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Business plans for the years 2005-2007 of UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO and the World Bank

The Forty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2005-2007 business plan of UNDP, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/7, and subsequently amended, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels, with the following modifications:

      (i)   to maintain HCFC surveys, on the understanding that their goal was to enable the Executive Committee to establish an eligible national aggregate level of HCFC consumption in the future against which proposals would be funded;

      (ii)  to remove the chiller projects and activities from the 2005-2007 business plan and to invite demonstration projects and project preparation for chiller projects to be presented at the 47th Meeting of the Executive Committee within the funding window for a global chiller programme, based on the criteria to be agreed at the 46th Meeting of the Executive Committee;

      (iii) to defer consideration of ODS destruction projects to the 46th Meeting of the Executive Committee;

      (iv) to remove CTC and TCA activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo;

      (v)  to add the country programme and refrigerant management plan (RMP) activities in Eritrea; and

(b)  to approve thefollowing performance indicators for UNDP:

Item

2005 target

Number of annual programmes of multi-year agreements approved vs. those planned

15 (2 new)

Number of individual projects/activities (investment projects, RMPs, halon banks, TAS) approved vs. those planned

49 (INS-9, INV-8, DEM-1, RMP-12 TAS-19)

Milestone activities completed (e.g. policy measures, regulatory assistance)/ODS levels achieved for approved multi-year annual tranches vs. those planned

15

ODS phased-out for individual projects vs. those planned per progress reports

3,302 ODP tonnes

Project completion (pursuant to decision 28/2 for investment projects) and as defined for non-investment projects vs. those planned in progress reports

41 (INV-18, INS-8, TAS-13 and TRA-2)

Percentage of policy/regulatory assistance completed vs. that planned

N/a

Speed of financial completion vs. that required per progress report completion dates

On-time

Timely submission of project completion reports vs. those agreed

On-time

Timely submission of progress reports and responses unless otherwise agreed

On-time

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/55, Decision 45/6, para. 47).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom45/55, Annex II).

The Forty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2005-2007 business plan of UNEP as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/ExCom/45/8, and subsequently amended, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels, with the following modifications:

      (i)   to remove the chiller projects and activities from the 2005-2007 business plan and to invite demonstration projects and project preparation for chiller projects to be presented at the 47th Meeting of the Executive Committee within the funding window for a global chiller programme, based on the criteria to be agreed at the 46th Meeting of the Executive Committee;

      (ii)  to request UNEP to cooperate with bilateral agencies and with other Implementing Agencies to resolve any potential or actual overlaps in Afghanistan and Côte d’Ivoire;

      (iii) to add the country programme and refrigerant management plan (RMP) activities in Eritrea;

      (iv) to remove the activities for the preparation of a journalists’ kit from UNEP’s 2005 2007 business plan and to request UNEP to resubmit the proposal as part of the Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP).

(b)  to approve the following performance indicators for UNEP; and

(c)  to request UNEP to provide a detailed progress report that elaborated and differentiated past activities and funds disbursed in categories such as the Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP), the global awareness programme and region-specific activities so as to clarify that there was no overlap in the context of future plans for discussion at the 46th Meeting.

Item

2005 Target

Number of annual programmes of multi-year agreements approved vs. those planned

3

Number of individual projects/activities (investment projects, RMPs, halon banks, TAS) approved vs. those planned

21 of the 38 projects included (RMP-15 & TAS-13)

Milestone activities completed (e.g. policy measures, regulatory assistance)/ODS levels achieved for approved multi-year annual tranches vs. those planned

3

ODS phased-out for individual projects vs. those planned per progress reports

32.9 ODP tonnes

Project completion (pursuant to decision 28/2 for investment projects) and as defined for non-investment projects vs. those planned in progress reports

25 of the 34 projects included (TAS-16 & TRA-18)

Percentage of policy/regulatory assistance completed vs. that planned

65 countries 100% of countries listed in its Annex I 

Speed of financial completion vs. that required per progress report completion dates

On time

Timely submission of project completion reports vs. those agreed

On time

Timely submission of progress reports and responses unless otherwise agreed

On time

Item

Proposed for 2005

Usefulness of the region network/thematic meetings

Overall average of 3 on a 5-point scale.

Assistance to countries for data reporting

All countries will have reported baselines

Assistance with Article 7 data reporting (Indicator was previously called: Improvement over previous years in data reporting and enacting the legislation and policies for ODS phase-out in Networking and institutional strengthening countries)

100% of all countries will have reported Article 7 data UNEP believes that it can achieve 90%

Countries in actual or potential non-compliance as per MOP decisions

21 countries in non-compliance as per MOP XVI that will be offered CAP assistance will return to compliance. UNEP believes that a realistic achievement is 16 countries (i.e. 75%)

Countries at risk of becoming in non-compliance as per Articled 7 trends

All countries identified as at risk of non-compliance and that will be offered CAP assistance to be provided specific services by CAP (outside of network meetings). UNEP believes that a realistic achievement is 80%.

Information clearinghouse

The following will be based on figures in 2004 Progress Report:

5% increase in subscriptions compared to 2004.

10% increase in visitors compared to 2004.

10% increase in downloads compared to 2004.

5% increase documents disseminated compared to 2004.

10% increase in queries compared to 2004; 10 working days of receipt of query.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/55, Decision 45/7, para. 53).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom45/55, Annex III).

The Forty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2005-2007 business plan of UNIDO, as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/9 and Corr.1, and subsequently amended, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels, with the following modification:

      (i)   to remove the chiller projects and activities from the 2005-2007 business plan and to invite demonstration projects and project preparation for chiller projects to be presented at the 47th Meeting of the Executive Committee within the funding window for a global chiller programme, based on the criteria to be agreed at the 46th Meeting of the Executive Committee; and

(b)  to approve the following performance indicators for UNIDO, while setting a target of 32 for the number of annual programmes approved and a phase-out target for individual projects of 1,896.4 ODP tonnes for 2005.

Item

2005 Target

Number of annual programmes of multi-year agreements approved vs. those planned

32

Number of individual projects/activities (investment projects, RMPs, halon banks, TAS) approved vs. those planned

30

Milestone activities completed (e.g. policy measures, regulatory assistance)/ODS levels achieved for approved multi-year annual tranches vs. those planned

16

ODS phased-out for individual projects vs. those planned per progress reports

1,896.4 ODP tonnes

Project completion (pursuant to decision 28/2 for investment projects) and as defined for non-investment projects vs. those planned in progress reports

35

Percentage of policy/regulatory assistance completed vs. that planned

4

Speed of financial completion vs. that required per progress report completion dates

12 months

Timely submission of project completion reports vs. those agreed

On time

Timely submission of progress reports and responses unless otherwise agreed

On time

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/55, Decision 45/8, para. 56).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom45/55, Annex IV).

The Forty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2005-2007 business plan of the World Bank, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/10, and subsequently amended, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels, with the following modification:

      (i)   to remove the chiller projects and activities from the 2005-2007 business plan and to invite demonstration projects and project preparation for chiller projects to be presented at the 47th Meeting of the Executive Committee within the funding window for a global chiller programme, based on the criteria to be agreed at the 46th Meeting of the Executive Committee; and

(b)  to approve the following performance indicators for the World Bank, while setting a target of 20 for the number of annual programmes approved, a target of 11 for the number of projects approved, and a target of 6,744 ODP tonnes for the phase-out of individual projects.

Item

2005 Target

Number of annual programmes of multi-year agreements approved vs. those planned

20 approved

Number of individual projects/activities (investment projects, RMPs, halon banks, TAS) approved vs. those planned

11

Milestone activities completed (e.g. policy measures, regulatory assistance)/ODS levels achieved for approved multi-year annual tranches vs. those planned

19

ODS phased-out for individual projects vs. those planned per progress reports

6,744 ODP tonnes

Project completion (pursuant to decision 28/2 for investment projects) and as defined for non-investment projects vs. those planned in progress reports

55 INV and Non-Inv

Percentage of policy/regulatory assistance completed vs. that planned

N/a

Speed of financial completion vs. that required per progress report completion dates

Achieve 11 months from required date

Timely submission of project completion reports vs. those agreed

On time

Timely submission of progress reports and responses unless otherwise agreed

On time

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/55, Decision 45/9, para. 59).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom45/55, Annex V).

The Forty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to note:

      (i)   the report on the status of the 2005 business plans as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/5/Rev.1 and Corr.1;

      (ii)  the fact that US $4,919,000 in activities required for compliance were not included in the Supplement to the May 2005 Replenishment Report;

      (iii) that the value of forward commitments approved at the 47th Meeting exceeds the value in the 2005-2007 business plan of the Multilateral Fund by US $9,850,919; and

(b)    to request bilateral and multilateral implementing agencies with projects in the 2005 business plans required for compliance to consider including those activities in their 2006-2008 business plans and to endeavour to improve their performance with regard to the accuracy of planned submissions and their values.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/61, Decision 47/3, para. 26).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom47/5/Rev.1 and Corr.1).


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