Decision 64/11

64th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2011
Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Indonesia | Mexico | Philippines | Thailand | Tunisia
World Bank
World Bank progress reports

Following discussion of: a future report on ODS destruction in Mexico to be submitted to the Executive Committee’s 65th meeting; the reimbursement of funding in the CFC phase-out management plan in Antigua and Barbuda; the need to expedite the signing of agreements; and the need to ensure that ODS destruction projects could be implemented in a sustainable manner, in light of changes in the approach to those projects owing to the downturn in the carbon market, the Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note the World Bank’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/64/14;
  2. To request the submission of additional status reports to the 65th meeting on the following:
    1. The restructuring of the World Bank’s grant agreement with Antigua and Barbuda (ANT/PHA/44/INV/10 and ANT/PHA/61/INV/13);
    2. The reimbursement of additional purchase orders for chillers in the national phase-out plan in Argentina (ARG/PHA/47/INV/148);
    3. The procurement of recovery and recycling equipment for the national ODS phase-out plan in Tunisia (TUN/PHA/49/INV/47 and TUN/PHA/61/INV/51);
    4. The need to amend the grant agreement for the next institutional strengthening (IS) renewal and, if needed, the status of the amendment to the grant agreement for the IS project in Tunisia (TUN/SEV/55/INS/49 and TUN/SEV/61/INS/52);
    5. The purchase of ovens for the testing of a variation of the cold treatment technique for cotton and citrus crops for the methyl bromide demonstration project in Argentina (ARG/FUM/29/DEM/93);
    6. The World Bank’s global chiller project in light of the fact that low disbursement had been reported to date (GLO/REF/47/DEM/268);
    7. The ODS disposal preparatory activities in Indonesia, Mexico and Philippines (the) (IDS/DES/57/PRP/187, MEX/DES/58/PRP/143, PHI/DES/57/PRP/85);
    8. The submission of the HCFC phase-out management plans for Philippines (the) and Thailand, and the HCFC refrigeration sector plan in Philippines (the) (PHI/PHA/55/PRP/84, PHI/REF/59/PRP/88 and THA/PHA/55/PRP/151; and
  3. To note that the World Bank would report to the 65th meeting on a total of four projects with implementation delays, including one project that had been classified as such in 2009.