Decision 57/9

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To endorse the planned activities for 2009 in UNEP’s 2009-2011 business plan as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/57/10, and subject to the consideration contained in sub-paragraph (c) below, while noting that endorsement denoted neither approval of projects identified therein nor their funding levels;
2. To note the planned activities for 2010 and 2011 in UNEP’s 2009-2011 business plan as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/57/10, and subject to the consideration contained in sub-paragraph (c) below;
3. With regard to the 2009-2011 business plan as a whole, to note sub-paragraph (f) in decision 57/6 with regard to HCFC refrigeration servicing demonstration project preparation;
4. To remove the regional workshops on preventing new uses of methyl bromide (MB) from UNEP’s business plan and to request UNEP to work with other implementing agencies to identify gaps in regional MB projects in Africa for consideration in future business plan activities;
5. With respect to the individual HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) requests for Pacific Island countries:
   1. To limit the total funding available for HPMP preparation to US $ 300,000 in the first instance;
   2. To request UNEP to explore with those countries the opportunities for taking a regional approach to HPMP preparation, to consult further on a regional approach to implementation, and to report to the Executive Committee on the outcomes of those consultations at the 58^th Meeting, if timing so permitted.
6. To limit UNEP to disbursing up to 50 per cent of approved project preparation costs for HPMP preparation until a partner agency capable of providing investment funding had been identified or a letter received from the country indicating that it was aware that it would not receive investment funding for its HPMP as UNEP could not provide such funding and that it would not ask UNEP to share its project preparation funds in order to develop investment components, including recovery and recycling equipment; and
7. To approve the 2009 performance indicators and targets for UNEP as contained in Annex V to the present report.