Decision 47/26

47th Meeting of the Executive Committee
November 2005
Africa | Brazil | Colombia | Cuba | Europe | Global | Syrian Arab Republic | China | Croatia | Dominican Republic | India | Indonesia | Jamaica | Jordan | Malaysia | North Macedonia | Philippines | Romania | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia
CAN | UNDP | UNEP | UNIDO | World Bank
Projects approved / deferred / transferred

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note with appreciation the work performed by the agencies and the Secretariat between the 46th and 47th Meetings for the preparation and evaluation of chiller demonstration project proposals;
  2. To approve the following chiller demonstration projects, on the understanding that the external resources associated with the proposal were to be used only for activities considered to be part of the project costs as indicated in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/47/21:
    1. For Brazil, at the amount of US $1,000,000 plus support costs of US $75,000 for UNDP, with external resources of US $252,000, to replace at least 12 chillers in the country;
    2. For the Caribbean Region, specifically the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, at the amount of US $1,000,000 plus support costs of US $75,000 for UNDP, with external resources of US $690,000, to replace at least 14 chillers in the region;
    3. For Colombia, at the amount of US $1,000,000 plus support costs of US $75,000 for UNDP, with external resources of US $705,000, to replace at least 13 chillers in the country;
    4. For Cuba, with UNDP as lead agency, at the amount of US $787,482 plus support costs of US $59,061 and US $196,871, and support costs of US $25,593 for the Government of Canada, with external resources of US $410,125, to replace at least seven chillers in the country and to convert a further five chillers;
    5. For the East European region, specifically Croatia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania as well as Serbia and Montenegro, at the amount of US $1,069,074 plus support costs of US $80,181 for UNIDO, with external resources of US $416,175, to replace at least 12 chillers in the region;
    6. For the Syrian Arab Republic, at the amount of US $585,961 plus support costs of US $43,947 for UNIDO, with external resources of US $27,195, to replace at least three chillers in the country and to convert at least a further four chillers; and
    7. For the global chiller replacement project, at a level of US $6,884,612 plus support costs of US $516,346 for the World Bank, on the condition that implementation of the programme would include activities in China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Philippines and Tunisia, with external resources of US $13,769,224, to replace at least 150 chillers;
  3. To set aside for future projects in the region of Africa a total of US $2,000,000 plus support costs to be recorded as uncommitted obligations from the 2005 business plan, on the understanding that:
    1. The non-investment component would be capped at a level of 10 per cent of the project costs for projects relating to one country and at a level of 15 per cent for regional projects;
    2. The submission of project proposals for the funding of chiller retrofits was allowed, provided that the existing compressor was being replaced with a compressor of greater efficiency and the chiller to be retrofitted was less than 15 years old, the total investment including counterpart funding remained below US $45,000 per retrofit, and the savings were calculated on the basis of the application of the established discount rate for 2.5 years;
    3. The project proposals should make use of external resources such as national programmes, Global Environment Facility funding or other sources to the extent possible and should as a minimum provide external resources for 5 per cent of the project costs; and
    4. Any funds remaining in the funding window after approval of projects for Africa at the 48th Meeting would be rolled into the World Bank’s global chiller replacement project, on the understanding that those additional resources would be used with priority for projects in Africa;
  4. To request UNEP, in line with decision 46/33, to prepare an amended project proposal to disseminate experience gained in the chiller demonstration projects on a global level, in particular for the benefit of those countries not participating in the demonstration projects, in collaboration with the implementing and bilateral agencies involved. The proposal was not to exceed the total of US $200,000 plus support costs and should be submitted to the Secretariat at the latest eight weeks prior to the 48th Meeting of the Executive Committee;
  5. That disbursement of the amounts approved under sub-paragraphs (b)(i) to (vii) above was dependent upon the availability of external resources as specified in the respective sub-paragraphs, to be confirmed by the Secretariat based on the advice from the agency that external funding had been secured. The ratio between the maximum amount of Multilateral Fund resources that could be disbursed and the external resources confirmed by the Secretariat should be equal to the ratio between the amount approved and the corresponding amount of associated external resources as indicated in the respective sub-paragraphs;
  6. To request all implementing and bilateral agencies involved to inform the Secretariat on an annual basis, in time for the last Meeting of the Executive Committee in every year of project implementation, as well as in the year of completion, on progress in terms of implementation, main experiences and additional external resources acquired for the chiller phase-out and major market transformations observed; and
  7. That no further funding for chiller replacement would be approved by the Executive Committee.