Decision 67/12

67th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2012
Albania | Algeria | Argentina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Chad | China | Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Guinea | India | Iraq | Jordan | Kenya | Lebanon | Libya | Mexico | Montenegro | Mozambique | Nigeria | Pakistan | Peru | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Sudan | Syrian Arab Republic | Togo | Tunisia | Turkmenistan | Uruguay | Yemen | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Africa | Europe
UNIDO
UNIDO progress reports

The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note:
    1. UNIDO’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/14;
    2. That significant balances remained for several projects for CFC activities, as indicated in Table 1 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/67/14;
    3. That the remaining fund balances from the terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP) in Qatar (QAT/PHA/53/INV/09 and QAT/PHA/59/INV/13) and the national phase-out plans (NPPs) in Algeria (ALG/PHA/58/INV/71) and Saudi Arabia (SAU/PHA/53/INV/03 and SAU/PHA/61/INV/10) would be used for HCFC phase-out activities;
    4. That UNIDO would report to the 68th meeting on up to ten projects with implementation delays, including five projects that had been classified as such in 2010;
  2. To request the submission of additional status reports to the 68th meeting to monitor:
    1. The resolution of the financial mechanism and co-financing issues for Nigeria, Senegal and the Sudan by the 68th meeting as a milestone for achievement in order to avoid consideration of possible cancellation in those countries of the“strategic demonstration projects for accelerated conversion of CFC chillers in African countries” (AFR/REF/48/DEM/37);
    2. Projects with issues related to:
      1. The equipment procurement process or delivery and distribution of equipment for the national ODS phase-out plan in Albania (ALB/PHA/58/INV/19 and ALB/PHA/58/INV/20), the refrigeration servicing sector CFC phase-out plan in China (CPR/REF/53/INV/453 and CPR/REF/59/INV/490), the TPMP for CFCs in Eritrea (ERI/PHA/54/INV/05 and ERI/PHA/63/INV/90), CTC phase-out for the consumption and production sectors in India (IND/PHA/45/INV/385 and IND/PHA/49/INV/402), the TPMP in Montenegro (MOG/PHA/58/INV/08), the terminal ODS phase-out umbrella project in the solvent sector in Nigeria (NIR/SOL/52/INV/116), the TPMP in the Congo (PRC/PHA/60/INV/21), the NPPs in Saudi Arabia (SAU/PHA/53/INV/03 and SAU/PHA/61/INV/10) and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (VEN/PHA/57/INV/114);
      2. Delays in the implementation of the TPMP in Guinea (GUI/PHA/55/INV/20 and GUI/PHA/60/INV/24), the NPP in Iraq (IRQ/PHA/58/INV/09 and IRQ/PHA/63/INV/15), the TPMP in Côte d’Ivoire (IVC/PHA/58/INV/34), the NPP in Libya (LIB/PHA/45/INV/25 and LIB/PHA/54/INV/28), the national CFC phase-out plan in the Syrian Arab Republic (SYR/PHA/58/INV/99), and the national ODS phase-out plan in Yemen (YEM/PHA/55/INV/28 and YEM/PHA/60/INV/36) due to the political and/or security situation in these countries;
      3. Customs clearance and tax exemption for the national CFC phase-out plan in Argentina (ARG/PHA/47/INV/147, ARG/PHA/50/INV/150 and ARG/PHA/53/INV/152);
      4. Communication problems with the National Ozone Unit or beneficiaries of the TPMP in Burundi (BDI/PHA/62/INV/27) and the NPP in Libya (LIB/PHA/45/INV/25 and LIB/PHA/51/INV/28);
    3. Progress of the institutional strengthening project in Qatar (QAT/SEV/59/INS/15);
    4. Completion of the selection of national experts for the methyl bromide demonstration projects in Algeria and Tunisia (AFR/FUM/54/DEM/40);
    5. The chiller projects in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region with respect to the reallocation of the supplied chiller in Serbia to another beneficiary (EUR/REF/47/DEM/06);
    6. Project preparation of projects, if not submitted to the 68th meeting:
      1. For HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) activities in: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DRK/FOA/64/PRP/54, DRK/PHA/64/PRP/55 and DRK/REF/64/PRP/53); Libya (LIB/FOA/63/PRP/33, LIB/PHA/55/PRP/29 and LIB/PHA/63/PRP/32); Mexico (MEX/MUS/58/PRP/146); Tunisia (TUN/FOA/58/PRP/50 and TUN/PHA/55/PRP/48); Turkey (TUR/PHA/55/PRP/91 and TUR/REF/58/PRP/95); Uruguay (URU/REF/60/PRP/55); and Yemen (YEM/FOA/63/PRP/38 and YEM/PHA/55/PRP/29);
      2. For the MB project in Ethiopia (ETH/FUM/54/PRP/18) related to the process of selecting the national expert;
      3. For the ODS disposal demonstration projects in Algeria (ALG/DES/59/PRP/74), the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region (EUR/DES/65/PRP/12), and Lebanon (LEB/DES/61/PRP/72);
    7. The following projects owing to low rates of disbursement of approved funds: Argentina (ARG/PHA/53/INV/152 and ARG/REF/61/INV/164), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHE/PHA/52/INV/22), Burkina Faso (BKF/PHA/62/INV/30), Iraq (IRQ/FOA/57/INV/06 and IRQ/REF/57/INV/07), Jordan (JOR/REF/60/INV/86), Pakistan (PAK/FOA/60/INV/78 and PAK/FOA/60/INV/77), Peru (PER/PHA/55/INV/41), the Congo (PRC/PHA/60/INV/21), the Sudan (SUD/FOA/62/INV/28), Serbia (YUG/PHA/62/INV/38, YUG/PHA/60/INV/36, YUG/PHA/47/INV/28 and YUG/PHA/51/INV/31), Togo (TOG/PHA/62/INV/22), Turkey (TUR/FOA/62/INV/97), Turkmenistan (TKM/PHA/62/INV/08),
    8. The following investment projects with low rates of disbursement and/or slow implementation of activities: Chad (CHD/PHA/62/INV/22), Gabon (GAB/PHA/62/INV/27), India (IND/PHA/45/INV/385 and IND/PHA/49/INV/402), Saudi Arabia (SAU/FOA/62/INV/13 and SAU/FOA/62/INV/11);
    9. The rate of disbursement for the following technical assistance projects: Kenya (KEN/SOL/57/TAS/47), Mozambique (MOZ/FUM/60/TAS/20) and Serbia (YUG/PHA/60/TAS/35); and
    10. Procurement of the equipment for the project for the phase-out of HCFC-22 and HCFC-141b in aerosol manufacturing at Silimex in Mexico (MEX/ARS/63/INV/156).