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Business plans for the year 2001 of UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank

The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to note the draft business plan of UNDP for the year 2001 (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/13);

(c)  to request UNDP to submit a final business plan taking into account the requested modifications to the Thirty-third Meeting.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/10, para. 21 (a, c)).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/13).

The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to ensure that, after taking into account the non-investment activities planned by the other Implementing Agencies, the addition of UNEP’s planned activities for 2001 did not exceed the resource allocation for non-investment projects;

(b)  to remove the project “SME conversion manual” (US $180,000) from the business plan and ensure that the proposed “Study on development of ODS phase-out strategy for SMEs” would review and provide information on the manner in which different countries have phased out ODS from SMEs in different sectors, noting the importance of avoiding any duplication of UNEP’s existing project, “Training modules on management of ODS phase-out in SMEs”;

(c)  to rationalize its proposed “Regional compliance workshops” and “Harmonized subregional ODS legislative and regulatory import mechanisms” in the light of the capacity to address these issues created through existing regional network and institutional strengthening projects;

(d)  to include the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the list of interregional trade organizations it intends to use to carry out its subregional projects to improve monitoring and control of ODS consumption in the 2001 business plan;

(e)  to ensure that methyl bromide activities in countries that have not signed the Copenhagen Amendment are for non-investment projects only;

(f)  to extend the full services of the existing African regional networks to all Portuguese-speaking African countries;

(g)  to coordinate activities with the other Implementing Agencies in Yemen, taking into account that the refrigeration management plan should contain a full strategy for the refrigeration servicing sector, in order to avoid any overlaps;

(h)  to submit a final business plan taking into account the requested modifications to the Thirty-third Meeting.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/11, para. 22).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/14).

The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to note the draft business plan of UNIDO (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/15);

(b)  to request UNIDO to examine the need to assist Yugoslavia in achieving a freeze on halon consumption, which currently does not display a high probability of success;

(c)  to request UNIDO to submit a final business plan taking into account the requested modifications to the Thirty-third Meeting.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/12, para. 23).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/15).

The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to note the draft business plan of the World Bank (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/16);

(b)  to request the World Bank to examine the possibility of assisting countries which do not display a high potential of achieving a halon freeze to do so;

(c)  to note, with regard to the proposed national CFC phase-out plan for the Philippines, that a Swedish bilateral project approved at the Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee covers the phase-out strategy for the refrigeration servicing sector, the largest remaining sector, and that the outputs of the two projects, once approved by the Government, will have to be submitted jointly by the two agencies to the Executive Committee;

(d)  to request the World Bank to submit a final business plan taking into account the requested modifications to the Thirty-third Meeting.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/13, para. 24).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/16).

The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2001 business plan of UNDP in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/10, noting that the endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;

(b)  to approve the following performance indicators:

Investment Project Performance Indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Weighted indicators

 

 

ODP phased out from previous approvals (ODP tonnes)

 

6,000

 

Funds disbursed (US$)*

 

$39,200,000

 

Satisfactory project completion reports received (percentage)

 

100%

 

Distribution of projects among countries in business plans (number)

 

35

 

Non-weighted indicators

 

 

Value of projects to be approved (US$)*

 

$38,779,440

 

ODP from projects to be approved (ODP tonnes)

 

4,514

 

Cost of project preparation (per cent of submission)

 

2.7%

 

Cost-effectiveness from projects to be approved in 1999 (US$/ODP in kg)

 

$7.6

 

Speed of delivery until first disbursement (months from approval)

 

14 months

 

Speed of delivery until project completion (months from approval)

 

36 months

 

Net emission/reduction of ODP resulting from implementation delays/early completion (ODP tonnes)

 

27,612

 

*Including agency fees, but not over-programming.

Non-Investment Performance Indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Weighted Indicators

 

 

Number of Projects to be Completed

 

11

 

Funds Disbursed (US$)*

 

$2,053,960

 

Speed of delivery until first disbursement (months from approval)

 

12 months

 

Speed of delivery until project completion (months from approval)

 

36 months

 

Non-weighted indicators

 

 

Appropriate and timely policies initiated by countries as a result of networking, training, information exchange, country programme development and/or institutional strengthening (number of countries)

 

5

 

Reduction in ODS consumption over and above that effected by investment projects (ODP tonnes)

 

30

 

*Including agency fees.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/6, para. 23).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/10).

The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2001 business plan of UNEP in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/11;

(b)  to note that the endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;

(c)  to approve the following performance indicators:

Non-Investment Performance Indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Weighted Indicators

 

 

Number of Projects to be Completed

 

60% of total projects approved

 

Funds Disbursed (US$)

 

73% of approved funding

 

Speed of delivery until first disbursement (months from approval)

 

6 months

 

Speed of delivery until project completion (months from approval)

 

17 months

 

Non-weighted indicators

 

 

Appropriate and timely policies initiated by countries as a result of networking, training, information exchange, country programme development and/or institutional strengthening (number of countries)

 

10 countries

 

Reduction in ODS consumption over and above that effected by investment projects (ODP tonnes)

 

40

 

UNEP-Specific Non-Investment Performance Indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Number of newsletters

 

3 newsletters

 

Number of joint/regional activities which Network members are involved

 

2 per region

 

Improvement over previous years in data reporting and enacting the legislation and policies for ODS phase-out in Networking and institutional strengthening countries

 

80 per cent of all Network member countries

 

The extent of awareness-raising activities initiated by the countries as a result of UNEP’s publications

 

UNEP stated that this indicator is qualitative but can be expressed in the number of brochures, awareness raising products produced by the countries

 

The extent to which experience achieved through UNEP’s activities is used in the adoption and adjustment of ODS phase-out strategies by Network countries

 

UNEP stated that this indicator is qualitative

 

The extent to which the networks are used by the Agencies and the Secretariat in developing their work or explaining new policies

 

UNEP stated that this indicator is qualitative

 

(d)  to request the Secretariat to prepare a policy paper on the issue of whether or not there should be contingency lists for non-investment projects to be submitted to the Thirty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/7, para. 24).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/12).

The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2001 business plan of UNIDO in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/12, noting that the endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;

(b)  to approve the following performance indicators:

Investment Project Performance Indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Weighted indicators

 

 

ODP phased out from previous approvals (ODP tonnes)

 

2,416.5

 

Funds disbursed (US$)*

 

$24,455,000

 

Satisfactory project completion reports received (percentage)

 

100%

 

Distribution of projects among countries in business plans (number)

 

27

 

Non-weighted indicators

 

 

Value of projects to be approved (US$)*

 

$28,612,173 (excl. support cost)

 

ODP from projects to be approved (ODP tonnes)

 

3,684.7

 

Cost of project preparation (per cent of submission)

 

2.1%

 

Cost-effectiveness from projects to be approved in 1999 (US$/ODP in kg)

 

a) $7.51 excl. MB

b) $7.76 incl. MB

 

Speed of delivery until first disbursement (months from approval)

 

9 months

 

Speed of delivery until project completion (months from approval)

 

36 months (incl. MB projects)

 

Net emission/reduction of ODP resulting from implementation delays/early completion (ODP tonnes)

 

14,100

 

*Including agency fees but not over-programming

Non-Investment Performance Indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Weighted Indicators

 

 

Number of Projects to be Completed

 

3

 

Funds Disbursed (US$)*

 

$971,000

 

Speed of delivery until first disbursement (months from approval)

 

8 months

 

Speed of delivery until project completion (months from approval)

 

24 months

 

Non-weighted indicators

 

 

Appropriate and timely policies initiated by countries as a result of networking, training, information exchange, country programme development and/or institutional strengthening (number of countries)

 

At least one country

 

Reduction in ODS consumption over and above that effected by investment projects (ODP tonnes)

 

At least one country

 

*Including agency fees

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/8, para. 25).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/12).

The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:

(a)  to endorse the 2001 business plan of the World Bank in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/13, noting that the endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;

(b)  to approve the following performance indicators:

Investment project performance indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Weighted indicators

 

 

ODP phased out from previous approvals (ODP tonnes)

 

5,510

 

Funds disbursed (US$)*

 

54,520,000

 

Satisfactory project completion reports received (percentage)

 

100%

 

Distribution of projects among countries in business plans (number)

 

15

 

Non-weighted indicators

 

 

Value of projects to be approved (US$)*

 

52,220,000

 

ODP from projects to be approved (ODP tonnes)

 

15,933

 

Cost of project preparation (per cent of submission)

 

3.64%

 

Cost-effectiveness from projects to be approved in 1999 (US$/ODP in kg)

 

$3.57

 

Speed of delivery until first disbursement (months from approval)

 

25 months

 

Speed of delivery until project completion (months from approval)

 

38 months

 

Net emission/reduction of ODP resulting from implementation delays/early completion (ODP tonnes)

 

(1,600)

 

*Includes agency fees, but not over-programming

Non-investment performance indicators

ITEMS

 

2001 Targets

 

Weighted Indicators

 

 

Number of Projects to be Completed

 

9

 

Funds Disbursed (US$)*

 

$2,300,000

 

Speed of delivery until first disbursement (months from approval)

 

19 months

 

Speed of delivery until project completion (months from approval)

 

24 months

 

Non-weighted indicators

 

 

Appropriate and timely policies initiated by countries as a result of networking, training, information exchange, country programme development and/or institutional strengthening (number of countries)

 

Specific policies identified for 2 countries

 

Reduction in ODS consumption over and above that effected by investment projects (ODP tonnes)

 

5 ODP tonnes from four recovery and recycling projects

 

*Including agency fees

(c)  also to note that the World Bank was moving its process agent activities in China from its 2001 business plan to its 2002 business plan;

(d)  to note further that, when the Executive Committee had approved the value of the CFC production project in Argentina for the World Bank’s 2001 business plan, the Bank would adjust its business plan activities by removing projects in the following order of priority:

      (i)   accelerated phase-out in those countries that are willing to do so;

      (ii)  maintaining momentum;

      (iii) production sector phase-out;

      (iv) ensuring compliance by all Article 5 countries.

(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/9, para. 26).

(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/13).


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