Framework for an information strategy for the Multilateral Fund

Framework for an information strategy for the Multilateral Fund

The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a) to take note of the Secretariat’s paper on the framework for an information strategy for the Multilateral Fund;

(b) to request those delegations that wished to submit further proposals on the mission statement to do so within a period of four weeks;

(c) that the Secretariat should prepare an elaborate strategy with the assistance of other institutions dealing with ozone depletion matters, in particular, the Ozone Secretariat, and submit it to the Executive Committee at its 39th Meeting.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/78, para. 151).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/68).

The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request the Secretariat to utilize the proposals it had made in order to submit a work plan to the Executive Committee at its 40th Meeting, taking into account the views expressed by the Committee, with a time framework and with the attendant cost estimates for an information strategy, noting that the cost estimates should be prepared taking into account the need to use the existing resources through normal budgeting procedure of the Fund.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/55, para. 103).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/41).

The Fortieth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to approve US $104,750 to develop the information strategy, as set out in the following Table:

Item	Time line	Estimated costs (US$)^*
Hardware (2 servers and security equipment)	09/03	23,000
Software and associated licenses	09/03	21,750
Development of web site (total from Table 1)	11/03 (launch)	0
Development of intranet/extranet (sub-total from Table 2)	11/03 (launch)	13,000
Development of expanded content and functionality for intranet/extranet (sub-total from Table 2)	12/03-03/04	22,000
Translation of public web site into 2 languages (translation costs plus additional cost of development and graphic elements)	2004	0
	Total (one off)	79,750
Maintenance- hardware and system maintenance, software upgrades, and translation of revised texts	2004-2005	25,000
	Total (2003-2005)	104,750

*A zero cost is indicated when the costs of the activity will be covered through the existing Secretariat budget

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/50, Decision 40/53, para.105).

(Supporting documents: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/49).