The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to:
(j) request the Implementing Agencies, in co-operation with their internal auditors, if necessary, to report on the need for and use of technology transfer funds and on the selection and use of international consultants for preparing, reviewing and implementing foam projects, bearing in mind that technology transfer funds should generally be paid only to supplier companies in cases of patented or otherwise restricted and recent technology, but not to consultants and not for standard technology.
(k) to require the Implementing Agencies to justify the use of international consultants in projects more carefully than in the past; their cost should be declared as such and their selection be based on competitive bidding and an evaluation of various options, including package deals with supplier companies and systems houses and the increased use of local engineers, in particular, for standard conversion technologies;
(l) to request Implementing Agencies to diversify their choice of technical reviewers for foam projects.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/2, para. 18(j, k, l)).