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The Forty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the extended desk study on the evaluation of national phase-out plans contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/12, including the proposed evaluation issues and approach for the second phase of the evaluation;
(b) that the follow-up phase of the evaluation should continue as proposed, with the following amendments:
(i) the evaluation should take into account:
i. the fact that in many countries, delays were caused by administrative problems which the country had to deal with by developing new processes and procedures;
ii. the cost of independent verification and the possibility of using more cost-effective alternatives;
iii. the fact that the levels of phase-out of ODS were not directly proportionate to the levels of disbursement;
(ii) the evaluation report should include a section on conclusions highlighting the achievements of the national phase-out plans;
(iii) the list of evaluation issues should also include the following questions:
i. whether the country felt that there was still a project-by-project approach when several Implementing Agencies were involved, or whether the national plan approach predominated;
ii. how the country-driven approach had created a stakeholder buy in; and
iii. whether the sequence of activities had been implemented as planned, and if not, why not.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/55, Decision 45/11, para. 68).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/12).
The Fifty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note of the desk study on the evaluation of management and monitoring of national phase-out plans contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/13, including the proposed evaluation issues and work plan for the second phase of the evaluation;
(b) to request implementing agencies to seek authorization from the Executive Committee prior to using the flexibility provided for under multi-year agreements (MYAs) to allow funds to be directed to enterprises established after July 1995 in cases where countries had committed to the total phase-out of the ODS concerned; and
(c) to request the bilateral and implementing agencies to report, as part of their regular periodic reporting under MYAs, whether they had used the flexibility clause for this purpose.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/46, Decision 51/12 para. 88).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/13).
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