Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/31/4, paras. 23 and 24), the Executive Committee decided:
- To take note with appreciation of the progress report of UNEP (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/31/11 and Corr.1);
- To note that reports on projects classified with implementation delays identified in the consolidated progress report (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/31/8, annex I) would be submitted to the 32nd meeting;
- To note UNEP’s policy on extending the time-frame of institutional strengthening projects, if necessary, in order to ensure that they were implemented effectively;
- Also to note UNEP’s report on the effectiveness of the halon bank management clearing house and their request for suggestions on how to make the activity even more effective;
- To request that an additional status report be submitted to the 32nd meeting of the Executive Committee on the following projects, due to the late submission of UNEP’s progress report:
- RMP: customs training in Bahrain (BAH/REF/26/TRA/06);
- RMP: customs training in Burundi (BDI/REF/126/TRA/03);
- RMP: training of technicians in Burundi (BDI/REF/26/TRA/04);
- RMP: monitoring ODS in the Bahamas (BHA/REF/23/TRA/04);
- RMP: training refrigeration technicians in the Bahamas (BHA/REF/23/TRA/06);
- RMP: preparation in Bolivia (BOL/REF/24/PRP/07);
- RMP: customs training in Dominica (DMI/REF/26/TRA/02);
- RMP: customs training in the Dominican Republic (DOM/REF/25/TRA/14);
- RMP: customs training in Gambia (GAM/SEV/19/TRA/03);
- RMP: monitoring ODS in Georgia (GEO/REF/23/TRA/02);
- RMP: preparation in Guinea (GUI/REF/21/PRP/03);
- RMP: training of technicians in Moldova (MOL/REF/25/TRA/03);
- RMP: monitoring ODS in Moldova (MOL/REF/25/TRA/04);
- RMP: training of technicians in Peru (PER/REF/21/TRA/21);
- RMP: customs training in Peru (PER/REF/21/TRA/23);
- RMP: monitoring ODS in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (STV/REF/25/TRA/03);
(f) Also to request additional status reports on the following institutional strengthening projects, which were classified by UNEP as having slow project implementation: Bahamas, Botswana, Comoros, Congo, Dominica, Lesotho, Namibia, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, Swaziland, Togo and Uganda.