Taking note of the report on project implementation delays (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/7) and having considered the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/32/3, para. 11), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note, with appreciation, the cancellation report of the Government of Australia and decide that project cancellation reports should be submitted for all projects that had incurred disbursements;
(b) To note with appreciation the reports on projects that have experienced implementation delays from the Governments of France, Germany and the United States of America and the four implementing agencies;
(c) To note the cancellation of the following projects by mutual agreement, and the amount and timing of the return of the remaining balances for these projects, as specified below:
(i) DeBao Refrigeration Equipment project in China (CPR/REF/23/INV/233) (UNDP), which was cancelled due to dissolution of the enterprise. The Government is attempting to repossess the foam and refrigeration equipment, which had not yet been installed. The remaining balance (which has yet to be determined) will be returned to the 34th meeting;
(ii) Helwan component of the umbrella foam project in Egypt (EGY/FOA/15/INV/36)(UNDP), which was cancelled due to it being a military installation, to which UNDP/UNOPS experts were not allowed access, thereby being unable to determine implementation status. Remaining funds under the umbrella project will be returned only when the umbrella project is completed;
(iii) Elimination of CFC-11 and CFC-12 in the manufacture of domestic refrigerators at Andina Industrial S.A. in Peru (PER/REF/15/INV/04)(UNDP), which was cancelled as the enterprise had stopped production due to economic difficulties. Since Government approval was obtained only on 9 November 2000, the remaining balance (which has yet to be determined) will be returned to the 34th meeting;
(iv) Radio Victoria Catamarca, S.A. refrigeration project in Argentina (ARG/REF/22/INV/58) (UNIDO), which was cancelled due to the closure of the factory, and that the remaining balance would be returned to the 33rd meeting;
(v) Phasing out CFC-11 at Go-Ya Sungar Ltd. Sti. In Turkey (TUR/FOA/23/INV/31)(UNIDO), which was cancelled due to an earthquake that affected the location of the company, and that the remaining balance would be returned to the 33rd meeting;
(d) To note that the World Bank would report at the 33rd meeting on the project Zhenjiang No. 5 Plastic Factory foam project in China (CPR/FOA/17/INV/138);
(e) Having noted that UNIDO had suggested the cancellation of the following projects owing to the fact that the beneficiaries had not fulfilled their commitments, to request UNIDO, in association with the Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund, to seek the position of the two Governments, launch missions to both countries and report the findings to the Executive Committee at its 33rd meeting:
(i) Phasing out of CFCs at Industria de Aplicaçãoes Tecnico-Domesticas Limitada in Mozambique (MOZ/REF/18/INV/04);
(ii) Phasing out of CFCs at Tanzania Domestic Appliance Manufacturers Ltd. in Tanzania (URT/REF/18/INV/06);
(f) To remove from the list of projects with implementation delays those projects included in Annex II;
(g) To continue monitoring the projects contained in Annex III closely by not removing them from future reporting under projects with implementation delays, noting that UNEP would report to the next meeting of the Sub-Committee on those projects that could be removed from the list for continued monitoring;
(h) To agree that projects that have experienced some progress and are recommended for continued monitoring should include:
(i) Those institutional strengthening projects which have not moved from one milestone to another, the delay in which has not been clearly removed, or which have additional implementation delays;
(ii) Those other projects approved within the last three years which have not moved from one milestone to another, the delay in which has not been clearly removed, or which have additional implementation delays, and which, despite additional actions taken by the agency, government or beneficiary, still experience implementation delays;
(i) To agree that projects which should be considered for cancellation in accordance with the Executive Committee’s project cancellation guidelines (Decision 26/2) should include:
(i) Projects which have made no progress;
(ii) Projects approved more than three years previously which have not moved from one milestone to another, the delay in which has not been clearly removed, or which have additional implementation delays, and which, despite additional actions taken by the agency, government or beneficiary, still experience implementation delays;
(j) To request the Secretariat to send notices of possible cancellation of the following projects:
(i) Training programme in Morocco (MOR/REF/23/TRA/18) (France);
(ii) Continuation of conversion to CFC-free technology in manufacturing of flexible polyurethane foam at Vita-Centrafrique in the Central African Republic (CAF/FOA/19/INV/04) (UNDP);
(iii) Implementation of a national programme for recovery and recycling of refrigerants in the Central African Republic (CAF/REF/20/TAS/05) (UNDP);
(iv) Implementation of a national programme for recovery and recycling of refrigerant in Tanzania (URT/REF/22/TAS/08) (UNDP);
(v) Information exchange programme in the Philippines (PHI/SEV/11/TAS/23) (UNEP);
(vi) Phasing out CFC-11 at La Mousse du Sud flexible polyurethane foam plant in Algeria (ALG/FOA/23/INV/25) (UNIDO);
(vii) Phase out of CFC-11 in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam through the use of methylene chloride technology at Ets Matelas Djurdjura in Algeria (ALG/FOA/25/INV/27) (UNIDO);
(viii) Phasing out of CFC-11 by conversion to methylene chloride in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam at Matelas Atlas (Sam Atlas) in Algeria (ALG/FOA/27/INV/33) (UNIDO);
(ix) Phasing out of CFC-11 by conversion to methylene chloride in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam at King's Matelas in Algeria (ALG/FOA/27/INV/34) (UNIDO);
(x) Phasing out CFC-11 at Scimpos in Cameroon (CMR/FOA/23/INV/10) (UNIDO);
(xi) Phasing out CFC-11 at Sonopol in Cameroon (CMR/FOA/23/INV/11) (UNIDO);
(xii) Phasing out ODS at Guyana Refrigerator Ltd. in Guyana (GRL) (GUY/REF/23/INV/05) (UNIDO);
(xiii) Phasing out of CFCs at Industria de Aplicaçãoes Tecnico-Domesticas Limitada (Indatec) in Mozanbique (MOZ/REF/18/INV/04) (UNIDO);
(xiv) Phasing out CFC-11 at Sud Inter Mousse flexible polyurethane foam plant in Tunisia (TUN/FOA/23/INV/23) (UNIDO).