Taking note of UNEP’s draft business plan for the year 2001 (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/14) and having considered the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/3, para. 25), the Executive Committee decided to request UNEP:
(a) To ensure that, after taking into account the non-investment activities planned by the other implementing agencies, the addition of UNEP’s planned activities for 2001 did not exceed the resource allocation for non-investment projects;
(b) To remove the project“SME conversion manual” (US $180,000) from the business plan and ensure that the proposed“Study on development of ODS phase-out strategy for SMEs” would review and provide information on the manner in which different countries have phased out ODS from SMEs in different sectors, noting the importance of avoiding any duplication of UNEP’s existing project,“Training modules on management of ODS phase‑out in SMEs”;
(c) To rationalize its proposed“Regional compliance workshops” and“Harmonized subregional ODS legislative and regulatory import mechanisms” in the light of the capacity to address these issues created through existing regional network and institutional strengthening projects;
(d) To include the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the list of interregional trade organizations it intends to use to carry out its subregional projects to improve monitoring and control of ODS consumption in the 2001 business plan;
(e) To ensure that methyl bromide activities in countries that have not signed the Copenhagen Amendment are for non-investment projects only;
(f) To extend the full services of the existing African regional networks to all Portuguese‑speaking African countries;
(g) To coordinate activities with the other implementing agencies in Yemen, taking into account that the refrigeration management plan should contain a full strategy for the refrigeration servicing sector, in order to avoid any overlaps;
(h) To submit a final business plan taking into account the requested modifications to the 33rd meeting.