Decision 70/9

70th Meeting of the Executive Committee
July 2013
Angola | Barbados | Belize | Bhutan | Brazil | Brunei Darussalam | Chile | Colombia | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Egypt | El Salvador | Georgia | Guyana | Haiti | India | Indonesia | Jamaica | Malaysia | Maldives | Mexico | Nepal | Pakistan | Panama | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Sri Lanka | Trinidad and Tobago
UNDP
UNDP progress reports

The Executive Committee decided:

  1. To note:
    1. UNDP’s progress report contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/70/12;
    2. That significant balances had remained for one project for CFC activities as at the end of 2012;
    3. That the cumulative fund balance was estimated to be US $410,062 for the four refrigerant management plan (RMP) activities in Barbados (BAR/REF/43/TAS/12), Brunei Darussalam (BRU/REF/44/TAS/10), Maldives (MDV/REF/38/TAS/05) and Sri Lanka (SRL/REF/32/TAS/15) approved up to the end of 2012;
    4. That UNDP would report to the 71st meeting on up to two projects with implementation delays, including two projects that had been classified as such in 2011;
  2. To request:
    1. The submission of additional status reports to the 71st meeting to monitor:
      1. The zero level of disbursement and the equipment procurement process in the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for Belize, approved over one year previously;
      2. The zero level of disbursement and the signature of the agreement with the enterprises for the HPMP for India, approved over one year previously;
      3. The zero level of disbursement and the signature of the project document/letter of agreement for the HPMPs for Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Nepal, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, approved over one year previously;
      4. The signature of the project document and progress in implementation of the institutional strengthening project in Brazil (BRA/SEV/66/INS/297);
      5. The balance of funds for the RMP activities in Barbados (BAR/REF/43/TAS/12), Brunei Darussalam (BRU/REF/44/TAS/10) Maldives (MDV/REF/38/TAS/05) and Sri Lanka (SRL/REF/32/TAS/15);
      6. The progress in project implementation and the rates of disbursement of approved funds for the halon projects in the Dominican Republic (DOM/HAL/51/TAS/39) and Chile (CHI/HAL/51/TAS/164);
      7. Progress on the ODS disposal preparation activities in Brazil (BRA/DES/57/PRP/288), and India (IND/DES/61/PRP/437), if the project was not submitted to the 71st meeting;
      8. The low rates of disbursement of approved funds and the return of the initial payment of US $55,000 under the agreement with Zafa under the metered-dose inhaler (MDI) conversion project in Pakistan (PAK/ARS/56/INV/71);
    2. The submission of additional status reports to the 71st meeting on the HPMPs approved for Bhutan, El Salvador, Georgia and Maldives over one year previously and for which no disbursement had been recorded;
    3. The submission of additional status reports to the 71st meeting to monitor the following projects due to low rates of disbursement of approved funds:
      1. The terminal phase-out management plan (TPMP) for Haiti (HAI/PHA/58/INV/14);
      2. The HPMPs for Angola, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago; and
      3. The chiller projects in Brazil (BRA/REF/47/DEM/275) and Colombia (COL/REF/47/DEM/65).