The Executive Committee decided:
(a) to approve the country programmes of Benin, Bolivia, Central African Republic, Guinea and Namibia, while noting that such approval did not denote approval of the projects therein or their funding levels;
(b) in the case of Benin:
- to defer approval of the training of refrigeration technicians pending creation of the ozone bureau under the conditions of approval of institutional strengthening funds for Benin within the UNEP 1995 work programme amendment; and
- to approve the amount of US $50,000 and US $6,500 support costs for institutional strengthening and to include the activity as an amendment to UNEP's 1995 work programme;
(c) in the case of Bolivia, to approve the amount of US $91,400 and US $11,882 support costs for institutional strengthening and to include the activity as an amendment to UNEP's 1995 work programme;
(d) in the case of the Central African Republic,
(i) not to approve the amount of US $16,700 for the training of customs officers;
(ii) to request the Government of the Central African Republic, in collaboration with an implementing agency, to consolidate and redevelop the projects for training of refrigeration technicians and recovery of ODS. Subsequent approval of any project(s) resulting from such exercise would be subject to appointment of a project manager under the conditions of approval of institutional strengthening funds for the Central African Republic within the UNEP 1995 work programme amendment;
(iii) to approve the amount of US $45,600 and US $5,928 support costs for institutional strengthening and to include the activity as an amendment to UNEP's 1995 work programme; and
(e) in the case of Guinea:
(i) to defer approval of the amount of US $48,000 for the training of refrigeration technicians pending the creation of the ozone bureau under the conditions of approval of institutional strengthening funds for Guinea within the UNEP 1995 work programme amendment; and
(ii) to approve the amount of US $50,000 and US $6,500 support costs for institutional strengthening and to include the activity as an amendment to UNEP's 1995 work programme;
(f) in the case of Namibia, to approve the amount of US $61,765 and US $8,030 support costs for institutional strengthening and to include the activity as an amendment in UNEP's 1995 work programme.