation delays, but to continue to monitor them, as appropriate;

(c) to note that the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies would take actions according to the assessment of status, i.e., progress, some progress, or no progress, as mandated in Decision 34/13.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Decision 36/14, para. 48 (b, c)).

The Thirty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(h) to request the Secretariat to prepare a working paper on how to deal with project cancellations in an overall, strategic manner in light of country compliance rather than on a case-by-case basis;

(i) to note that actual ODS phase-out from cancelled projects should be recorded, and request the Secretariat to provide options on how that could be achieved.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/71, Decision 37/8, para. 34 (h), (i)).

The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to note that the Secretariat and Implementing Agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e., progress, some progress, or no progress, and report and notify governments as required.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/6, para. 37(a iii)).

The Fortieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to note that the Secretariat and Implementing Agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e., progress, some progress, or no progress, and report to and notify governments as required.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/50, Decision 40/17, para. 56 (c)).

The Forty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to note that the Secretariat and Implementing Agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e., progress, some progress, or no progress and report and notify governments and Implementing Agencies as required.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/44/73, Decision 44/11, para. 82 (c)).

The Forty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to note that the Secretariat and Implementing Agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e., progress, some progress, or no progress and report and notify governments and Implementing Agencies as required.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/55, Decision 45/12, para. 72(b)).

The Forty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(b) to note that the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e. progress, some progress, or no progress, and report and notify governments and Implementing Agencies as required;

(j) to take note of the report on how to avoid project implementation delays, and to encourage bilateral and Implementing Agencies to take the findings into account in future project design and implementation.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/46/47, Decision 46/15, para. 82 (b, j)).

The Forty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note:

(i) with appreciation the additional status reports and the reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the four implementing agencies as contained in the document on project implementation delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/9);

(iv) that the Secretariat and implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessment of status, i.e., progress, some progress, or no progress, and report and notify governments and implementing agencies as required;

(d) for policy and technical assistance projects suffering persistent delays, to request the Secretariat to write letters of concern to the relevant country or agency, requesting an update on the status of the project, an estimated date of completion, and an action plan for the future completion.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/61, Decision 47/7, para. 48 (a (i, iv), c, d).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/9).

The Forty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to note:

(a) with appreciation the additional status reports and the reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the four implementing agencies, as contained in the document on project implementation delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/16);

(b) that the Secretariat and implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessments (progress, some progress, or no progress) and report to and notify governments and implementing agencies as required;

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/45, Decision 48/14, para. 91 (a-c)).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/16).

The Forty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) with appreciation, the reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by France, Italy, Sweden and the four implementing agencies, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/16;

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/43, Decision 49/14, para. 90 (a-c)).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/49/16).

The Fiftieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to request the Governments of Portugal and Switzerland to provide progress reports to the 51st Meeting of the Executive Committee;

(b) to note:

(i) with appreciation, the reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the four implementing agencies and the progress report submitted by the United States of America as contained in the document on project implementation delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/12);

(ii) that the Secretariat and implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessments (progress, some progress, or no progress) and report to and notify governments and implementing agencies as required;

(iii) the completion of 15 out of the 102 projects listed with implementation delays;

(d) to request implementing agencies to suggest ways of encouraging the timely implementation of projects subject to letters of possible cancellation and to emphasize the importance of projects to achieve compliance.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/62,Decision 50/10 para. 70 (a, b, d)).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/50/12).

The Fifty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note:

(i) with appreciation, the status reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the four implementing agencies, and the progress report submitted by Switzerland as contained in the document on project implementation delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/15);

(ii) that the Secretariat and the implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessments (progress, some progress, or no progress) and report to and notify governments and implementing agencies as required;

(iii) the completion of 19 of the 66 projects listed with implementation delays;

(k) to request the Fund Secretariat to include in its report to the 52nd Meeting on projects with implementation delays information on the procedures that were in place and the studies that had been undertaken in the past with respect to addressing projects with implementation delays.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/46, Decision 51/ para. 96 (a, k)).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/15).

The Fifty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note:

(i) with appreciation, the status reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the four implementing agencies (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/17);

(iii) the completion of seven out of the 34 projects listed with implementation delays;

(b) to request high-level contacts with the Governments of Algeria and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya concerning ongoing difficulties in obtaining the required government approval for implementing components of projects approved by the Executive Committee.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/55, Decision 52/15, para. 88 (a, b))).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/52/17).

The Fifty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note:

(i) with appreciation, the status reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by the Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, and Sweden, and the four implementing agencies, and the 2006 progress report from the Government of Sweden addressed in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/53/12;

(ii) that the Secretariat and implementing agencies would take established actions according to the Secretariat’s assessments (progress, some progress, or no progress) and report to, and notify, governments and implementing agencies as required;

(iii) the completion of eight of the 60 projects listed with implementation delays;

(e) to request the Governments of Finland and the United States of America to submit progress reports to the 54^th Meeting.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/53/67, Decision 53/9 , para.67 (a,e))).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/53/12).

The Fifty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note:

(i) with appreciation, the status reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by the Governments of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the four implementing agencies, and the 2006 progress report from the Government of the United States of America addressed in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/5;

(ii) the completion of 13 of the 41 projects listed with implementation delays;

(e) to request the Government of Finland to submit its progress report to the 55th Meeting;

(f) to request that information on all ODS, including HCFCs and their alternatives, be included in country programme data reports;

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/59, Decision 54/4 , para 40 (a e, f).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/54/5).

The Fifty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) To note:

(i) With appreciation, the status reports on projects with implementation delays submitted to the Secretariat by the Governments of Canada, France, Germany, and Spain, and by the four implementing agencies, addressed in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/55/6;

(ii) The completion of four of the 27 projects listed with implementation delays;

(c) To note the cancellation by mutual agreement of the project “Conversion from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Shoukairi and Co. (SYR/REF/29/INV/53)” in the Syrian Arab Republic, for implementation by France;

(d) To request the Government of Japan to submit implementation delay reports to the 56^th Meeting;

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/55/53, Decision 55/4 , para 380 (a c,d).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/55/6).