The
Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to take note with appreciation of the business
plans for bilateral co-operation submitted by Belgium, Canada, Finland, France,
Germany, Japan, New Zealand and Sweden (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/6, annexes I to
VIII);
(b) to request countries to submit their draft
business plans for bilateral co-operation to the Executive Committee at its
third meeting each year;
(c) to request the Secretariat to advise countries
engaged in bilateral co-operation and Implementing Agencies on possible
duplication of business plan activities;
(d) to include in the agenda of the next meeting
of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance the subject of
bilateral co-operation with regard to its impact on Implementing Agencies’
shares;
(e) to agree that, for the bilateral business
plans to achieve their primary objectives, the beneficiary countries should be
advised to avoid duplication by consulting with relevant agencies, including
the ozone units.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/27/48,
Decision 27/3, para. 22).