Nigeria: Assistance for a national information, education and communication campaign for compliance with the Montreal Protocol (Japan) (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/16 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/16/Corr.1)
Having considered the comments and recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Project Review (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/14, paragraphs 27 and 28), the Executive Committee decided to approve the above proposal at a level of funding of US $68,000, plus agency support costs, on the understanding that:
- The project would focus on the fostering of fundamental capabilities of Nigeria to produce country-specific indigenous media relations and the establishment of cooperative structures within government, industry, non-governmental organizations and the education system to promote action-oriented public understanding and support for ODS phase-out during the compliance period through interaction of media and non-governmental organizations’ entities in Japan;
- The project should ensure cost-effective participation of media experts and non‑governmental organizations’ resource persons from bilateral sources who would facilitate the establishment of information and media strategy on the protection of the ozone layer, drawing upon the experience of non-Article 5 countries in achieving national compliance with the Montreal Protocol;
- The project would benefit from any services and input available from the CAP and would be harmonized with the awareness-raising components of the approved projects in the related areas in Nigeria, taking into account the comments made by the Fund Secretariat in paragraphs 17 to 21 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/38/16;
- he charge against the aggregate baseline ODP level at US $12.1/kg should be applied in accordance with Decision 35/57.