The Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that, in cases where a project was dropped from the work programme following this procedure, the Implementing Agencies could come forward with alternative proposals, to the degree consistent with the overall allowable funding level;
(b) to underline the importance for the Implementing Agencies of ensuring that all project preparation work, particularly in the area of methyl bromide projects, was carried out with the necessary care and scrutiny to ensure the subsequent success of the project;
(c) to urge Implementing Agencies to consider the use of locally-based experts and to contact Article 2 countries with a view to recruiting low- or no-cost government experts from those countries, to bring the double advantage of lowering costs and providing valuable knowledge;
(d) to defer projects that did not fall within the scope of the priority list of crops for soil fumigation agreed in the strategy for methyl bromide for 15 months, until the strategy had been revised, after which time they could be resubmitted for consideration under the new eligibility criteria, except if methyl bromide consumption was growing.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/24/47, Decision 24/18, para. 41).
The Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to request the World Bank, in consultation with the representative of the United States of America and with the Bank’s country partners, to explore the possibility of proposing to the Executive Committee at its 26th Meeting a new modality for the preparation of future project proposals in the field of methyl bromide that might, for example, involve employing a competitive tender approach for project implementation. The proposal would take into account the need to insure the best quality and dissemination of information.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/68, Decision 25/29, para. 59(b)).
The Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided to note the need for co-operation between bilateral donors and Implementing Agencies to ensure that the infrastructure put in place for methyl bromide demonstration projects was used in related subsequent projects by different implementing entities in the same countries, in order to reduce overall expenditure.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/26/70, Decision 26/20, para. 44(ii)).