Decision 45/11

After discussing the results achieved, the issues on implementation delays, disbursement rates, reporting, monitoring and verification, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To take note of the extended desk study on the evaluation of national phase-out plans contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/45/12, including the proposed evaluation issues and approach for the second phase of the evaluation;
2. That the follow-up phase of the evaluation should continue as proposed, with the following amendments:
   1. The evaluation should take into account:
      1. The fact that in many countries, delays were caused by administrative problems which the country had to deal with by developing new processes and procedures;
      2. The cost of independent verification and the possibility of using more cost-effective alternatives;
      3. The fact that the levels of phase-out of ODS were not directly proportionate to the levels of disbursement;
   2. The evaluation report should include a section on conclusions highlighting the achievements of the national phase-out plans;
   3. The list of evaluation issues should also include the following questions:
      1. Whether the country felt that there was still a project-by-project approach when several implementing agencies were involved, or whether the national plan approach predominated;
      2. How the country-driven approach had created a stakeholder buy‑in; and
      3. Whether the sequence of activities had been implemented as planned, and if not, why not.