Following the discussion on the round-table workshop on methyl bromide, the farmer field schools in Africa, the strategy for countries with zero baselines, HCFC activities, the MDI regional awareness programmes, the global halon banking project in the 2007 and 2008 business plans, the logical framework analyses, and new CAP performance indicators, the Executive Committee decided:
- To endorse the 2006-2008 business plan of UNEP, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/9 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/48/9/Corr.1, as amended below, while noting that endorsement denoted neither approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding levels;
- To remove:
- The round-table workshop on methyl bromide in light of funding for methyl bromide already provided through the CAP on the understanding that the project might be resubmitted in a future amendment to UNEP’s work programme following in-depth coordination between UNEP, UNDP and UNIDO;
- The farmer field schools in Africa on the understanding that they might be resubmitted in a future amendment to UNEP’s work programme following in-depth coordination between UNEP, UNDP and UNIDO;
- The proposed additional activities in the strategy for countries with zero baselines;
- The MDI regional awareness programmes;
- The support for the long-term management of halon banks;
- To withdraw the HCFC activities from the 2006-2008 business plans for UNEP with the understanding that those activities would be considered at the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2008 provided that:
- The compliance priorities of Article 5 countries for the triennium had been addressed and there were enough funds remaining from the prioritized activities;
- The proposed HCFC surveys were in accordance with Executive Committee guidance based on lessons learned from the approved UNDP surveys and Germany’s study in China; and
- When considering the allocation of the funds remaining for HCFC activities, the Executive Committee would take into account the level of funding approved by decision XVII/40 of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties;
- To request UNEP to implement decision 33/3, paragraph (b)(i), and to provide logical framework analyses with measurable results in advance of, and as an input to, the preparation of its annual business plans;
- To replace the performance indicators agreed in decision 41/93 for the CAP with the following indicators, data, methods of assessment and 2006 targets:
| Performance indicator | Data | Assessment | 2006 target |
| Efficient follow-up to regional network/thematic meetings | ● List of recommendations emanating from 2006 regional network/thematic meetings. ● Agendas of network/thematic meetings and meeting evaluation questionnaires | ● Implementation rate of those meeting recommendations that are to be implemented in 2006. ● Relevance of topics and their presentation at network/thematic meetings as evaluated by participants | ● 100% implementation ● High score of relevance and presentation |
| Effective support to National Ozone Units (NOUs) in their work, particularly guidance to new NOUs, including support to the development and introduction of import/export licensing systems covering all controlled substances, including management and enforcement | ● List of innovative ways/means/products/services for supporting NOUs in their work, with specification of those destined for new NOUs. ● List of import/export licensing systems in Article 5 countries | ● Number of innovative ways/means/products/services for supporting NOUs in their work, with specification of those destined for new NOUs. ● Overview of the status of import/export licensing systems in Article 5 countries | ● 10 such ways/means/products/ services. ● Qualitative description of the progress made in the development and enforcement of import/export licensing systems covering all controlled substances, including management and enforcement |
| Assistance to countries in actual or potential non-compliance (according to decisions of the Meeting of the Parties and/or as per reported Article 7 data and trends analysis) | List of countries in actual or potential non-compliance that received CAP assistance outside network meetings | Number of countries in actual or potential non‑compliance that received CAP assistance outside network meetings and results of this assistance (e.g. return to compliance, country prepared action plan, action plan approved by the Meeting of the Parties, Article 7 data reported on time) | All such countries received assistance leading to evident results |
| Innovation in production and delivery of global and regional information products and services | List of global and regional information products and services destined for new target audiences or that reach existing target audiences in new ways | Number of global and regional information products and services destined for new target audiences or that reach existing target audiences in new ways | 10 such products and services |
| Close cooperation between CAP regional teams and bilateral and multilateral implementing agencies working in the region | List of joint missions/undertakings of CAP regional staff with implementing agencies and bilateral agencies | Number of joint missions/undertakings and achieved results (e.g. agreements reached, problems solved, assistance provided) | 5 joint missions/undertakings with substantive outcomes in each region |
- To approve the performance indicators for UNEP, as contained in Annex III to the present report, while setting a target of 20 for the number of annual programmes of multi-year agreements to be approved and a target of 16 for the number of individual projects to be approved.