Decision 80/55

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve UNEP’s Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) activities and budget for 2018 in the amount of US $9,863,000, plus agency support costs of eight per cent, amounting to US $789,040, as contained in Annex XIV to the present report;
2. To request UNEP to provide:
   1. A final report to the 81^st meeting on the review of the overall structure of the CAP and its operations and regional structure in addressing emerging needs and new challenges in Article 5 countries;
   2. A final report to the 82^nd meeting on the four global activities (national ozone officer training programme, refrigerant drivers licence programme, global training programme for the refrigeration servicing sector, and ODS management in the fisheries sector) which were identified in the 2016–2018 three-year rolling strategy, providing details on the overall cost, achievements and outputs and how these had contributed to the compliance for Article 5 countries within the CAP mandate, in line with decision 75/38(c)(i);
3. To further request UNEP, in future submissions of the CAP budget, to continue:
   1. Providing detailed information on the activities for which the global funds would be used;
   2. Extending the prioritization of funding between CAP budget lines so as to accommodate changing priorities, and to provide details, pursuant to decisions 47/24 and 50/26, on the reallocations made;
   3. Reporting on the current post levels of CAP staff and informing the Executive Committee of any changes thereto, particularly with respect to any increased budget allocations; and
   4. Providing a budget for the year in question, and a report on the estimated costs incurred in the previous year, noting sub-paragraphs (c)(ii) and (c)(iii) above.