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The Multilateral Fund shall:
(a) meet,
on a grant or concessional basis as appropriate, and according to criteria to
be decided upon by the Parties, the agreed incremental costs;
(b) finance
clearing-house functions to:
(i) assist Parties operating under paragraph 1 of
Article 5, through country specific studies and other technical co-operation,
to identify their needs for co-operation;
(ii) facilitate technical co-operation to meet
these identified needs;
(iii) distribute, as provided for in Article 9 of the
Protocol, information and relevant materials, and hold workshops, training
sessions and other related activities for the benefit of Parties that are
developing countries; and
(iv) facilitate and monitor other multilateral,
regional and bilateral co-operation available to Parties that are developing
countries; and
(c) finance
the secretarial services of the Multilateral Fund and related support costs.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3 Decision II/8, para. 3).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/4/15 Decision IV/18, para. 1).
The
Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to
note with appreciation the reports submitted by the following 28 Parties in
accordance with Article 9 of the Montreal Protocol: Argentina, Belarus, Brazil,
Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Guyana,
Hungary, Iceland, Jordan, Latvia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Monaco, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, togo,
Trinidad and tobago, Turkmenistan;
2. to
recall that paragraph 3 of Article 9 states that, every two years, each Party
shall submit to the Secretariat a summary of activities it has conducted
pursuant to that Article, and that relevant activities include promotion of
research and development, information exchange on technologies for reducing
emissions of ozone-depleting substances, alternatives to the use of controlled
substances and the costs and benefits of relevant control strategies,
awareness-raising on the environmental effects of controlled substances
emissions and other substances that deplete the ozone layer;
3. to
recognize that information relevant to the reporting obligation contained in
paragraph 3 of Article 9 may be generated through cooperative efforts
undertaken in the context of regional ozone networks, ozone research managers
activities under Article 3 of the Vienna Convention, participation by Parties in
the assessment work of both the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and
the Scientific Assessment Panel under Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol, and
national public awareness raising initiatives;
4. to
note that the reporting under Article 9, paragraph 3, could be undertaken
through electronic means, and to note also that the information contained in
these reports could be shared through the Ozone Secretariat’s website;
5. to
note that such activities continue to play an important role in global efforts
to protect the ozone layer and that dissemination of information on such
activities, through Article 9, also contributes to these efforts;
6. to therefore urge all Parties to submit information in accordance
with paragraph 3 of Article 9.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.17/11,
Decision XVII/24).
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