India: Preparation of a sector plan for the process agent sector
Having considered the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Project Review (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/17, paras. 64 to 65), and having noted that:
(a) At the request of the Government of India, the World Bank and UNIDO would cooperate in the preparation of a sector plan, with the aim of being able to submit it to the Executive Committee at its Thirty-fifth meeting;
(b) The work would be shared as follows:
(i) the World Bank would be responsible for assisting India in the development of the overall sectoral plan, including all sub-sectors;
(ii) UNIDO would be responsible for the timely preparation of the pharmaceutical product and materials sub-sector, to be incorporated in the India process agent sector plan;
(iii) the share of implementation of the sector plan would follow the above distribution of work (UNIDO– pharmaceutical products and material; World Bank– all the remaining sub-sectors);
(c) The overall fund request would be US $200,000, from which the World Bank would receive US $130,000 and UNIDO would be compensated at a level of US $70,000;
(d) The amounts specified in sub-paragraph (c) above would be the total sum for the plan and project preparation;
(e) UNIDO would attempt to submit to the Executive Committee at its Thirty fourth meeting some projects already prepared, which would be part of UNIDO’s part of the sector plan;
the Executive Committee decided to approve an amount of US $130,000 plus agency support costs for the World Bank, on the understanding that it represented the total funding for the preparation of the non‑pharmaceuticals sub-sector of the sector plan, and for project preparation in all sub-sectors, excluding the pharmaceuticals sub‑sector.