Decision 23/51

23rd Meeting of the Executive Committee
November 1997
Criteria for submission of project preparation proposals

Following an exchange of views on the proposed criteria, the Executive Committee decided that:

(a) All project preparation requests should:

      (i) Assist countries in meeting their obligations under the Montreal Protocol, beginning with their 1999 CFC consumption freeze obligations;

      (ii) Be based on previous consultations and close co-ordination with the responsible ozone unit. Ozone units should take into consideration their national strategies in recommending project preparation;

      (iii) Be consistent with business planning priorities (e.g., decision 22/11).

(b) Low-volume ODS-consuming countries which have not previously received funding from the Multilateral Fund should receive funding;

(c) Requests for project preparation should indicate the sector(s) concerned (e.g., aerosol, foam, fumigants (methyl bromide), halon, production, multiple, refrigeration, several, or solvent);

(d)* Requests for project preparation should be considered on a case-by-case basis if:

      (i)* the request is for project preparation for countries for which approved projects have phased out over 80 per cent of their ODS consumption as reported in the latest available data;

      (ii) the request is from agencies whose rate of disbursement is low (for projects approved a year and a half prior to the request) in the country for which the request is made;

(e) In approving project preparation, the Executive Committee should take into account if regulatory impediments exist that might impede project implementation.