The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request Implementing Agencies to submit their 2003 business plans to the 39th Meeting of the Executive Committee.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/70/Rev.1, Decision 38/67, para. 112).
The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note that MDI strategies in India and Nicaragua and the methyl bromide activity in Zimbabwe would be re-phased to the 2004 or 2005 business plan pending a decision of the Executive Committee on funding for projects to maintain momentum or accelerate phase-out;
(b) to endorse the 2003 business plan of UNDP contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/10 and Corr.1, as modified above, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;
(c) to approve a target of 223 investment projects to be completed in 2003 and a target for cost-effectiveness from approvals in 2003 of US $6.57/kg;
(d) also to approve the performance indicators for UNDP set out in Tables 1 and 2 of the Fund Secretariat’s comments contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/10 and Corr.1, while setting a phase-out target of 5,684 ODP tonnes for 2003 for the investment project performance indicator (tables below):
Investment project performance indicators
Non-investment performance indicators
* Corresponds to institutional strengthening projects (non-INV).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/7, para. 39).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Annex II).
The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note that UNEP agreed to withdraw the following activities from its business plan:
(i) technical assistance component to promote local trichoderma production as a methyl bromide alternative in Kenya;
(ii) regional workshop on technology transfer for local assembly of mobile recovery and recycling equipment adapted to local needs, proposed and to be hosted by Uruguay;
(iii) regional workshop on CTC alternatives, proposed and to be hosted by Uruguay;
(b) also to note that UNEP agreed to re-phase the following activity in line with its 2004 business plan: Capacity-building to enable building owners/managers to take informed decisions concerning the replacement of chillers in Uruguay, pending a decision of the Meeting of the Parties on chillers;
(c) to endorse the 2003 business plan of UNEP contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11 and Corr.1, as modified above, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels with the modifications noted for the following activities:
(i) customs and policy training implementation in India, provided it was not presented as a stand-alone project but rather as a project in coordination with other bilateral and Implementing Agencies working in the sector;
(ii) training and awareness component of refrigeration air conditioning (RAC) servicing sector strategy implementation in India, provided it was not presented as a stand-alone project but rather as a project in coordination with other bilateral and Implementing Agencies working in the sector;
(iii) implementation of the non-investment component of the national compliance assistance programme (NCAP) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, pending presentation of the country’s terminal phase-out plan; and
(iv) implementation of the non-investment component of the NCAP in Sri Lanka would be re-phased to the 2004 or 2005 business plan pending a decision of the Executive Committee on funding for projects to maintain momentum or accelerate phase-out;
1. to approve the performance indicators for UNEP set out in Table 1 of the Secretariat’s comments contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11 and Corr.1 and set a phase-out target for non-investment projects of 17 ODP tonnes (Annex III to the present report);
(e) also to approve the performance indicators unique to UNEP set out in Table 2 of the Secretariat’s comments contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11 and Corr.1 (tables below).
Non-investment performance indicators
UNEP specific non-investment performance indicators
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/8, para. 40).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Annex III).
The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to endorse the 2003 business plan of UNIDO contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/12, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;
(b) to request UNIDO to adopt the target of 7,000 ODP tonnes for the performance indicator net emissions due to implementation delays at the 39th Meeting;
(c) to approve the performance indicators for UNIDO set out in Tables 1 and 2 of the Fund Secretariat’s comments contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/12, while setting a phase-out target for investment projects of 6,907 ODP tonnes for 2003 and a phase-out target for non-investment projects of 146 ODP tonnes (tables below).
Investment project performance indicators
Non-investment performance indicators
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/9, para. 41).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Annex IV).
The Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note that MDI activities in Argentina and CFC activities in Indonesia and Tunisia would be re-phased to the 2004 or 2005 business plan pending a decision of the Executive Committee on funding for projects to maintain momentum or accelerate phase-out;
(b) also to note that the CTC consumption and production project in India would be submitted to the 40th Meeting of the Executive Committee, at which time the level of funding indicated in the business plan could be adjusted;
(c) to endorse the 2003 business plan of the World Bank contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/13 and Corr.1, as modified above, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;
(d) to approve the performance indicators for the World Bank set out in Tables 1 and 2 of the Fund Secretariat’s comments contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/13 and Corr.1, while setting a phase-out target of 20,747 ODP tonnes for 2003 for the investment project performance indicator, on the understanding that the appropriate level would depend on CTC phase-out approved for India (Annex V to the present report);
(e) also to approve a target of 40 investment projects to be completed in 2003.
Investment project performance indicators
*With the understanding that the appropriate level would depend on CTC phase-out to be approved for India.
Non-investment performance indicators
* Including agency fees
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Decision 39/10, para. 42).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/43, Annex V).
The Forty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that activities included in the 2003 business plan but not submitted and subsequently included in the draft 2004 business plan could be considered for funding at the 42nd Meeting if the projects were required to assist countries to meet 2005 compliance obligations.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/41/87, Decision 41/14, para. 47).