Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/7, paragraph 37), the Executive Committee decided:
- To take note of the World Bank’s progress report contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/18;
- Also to note that 68 projects implemented by the World Bank were classified as projects with implementation delays;
- To monitor the following projects as projects with implementation delays and note their slow progress:
- Terminal phase-out management plan in the Bahamas (BHA/PHA/35/INV/08);
- MAC recovery and recycling project in Thailand (THA/REF/07/TAS/07);
- chiller project in Thailand (THA/26/REF/INV/104);
- halon fire extinguisher project in Thailand (THA/HAL/32/INV/34); and
- halon bank in Thailand (THA/HAL/29/INV/121);
- To request the World Bank to implement the two SME foam projects in Indonesia (IDS/FOA/23/INV/77 and 78) as per the original project document and to return any funds and agency fees associated with the remaining enterprises that had been closed or did not provide required data in project IDS/FOA/23/INV/78;
- To reclassify the methyl bromide demonstration project in Ecuador (ECU/FUM/26/DEM/23) as a technical assistance project and note that it would achieve additional phase-out of 15 ODP tonnes;
- To cancel the foam project preparation activity in Tunisia (TUN/FOA/36/PRP/42) and to request the World Bank to return all approved funds and agency fees;
- To note that the World Bank had 34 projects classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $5,931,118; and
- To request the World Bank and the Secretariat to address the financial inconsistencies between the Bank’s progress report and the Secretariat’s Inventory of Approved Projects in the context of the reconciliation of accounts to be submitted to the 41st Meeting of the Executive Committee pursuant to Decision 38/9(d), noting that overruns should not be allowed pursuant to Decision 17/22.