The Seventh Meeting of the Parties requested the Executive Committee to provide to the Parties at their Eighth Meeting a full three-year rolling business plan based on the outline and framework approved by the Parties at their Seventh Meeting. The three-year rolling business plan must reflect the purpose of the Multilateral Fund, which is to enable Parties operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 to meet their Protocol obligations. The plan would be based on the level of replenishment decided by the Parties and should be used as a basis for projecting beyond the period of the current replenishment. The plan should be based on, inter alia, the intersectoral priorities and strategies contained in the country programmes and should be consistent with agreed commitments under the Montreal Protocol.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.7/12 Decision VII/23 ( paras. 2, 3).
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to request the Secretariat to finalize the paper to the extent possible in the light of the discussion; and
(b) to submit it to the next meeting of the Open-ended Working Group.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/19/64, Decision 19/35, para. 62).
The Seventeenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that the task of working with the Implementing Agencies in the development of business plans/programmes was best entrusted to the Sub-Committee on Project Review and its Chairman;
(b) to suggest that it might be useful for the Sub-Committee on Project Review to meet with the Implementing Agencies around the time of the Twelfth Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, to be held in Geneva from 28 August to 1 September 1995, following which the business plans/programmes could be reviewed by the Sub-Committee in the normal way prior to the Eighteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee;
(c) to invite those members of the Executive Committee with ideas on what might constitute a business plan/programme for the Implementing Agencies to submit their comments to the Chairman of the Sub-Committee, through the Secretariat, within a week or so of the closure of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/17/60, Decision 17/19 para. 28).
The Eighteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that the model for the preparation of the business plans be adopted to serve as guidance when preparing future plans. It also decided that the business plans of the Implementing Agencies should be reviewed early in 1996 with a view to ensuring that the Implementing Agencies, when preparing their 1997 business plans, reflected the agreed distribution of resources among sectors.
(UNEP/OzL/Pro.ExCom/18/75, Decision 18/13, para. 25(b).
Noting that several Implementing Agencies had not followed the format for the preparation of business plans, the Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that future business plans would not be approved if not presented in the prescribed format.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1, Decision 22/6, para. 21).
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that project preparation activities additional to the 1996 business plans should not be funded;
(b) that, notwithstanding subparagraph (a) above, activities related to country programme preparation and institutional-strengthening projects, even in the event that they were additional to the 1996 business plans, should continue to be approved;
(c) to request the Implementing Agencies, commencing with the 1997 business plans, to set aside 10 to 15 per cent of their total project preparation funding to cover unforeseen project preparation activities.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/19/64, Decision 19/10, para. 27).
The Twenty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to request Implementing Agencies to include in their business plans information on ongoing activities in addition to new projects;
(b) to urge Implementing Agencies to comply with the eight-week deadline for the submission of business plans.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, Decision 23/43, para. 71).