Decision 51/8

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To endorse the 2007-2009 business plan of UNEP as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/51/9 in line with decision 51/5 on the consolidated business plan, without prejudice to the decision of the Parties on replenishment for the year 2009 and beyond, while noting that endorsement denoted neither approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;
2. To remove:
   1. The methyl bromide (MB) activity for Trinidad and Tobago, at the request of UNEP;
   2. The study on the use of economic instruments to provide long-term financing for sustained phase-out;
   3. Capacity-building for teachers on ozone protection;
   4. The proposed activity for long-term management of halon banks, and to allocate instead US $40,000 to fund a study on the current state of all halon banks supported by the Multilateral Fund, their management capacity, the quantities of halon reclaimed and reused as a result of those banks, problems experienced, and strategies to ensure that the banks could operate without requesting further assistance from the Multilateral Fund, with the proposal for the study to be presented to the 52^nd Meeting;
   5. Analysis of HCFC technologies;
   6. Non-investment MB projects; and
   7. Regional metered-dose inhaler (MDI) transition strategies for five regions.
3. To note with appreciation the confirmation of funding by Sweden, outside the Multilateral Fund, of the South-East Asia and Pacific Network and the enforcement networks for South-East and South Asia and to remove them from UNEP’s business plan;
4. To add a component of the MDI activity for Pakistan, as agreed with Pakistan and UNDP;
5. To add a component, pursuant to decision XVII/14 of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties, on the organization of regional workshops on MDIs and to allocate US $200,000 for the activity;
6. To maintain the allocation of US $500,000 for the Green Customs Initiative in UNEP’s business plan, while reserving the right to consider funding at a lower level, and to request that UNEP submit to the 52^nd Meeting a more comprehensive proposal with respect to that Initiative, with the expectation that it would include: a detailed description of how the Multilateral Fund resources would be used solely for including issues related to trade in ODS in the larger Green Customs Initiative, and of the relationship between Multilateral Fund resources and the resources being provided by other multilateral environmental agreements and bilateral agencies; a clear indication of the budget; an indication of the activity’s relevance for the ozone layer and ODS; and a proposal that progress should be monitored with full accounting of monies spent in accordance with the Multilateral Fund and Executive Committee guidelines; and
7. To approve the 2007 performance indicators and targets for UNEP as contained in Annex III to the present report, while setting a target of 35 for the number of annual programmes of multi-year agreements (MYAs) to be approved, a target of 30 for the number of individual projects approved and a target of nine for milestone activities completed/ozone-depleting substances levels achieved for approved MYAs.