Having considered the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Project Review (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/33/17, paras. 91 and 92), the Executive Committee decided that:
(a) National customs training for each country should continue to be funded. However, UNEP should look for opportunities to implement regional and subregional customs training as a cost effective substitute for national customs training, wherever appropriate, and should look for opportunities to make use of existing regional customs training facilities;
(b) In order to reach the large number of customs officers, in the countries concerned in a cost effective manner, national customs training should be through the“train the trainers” approach and be followed by training of customs officers by trainers;
(c) For demonstration purposes, additional subregional or regional training programmes might be considered for funding where regional trading blocs or trading agreements containing relevant regulatory mechanisms were in place, and after the results of already approved regional and subregional training programmes had been presented to the Executive Committee for review;
(d) Regional and subregional customs training activities and the regional ozone officers networks should be used to conduct outreach to representatives of regional trading blocs and customs associations with a view to encouraging the formation of informal networks for information dissemination and data management.