Decision 40/9

40th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2003
China | Costa Rica | Côte d'Ivoire | Egypt | Ghana | Jordan | Kenya | Lebanon | Madagascar | Malaysia | Mali | Mauritania | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Senegal | Syrian Arab Republic | Thailand | Viet Nam
AUS | BEL | CAN | FIN | FRA | DEU | ISR | ITA | JPN | POL | SWE | CHE | UK | World Bank
Bilateral agencies progress reports

Having considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/40/7, paragraph 28), the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To take note with appreciation of the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom;
  2. To request the Government of Finland to provide its progress report to the 41st Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  3. To note that prior to the 40th Meeting the Treasurer had made adjustments to the total net value of bilateral contributions of Australia and Canada (US $1,208,219 and US $6,448,438, respectively), based on the data submitted in their progress reports that were consistent with the data in the Secretariat’s Inventory of Approved Projects;
  4. To request the Governments of Belgium, Canada, France, Germany and Japan to provide reports on projects with implementation delays to the 41st Meeting;
  5. To set the milestone of initiation of field trials to demonstrate alternatives to methyl bromide in grain storage by 15 September 2003 for the methyl bromide demonstration programme in Kenya (KEN/FUM/26/DEM/20), implemented by Canada;
  6. To monitor the following projects as projects with implementation delays and note their slow progress:
    1. assistance in the design of policies and regulations in Saint Kitts and Nevis (STK/REF/24/TAS/04), implemented by Canada; and
    2. customs training project in Viet Nam (VIE/REF/34/TAS/37), implemented by Poland;
  7. To offset US $125,665 in project savings against future approvals of the Government of France for bilateral cooperation as indicated below:
    1. US $19,257 from project preparation for phase-out of methyl bromide used in grain fumigation in Costa Rica (COS/FUM/29/PRP/21);
    2. US $5,121 from technical assistance in air-conditioning in Ghana (GHA/REF/27/TAS/11);
    3. US $2,381 from documentary on traffic in secondhand refrigerators in Côte d’Ivoire (IVC/REF/27/TAS/14);
    4. US $31,575 from technical assistance in air-conditioning in Jordan (JOR/REF/27/TAS/46);
    5. US $495 from project preparation and technical assistance in Lebanon (LEB/FOA/19/TAS/07);
    6. US $235 from conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible moulded foam at Meuble Mode Sarl in Lebanon (LEB/FOA/20/INV/10);
    7. US $7,224 from conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible foam (slabstock) at Plastiflex Sarl in Lebanon (LEB/FOA/20/INV/12);
    8. US $950 from conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible foam (slabstock) at Merza Foam Sarl in Lebanon (LEB/FOA/20/INV/13);
    9. US $2,258 from conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible foam (slabstock) at Fomaco Sarl in Lebanon (LEB/FOA/20/INV/15);
    10. US $13,443 from conversion of commercial refrigeration production facilities in Lebanon (LEB/REF/23/INV/22);
    11. US $3,019 from country programme preparation in Madagascar (MAG/SEV/21/CPG/01);
    12. US $4,538 from no clean process improvement training for electronic assemblers who phased out CFC-113 in Malaysia (MAL/SOL/22/TRA/97);
    13. US $12,891 from institutional strengthening in Mauritania (MAU/SEV/14/INS/02);
    14. US $544 from training and awareness of personnel involved in the task of codifying and identifying ODS and ODS-containing material in Mauritania (MAU/SEV/14/TRA/03);
    15. US $1,000 from project preparation in the foam sector in Mali (MLI/FOA/25/PRP/04);
    16. US $248 from project preparation for projects in the hotel and fisheries industries and recycling in Senegal (SEN/REF/19/PRP/06);
    17. US $8,828 from project preparation in commercial refrigeration in the Syrian Arab Republic (SYR/REF/26/PRP/35);
    18. US $4,018 from project preparation in the air-conditioning sector in the Syrian Arab Republic (SYR/REF/26/TAS/37);
    19. US $2,140 from no clean process improvement training for electronic assemblers in Thailand (THA/SOL/29/TRA/124); and
    20. US $5,500 from technical assistance on alternative technologies for cold storage in Viet Nam (VIE/REF/20/TAS/12);
  8. To request the Treasurer to modify the total amount of France’s bilateral assistance up to the end of the 39th Meeting to US $8,592,195 based on the data submitted in France’s progress report that were consistent with the data in the Secretariat’s Inventory of Approved Projects;
  9. To note the transfer of funds from France for the technical assistance project on air‑conditioning in Jordan (JOR/REF/27/TAS/46) to the World Bank;
  10. To allow the implementing and bilateral agencies to redeploy savings from RMP subprojects to other RMP subprojects, with the agreement of the country concerned;
  11. To offset US $81,000 against future approvals of the Government of Germany for bilateral cooperation from the methyl bromide project in Egypt (EGY/FUM/26/DEM/69);
  12. To request the Treasurer to modify the total amount of Germany’s bilateral assistance up to the end of the 39th Meeting to US $21,254,824, based on the data submitted in Germany’s progress report that were consistent with the data in the Secretariat’s Inventory of Approved Projects; and
  13. Also to request the Government of Japan to report to the 41st Meeting on project preparation in the solvent sector in China (CPR/SOL/29/PRP/307) in the context of completed projects with balances.