Having taken note of the comments and recommendations of the Sub-Committee (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/24/17, paragraphs 27-29), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) That, in cases where a project was dropped from the work programme following this procedure, the implementing agencies could come forward with alternative proposals, to the degree consistent with the overall allowable funding level;
(b) To underline the importance for the implementing agencies of ensuring that all project preparation work, particularly in the area of methyl bromide projects, was carried out with the necessary care and scrutiny to ensure the subsequent success of the project;
(c) To urge implementing agencies to consider the use of locally-based experts and to contact Article 2 countries with a view to recruiting low- or no-cost government experts from those countries, to bring the double advantage of lowering costs and providing valuable knowledge;
(d) To defer projects that did not fall within the scope of the priority list of crops for soil fumigation agreed in the strategy for methyl bromide for 15 months, until the strategy had been revised, after which time they could be resubmitted for consideration under the new eligibility criteria, except if methyl bromide consumption was growing. Accordingly, the following two proposals submitted by UNIDO were deferred:
(i) Côte d’Ivoire: Preparation of a demonstration project (cocoa);
(ii) Paraguay: Preparation of a demonstration project (cotton fumigation).