After some discussion on the possible request for additional status reports on projects with slow progress, and having considered the report on the project“Policy assistance for the design and implementation of an ODS import/export licensing system for Argentina” (ARG/SEV/30/TAS/104), as requested in decision 45/12 (e), the Executive Committee decided:
- To note UNEP’s progress report and its response to decision 45/7 (c) contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/46/13;
- To monitor the following projects as projects with implementation delays and to note their slow progress:
- Development of guidelines to promote safety in aerosol conversions (GLO/ARS/39/TAS/246);
- Training modules on management of ODS phase-out in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (GLO/SEV/19/TAS/112);
- Institutional strengthening in Grenada (GRN/SEV/30/INS/02 and GRN/SEV/44/INS/07);
- Institutional strengthening in Paraguay (PAR/SEV/39/INS/13);
- RMP components in Paraguay (PAR/REF/32/TAS/06, PAR/REF/32/TAS/10 and PAR/REF/32/TRA/07);
- Institutional strengthening in Rwanda (RWA/SEV/36/INS/03 and RWA/SEV/41/INS/05);
- RMP components in Rwanda (RWA/REF/41/TAS/09, RWA/REF/41/TRA/06 and RWA/REF/41/TRA/07);
- Institutional strengthening in Cape Verde (CBI/SEV/36/INS/02);
- Monitoring of RMP activities in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LAO/REF/34/TAS/07);
- To note that UNEP had 20 projects classified with implementation delays, including five projects that had been so classified the previous year, and that a report on those projects should be submitted to the 47th Meeting; and
- To note that UNEP had reported on the project“Policy assistance for the design and implementation of an ODS import/export licensing system for Argentina” (ARG/SEV/30/TAS/104), as requested in decision 45/12 (e), and that the reallocated funds would be used for a back-up system, integrating new modules into the system and technical support.