Having considered the comments and recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/4, para. 28), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note UNEP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/37/14;
(b) To request UNEP to provide additional status reports to the 38th meeting of the Executive Committee on the institutional strengthening projects with slow implementation in: Bahamas, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo DR, Dominica, Grenada, Lesotho, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tanzania. In addition, to note with concern that institutional strengthening projects in the following countries are classified for the second year with slow implementation: Central African Republic, Dominica, Mozambique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tanzania and for the third year for Bahamas, Botswana, Papua New Guinea, and St. Kitts and Nevis;
(c) To note that through May 2001, UNEP had 16 projects that it had classified as completed for over one year with remaining balances totalling US $323,040;
(d) To note that UNEP has 24 projects classified with implementation delays, including 16 projects that were so classified the previous year, and that a report on these projects should be submitted to the 38th meeting;
(e) To cancel the project“Development of regional halon banking management plan for the Latin American region (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia and Peru)” (LAC/HAL/29/PRP/34), and request that a new project be submitted in accordance with the established precedents for regional halon banking projects;
(f) To note that the project“Update Technology Sourcebooks and quality review updated material” (GLO/SEV/16/TAS/76) would be printed in September 2002;
(g) To note that the project“Training modules on management of ODS phase-out in SMEs” (GLO/SEV/19/TAS/112) would be completed in June 2003 as planned, in accordance with Decision 34/3(i);
(h) To note that the project“Develop fact sheet describing win-win technology options relative to Kyoto and Montreal Protocols” (GLO/SEV/27/TAS/182) had already been printed.