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The
Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that the following
modalities should be adopted on a trial basis:
(a) where the number of enterprises is large (over
50) and the quality of information is not high, umbrella projects are not an
appropriate methodology.
(b) if a country wishes to approach the sectoral
phase-out in a single step, a sectoral strategy could be implemented based on a
performance agreement with the government concerned.
(c) where a country does not wish to implement a
sectoral strategy, enterprises could be grouped in a series of separate
umbrella projects. The final project could then be submitted as a terminal
umbrella project.
(d) where there are significant numbers of small
or informal enterprises remaining, the final project should be developed using
the following new approach designed to address the remaining small enterprises:
(i) proposals
should include: (a) institutional support through government policy directives
or legislation; a timed action plan and expected results in terms of ODS
phase-out; coordination and management by ozone offices and/or financial
intermediaries; technology transfer, monitoring and supervision from industry
associations and/or component suppliers and systems houses; and (b) the
appropriate choice of technology, innovative methodologies for achieving
technology transfer; achievement of economies of scale through geographical
groupings or industrial rationalization; financial arrangements which could
provide flexibility in the allocation of approved resources.
(ii) the
requirements for capital equipment should be determined by establishing the
typical equipment needed for an enterprise representative of those remaining in
the sector (equipment requirements will be modest and will generally be
similar), and the estimated number of enterprises involved, taking into account
the possibility of industrial rationalization.
(iii) the
technology transfer, trials and support activities will be costed on the basis
of the activities being provided by local technical resources at local rates
(where established as essential, with provision of international support on
start-up to train the trainers, and on completion to verify phase-out).
(iv) incremental
operating costs or savings will not be included in project costs.
(v) funding
could include agreed support for some of the government activities outlined in
(i) above.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/68,
Decision 25/50, para. 87).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/25/57).
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