The Executive Committee decided, in light of decision 74/53 to approve the requests for funding to conduct national surveys of ODS alternatives:
- In Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Uganda, each in the amount of US $40,000, plus agency support costs of US $3,600 for UNIDO;
- In Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Niger and Serbia, each in the amount of US $70,000, plus agency support costs of US $6,300 for UNIDO;
- In Ecuador, Oman, Tunisia and Uruguay, each in the amount of US $110,000, plus agency support costs of US $9,900 for UNIDO;
- In Argentina, Turkey and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), each in the amount of US $130,000, plus agency support costs of US $11,700 for UNIDO;
- In Chile, in the amount of US $55,000, plus agency support costs of US $4,950 for UNIDO; noting that eligible funding had been reduced by 50 per cent to account for surveys funded outside the Multilateral Fund; and
- In Mexico, in the amount of US $90,000, plus agency support costs of US $8,100 for UNIDO, noting that the funding had been approved taking into account similar surveys conducted outside the Multilateral Fund.