Decision 48/12

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To take note of the report on issues related to project completion reports (follow-up to decision 47/6) as presented in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/14 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/14/Add.1;
2. To request:
   1. Bilateral and multilateral implementing agencies to incorporate project completion report data collection and reporting obligations into contracts with their consultants and the beneficiary enterprises or institutions, as appropriate, so as to ensure that all required project completion report data were provided to the agency on time and with the information required;
   2. UNEP to ensure that, whenever appropriate, representatives from industry and other stakeholders were invited to regional network meetings to address relevant lessons learned on technology transfer and development of substitute technologies as a means of exchanging information and expertise;
   3. Implementing agencies:
      1. To disseminate information on local/national equipment manufacturers in some Article 5 countries that produced equipment suitable for small- and medium-sized enterprises at competitive prices;
      2. To consider carefully socio-cultural, political and administrative differences between participating countries when preparing regional projects in order to avoid delays, and to encourage where possible the exchange of ideas and experiences rather than regional projects;
      3. To ensure that the financial and market implications of conversion projects were appropriately planned for, and to consider mitigating measures where necessary;
      4. To ensure that beneficiary enterprises fully understood all project implementation procedures and costs, and to agree with them, where appropriate, on specific completion deadlines for complementary activities such as installation of additional new equipment or construction of buildings for site relocation;
      5. To include lessons learned in the progress reports of annual implementation programmes, given that multi-year projects were currently the main modalities for project implementation; and
   4. The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to include such lessons learned in the consolidated project completion report in addition to those reported in project completion reports.