Decision 64/6

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The consolidated progress report of the Multilateral Fund as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/64/9;
   2. That:
      1. Project document/agreement signatures had not been reported for 26 of the 61 approved HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs);
      2. Twenty-one countries with approved institutional strengthening projects did not have the signed project document/agreement needed to initiate project implementation and eight countries had outstanding progress and financial reports due to agencies to enable the release of funding;
      3. Co-financing had been obtained for chiller demonstration projects;
      4. Metered-dose inhaler (MDI) CFC phase-out projects were progressing but would largely be completed after 2011;
2. To urge:
   1. The respective governments of the following countries that planned to complete their refrigerant management plans, terminal phase-out management plans and national phase-out plans for CFC phase-out by 2012 to make every effort to integrate those activities into HPMPs as appropriate: Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Peru, Sri Lanka, Suriname and Yemen;
   2. Bilateral and implementing agencies to expedite the necessary signing of project documents/agreements to enable the initiation of approved HPMPs;
   3. The respective governments of the following countries whose HPMPs appeared to be at an initial stage of preparation to expedite their efforts to submit their HPMPs as soon as possible to enable the initiation of activities to facilitate compliance with the 2013 freeze and 2015 control measures for HCFC phase‑out: Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Eritrea, Haiti, Mauritania, Peru and the Philippines;
   4. The respective governments of the following countries to expedite the completion of their individual CFC phase-out investment projects that were planned to be completed after 2011:
      1. Bangladesh, China, Colombia, India (2) and Pakistan, with respect to their MDI projects;
      2. China with respect to the pharmaceutical aerosol sector project;
   5. The respective governments of the following countries with outstanding preparatory activities for ODS disposal demonstration projects to expedite the submission of their requests: Algeria, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mexico (World Bank project), Nigeria, the Philippines, and Turkey;
3. To request the Fund Secretariat:
   1. To convene a meeting with the bilateral and implementing agencies to define the exact nature, content and timing of status information to be provided in the progress reports while exploring ways to further systematize and streamline reporting on progress to the Executive Committee across the spectrum of reports;
   2. To report on meeting outcomes to the Executive Committee at its 65^th meeting;
   3. To consider in the context of its review of administrative costs to be submitted to the 65th meeting pursuant to decision 62/25(c):
      1. Whether the current administrative cost regime continued to be appropriate in light of the changing roles and portfolios of implementing agencies;
      2. Options for ensuring that the overall administrative cost ratio remained within the historical average or lower; and
4. To request bilateral and implementing agencies to indicate planned completion dates for activities completed prior to the submission of the annual progress and financial report that reflect actual project completion.