Decision 48/24

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve the chiller demonstration project for the African Region in Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria and Sudan, to replace at least 19 chillers in the region, at the amount of US $2,000,000 plus support costs of US $218,887 for France, Germany, Japan and UNIDO, with external resources of US $477,876, as indicated in Annex IX to the present report, on the understanding that:
   1. The external resources associated with the proposal were to be used only for activities considered to be part of the project costs, as indicated in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/25;
   2. Disbursement of the amounts approved would be dependent upon the availability of external resources, as specified, to be confirmed by the Secretariat based on the advice from the agency that external funding had been secured. The ratio between the maximum amount of Multilateral Fund resources that could be disbursed and the external resources confirmed by the Secretariat should be equal to the ratio between the amount approved and the corresponding amount of associated external resources as indicated; and
   3. Additional countries in Africa could receive support for phase-out in the chiller sector under the project, provided that funding under the project was available, and that all other conditions established by the Executive Committee in its respective decisions regarding chiller demonstration projects were being met;
   4. UNIDO and the bilateral agencies involved would inform the Secretariat on an annual basis, and in time for the last Meeting of the Executive Committee, for every year of project implementation as well as in the year of completion, on progress in terms of implementation, main experiences and additional external resources acquired for the chiller phase-out and major market transformations observed;
2. To approve the global technical assistance programme in the chiller sub-sector for UNEP at the amount indicated in Annex IX to the present report.