Decision 67/10

67th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2012
Bahrain | Barbados | Belize | Bhutan | Brazil | Brunei Darussalam | Cambodia | Chile | Colombia | Cuba | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Georgia | Guatemala | Guyana | India | Sri Lanka | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Maldives | Pakistan | Paraguay | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Timor-Leste | Trinidad and Tobago | United Republic of Tanzania
UNDP
UNDP progress reports

The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note:
    1. UNDP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/12;
    2. That significant balances remained for several projects for CFC activities, as indicated in Table 1 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/12;
    3. That the cumulative fund balance as of the end of 2011 was estimated at US $577,931 for the four refrigerant management plan (RMP) activities in Barbados (BAR/REF/43/TAS/12), Brunei Darussalam (BRU/REF/44/TAS/10), Maldives (MDV/REF/38/TAS/05) and Sri Lanka (SRL/REF/32/TAS/15);
    4. That UNDP would report to the 68th meeting on four projects with implementation delays, including three projects that had been classified as such in 2010;
  2. To request:
    1. The submission of additional status reports to the 68th meeting to monitor:
      1. The finalization of the implementation plan for the“awareness and incentive programme” in Maldives (MDV/REF/38/TAS/05);
      2. Projects with issues related to:
        1. The equipment procurement process or delivery for the terminal CFC phase-out management plan (TPMP) in Dominica (DMI/PHA/61/INV/17), the TPMP for Annex A Group I substances in Guatemala (GUA/PHA/56/INV/35), the TPMP for Annex A Group I substances in Paraguay (PAR/PHA/60/INV/26), the TPMP in Saint Kitts and Nevis (STK/PHA/56/INV/13), and the TPMP in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT/PHA/58/INV/28);
        2. Delays in the implementation of the TPMP in Bahrain (BAH/PHA/59/INV/22) due to the political situation in the country;
        3. Progress in implementing the 11 HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) for the following countries, which had been approved over one year previously and for which no disbursement had been recorded: Belize, Bhutan, Cambodia, Chile, Georgia, Guyana, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Maldives, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste;
        4. Delays in signing project documents/letters of agreement for the HPMPs in Bhutan, Chile, Georgia and Guyana;
      3. Projects due to slow implementation of activities:
        1. The institutional strengthening projects in Georgia (GEO/SEV/63/INS/31) and Trinidad and Tobago (TRI/SEV/59/INS/24);
        2. ODS disposal project preparation activities in Brazil (BRA/DES/57/PRP/288);
        3. ODS disposal preparation activities in India (IND/DES/61/PRP/437), if not submitted to the 68th meeting;
        4. ODS bank management and destruction demonstration preparation project in Georgia (GEO/DES/64/PRP/32): signing of the project document by the 68th meeting as a milestone for achievement in order to avoid consideration of possible cancellation;
      4. Projects due to low rates of disbursement of approved funds:
        1. The RMP in Barbados (BAR/REF/43/TAS/12);
        2. The RMP component of technical assistance for the refrigeration servicing and mobile air-conditioning sectors in Brunei Darussalam (BRU/REF/44/TAS/10);
        3. The“national halon bank management plan update” in the Dominican Republic (DOM/HAL/51/TAS/39);
        4. The“halon consumption phase-out: technical assistance programme and halon recycling and recovery equipment” project in Chile (CHI/HAL/51/TAS/164);
        5. The“demonstration project for integrated management of the centrifugal chiller sub-sector, focusing on application of energy-efficient CFC-free technologies for replacement of CFC-based chillers” in Brazil (BRA/REF/47/DEM/275);
        6. The“demonstration project for integrated management of the centrifugal chiller sub-sector, focusing on application of energy-efficient CFC-free technologies for replacement of CFC-based chillers” in Colombia (COL/REF/47/DEM/65);
        7. The pilot demonstration project on ODS waste management and disposal in Cuba (CUB/DES/62/DEM/46); and
        8. The metered-dose inhaler conversion project in Pakistan (PAK/ARS/56/INV/71).