Business plans for the year 2002 of UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank

The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note the draft 2002 business plan of UNDP contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/7 and Corr.1;

(b) to request UNDP:

(i) to take into account the comments in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/7 and Corr.1 concerning planned activities in Kenya and Lebanon when finalizing its 2002 business plan;

(ii) to provide letters from countries for all activities included in its final business plan for 2002;

(iii) to indicate in its final business plan the actions it would take to expedite the implementation of approved projects and those that could be critical to compliance;

(iv) to provide a target for the performance indicator "net emissions (reductions) of ODP resulting from implementation delays (early completion)";

(v) to ensure that the projects included in its business plan were consistent with the compliance obligations of the countries involved.

The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note the draft 2002 business plan of UNEP contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/8 and Add.1;

(b) also to note with appreciation the reorientation designed to achieve and sustain compliance, promote a greater sense of country "ownership", and implement the agreed Executive Committee framework for strategic planning;

(c) to maintain the Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) in principle in the final business plan;

(d) to request that funds approved annually for the CAP but not spent be returned to the Multilateral Fund for re-programming at the second meeting of the Executive Committee in the year following that for which they had been approved;

(e) to agree to the completion dates for the submission of country programme/RMPs;

(f) to request UNEP to submit country programme/RMPs before requesting funding for any projects/activities contained therein, while indicating that the Executive Committee would consider requests for funding for one year of institutional strengthening for new Parties to the Protocol;

The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to note the draft 2002 business plan of UNIDO contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/9;

(b) to request UNIDO:

(i) to consider modifying its investment project performance indicator targets for ODP phase-out in 2002, cost-effectiveness, and speed of first disbursement; its non-investment performance indicator targets for speed of first disbursement; and to provide targets for the non-weighted, non-investment project performance indicators, taking into account the consideration by the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance of the report on the performance indicators and proposal on modifications (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/16);

(ii) to take into account the comments in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/9 concerning planned activities in Egypt, Kenya, and Oman when finalizing its 2002 business plan;

(iii) to provide letters from countries for all activities included in its final business plan for 2002;

(iv) to indicate in its final business plan the actions it would take to expedite the implementation of approved projects and those that could be critical to compliance;

(v) to ensure that the projects included for the methyl bromide sector were consistent with the Multilateral Fund’s guidelines for that sector when finalizing its 2002 business plan;

(a) to note the draft 2002 business plan of the World Bank contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/10;

(b) also to note the World Bank’s efforts to expedite the implementation of approved activities and to request it to indicate in its final business plan additional actions to expedite the implementation of approved projects and those that could be critical to compliance;

(c) to request the World Bank to consider modifying its investment project performance indicator targets for phase-out in 2002, the number of countries in its business plan, and the net emissions due to delays, as well as its non-investment project performance indicators for speed of completion and reductions in ODS consumption due to non-investment projects, taking into account the consideration by the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance of the report on the performance indicators and proposal on modifications (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/16);

(d) also to request the World Bank to provide more information on its expedited agreement process in the context of its final business plan, indicating the steps taken to reach agreement and the estimated time from approval to agreement for activities in countries where the Bank’s Montreal Protocol Unit had not yet established agreements, in the light of its planned activities in countries such as the Bahamas and Yemen, and in the Caribbean region;

The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to endorse the 2002 business plan of UNDP, as contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/10 and Corr.1, with the amendment in subparagraph (d) below while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;

(b) to request UNEP and UNDP to redouble their efforts for the implementation of RMPs in Bangladesh and Niger;

(c) in light of its recommendation on the consolidated 2002 business plan, also to request UNDP to provide an addendum to its 2002 business plan for submission to the 37th Meeting of the Executive Committee, as appropriate, including the actions it would take to expedite the implementation of approved projects and those critical to compliance;

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Decision 36/9, para. 43 (a-d)).

(Supporting document: (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Annex II).

The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to endorse the 2002 business plan of UNEP, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/11, while noting that, with the exception of the administrative budget to implement the CAP approved at the 35th Meeting of the Executive Committee, the endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified in the business plan nor their funding levels;

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

(c) to authorize UNEP to include Eritrea in the list of countries with projects under its business plan, provided that Eritrea ratified the Montreal Protocol and sent a letter to UNEP requesting inclusion in its business plan.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Decision 36/10, para. 44).

(Supporting document: (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Annex III).

The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to endorse the 2002 business plan of UNIDO, as contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/12 and Corr.1, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;

(b) in light of its recommendation on the consolidated 2002 business plan, to request UNIDO to provide an addendum to its 2002 business plan for submission to the 37th Meeting of the Executive Committee, as appropriate, including the actions it would take to expedite the implementation of approved projects and those critical to compliance;

(c) to approve the following performance indicators for UNIDO.

* Including support costs but excluding 15% over-programming.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Decision 36/11, para. 45).

(Supporting document: (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Annex IV).

The Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to endorse the 2002 business plan of the World Bank, as contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/13 and Corr.1, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;

(b) to approve the following performance indicators for the World Bank, noting that the indicator for net emissions due to delays has been modified to 17,400 tonnes;

(c) in light of its recommendation on the consolidated 2002 business plan, to request the World Bank to provide an addendum to its 2002 business plan for submission to the 37th Meeting of the Executive Committee, as appropriate.

*Includes agency fees

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Decision 36/12, para. 46).

(Supporting document: (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/36/36, Annex V).

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