Having considered the comments and recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/6, paragraphs 23 to 25), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To note that UNEP agreed to withdraw the following activities from its business plan:
(i) Technical assistance component to promote local trichoderma production as a methyl bromide alternative in Kenya;
(ii) Regional workshop on technology transfer for local assembly of mobile recovery and recycling equipment adapted to local needs, proposed and to be hosted by Uruguay;
(iii) Regional workshop on CTC alternatives, proposed and to be hosted by Uruguay;
(b) Also to note that UNEP agreed to re-phase the following activity in line with its 2004 business plan:
- Capacity-building to enable building owners/managers to take informed decisions concerning the replacement of chillers in Uruguay, pending a decision of the meeting of the Parties on chillers;
(c) To endorse the 2003 business plan of UNEP contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11/Corr.1, as modified above, while noting that endorsement did not denote approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels with the modifications noted for the following activities:
(i) Customs and policy training implementation in India, provided it was not presented as a stand-alone project but rather as a project in coordination with other bilateral and implementing agencies working in the sector;
(ii) Training and awareness component of refrigeration air conditioning (RAC) servicing sector strategy implementation in India, provided it was not presented as a stand-alone project but rather as a project in coordination with other bilateral and implementing agencies working in the sector;
(iii) Implementation of the non-investment component of the national compliance assistance programme (NCAP) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, pending presentation of the country’s terminal phase-out plan; and
(iv) Implementation of the non-investment component of the NCAP in Sri Lanka would be re-phased to the 2004 or 2005 business plan pending a decision of the Executive Committee on funding for projects to maintain momentum or accelerate phase-out;
(d) To approve the performance indicators for UNEP set out in Table 1 of the Secretariat’s comments contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11/Corr.1 and set a phase-out target for non-investment projects of 17 ODP tonnes (Annex III to the present report);
(e) Also to approve the performance indicators unique to UNEP set out in Table 2 of the Secretariat’s comments contained in UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/39/11/Corr.1 (Annex III to the present report).