Decision 68/8

After hearing the report of the contact group, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To take note of the information provided in the desk study on the evaluation of chiller projects as presented in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/68/10 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/68/10/Add.1;
2. To consider at its 71^st meeting the need for a field evaluation of chiller projects in the context of the proposed 2014 monitoring and evaluation work programme;
3. To request the Secretariat to prepare annually a report on the progress of ongoing chiller projects, highlighting key progress in implementation of activities, any further information on co-financing arrangements, information on ODS replaced and any energy efficiency gains achieved through chiller conversions, with the first annual report to be presented to the Executive Committee at its 71^st meeting; and
4. To request the implementing agencies to provide timely information to the Secretariat on the progress of chiller projects in order to enable it to prepare the annual reports requested under paragraph (c) above. This information could be provided in the context of the annual progress reports.