Decision 68/3

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The report on the status of the 2012-2014 business plans and tranche submission delays as contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/68/5 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/68/5/Add.1;
   2. The information on tranche submission delays under multi-year agreements (MYAs) submitted to the Secretariat by UNDP and UNEP;
   3. That 23 out of 26 tranches of MYAs due for submission had been submitted on time to the 68^th meeting;
   4. The reports provided by UNEP and the World Bank on their discussions with countries on the 2011 business plan’s qualitative performance evaluations;
2. To request:
   1. UNEP to report to the 69^th meeting on the action taken for projects in Haiti to improve training components and fund transfer and to provide sufficient technical advice for technology decision-making;
   2. The bilateral and implementing agencies to address in their 2013-2015 business plans those activities not submitted in 2012 as planned, as contained in Annexes IV and V to the present report;
   3. The Secretariat:
      1. Through its coordination meeting with bilateral and implementing agencies to adjust all new activities in the 2013-2015 business plans for 2013 and 2014 to the budget allocation for the 2012-2014 triennium and for up to an allocation of US $150 million for all activities in 2015, for planning purposes;
      2. To send letters to the Governments of Angola and Chile to urge the submission of the second tranche of their HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) to the 69^th meeting; and
   4. The Secretariat and bilateral and implementing agencies to take into account the planned commitments and standard activities in business planning for new activities in 2015, assuming continued Compliance Assistance Programme, institutional strengthening, core unit and project preparation for HPMPs at current rates, with growth as allowed by existing decisions, for planning purposes.