The Thirty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to request UNEP and UNIDO to move the following elements of para. (b) of Decision 30/7 from section 3.3, “Assumptions”, of the revised model agreement as currently proposed to section 6.4.1, “General terms and conditions”:
(i) the National Ozone Unit is given a clear mandate and responsibility to carry out the day-to-day work in order to prepare, coordinate and, where relevant, implement the government's activities to meet its commitments under the Montreal Protocol; this also requires access to decision-makers and enforcement agencies;
(ii) the National Ozone Unit's position, capacities, and continuity of officers, resources and lines of command within the authority in charge of ozone issues are such that the National Ozone Unit can carry out its task satisfactorily;
(iii) a specified high-level officer or a post within the authority is given overall responsibility for supervising the work of the National Ozone Unit and ensuring that action taken is adequate to meet commitments under the Protocol;
(iv) annual work plans for the National Ozone Unit are prepared and integrated in the authorities' internal planning processes;
(b) to request the World Bank to revise the proposed amendment letter in order to ensure consistency with Decision 30/7;
(c) to request UNDP, when incorporating para. (b) of Decision 30/7 in the separate section of each agreement entitled “Special considerations”, to insert a chapeau worded as follows: “The [Government/Ministry] and UNDP commit to co-operate to ensure that:”;
(d) to request the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance to review the matter at its next meeting in the light of comments received from the Implementing Agencies on the legal aspects of the proposed changes.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/44, Decision 32/15, para. 26).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/18).
The Thirty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to note with appreciation the proposals of UNEP, UNIDO and the World Bank to comply with the requirements of Executive Committee decisions 30/7 and 32/15;
(b) to request UNDP to amend the chapeau in the Special Considerations section of project documents for institutional strengthening projects to read “Executive Committee decision 33/12 decided that Governments commit to ensure that:”;
(c) also to request UNDP to include the following sentence in the Legal Context section of project documents for institutional strengthening projects: “Executive Committee decision 33/12 decided that Governments shall implement clauses i to viii under the title ‘Special Considerations’ in the Plan of Action attached.”;
(d) further to request the Multilateral Fund Secretariat to forward the text of the Executive Committee decision in a letter to governments;
(e) to note the proposed amendments by the Implementing Agencies to their agreements for institutional strengthening projects in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/16;
(f) to request Implementing Agencies to apply those new requirements for institutional strengthening projects in all future agreements in this area.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/32, Decision 33/12, para. 29).