Decision 86/8

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note:
   1. The evaluation of the performance of implementing agencies against their 2019 business plans, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/86/9;
   2. That all implementing agencies had a quantitative assessment of their performance for 2019 of at least 83 on a scale of 100;
   3. That the trend analysis indicated that performance of implementing agencies had not improved in some indicators in 2019 in relation to 2018;
   4. With appreciation, the efforts undertaken by bilateral and implementing agencies to have open and constructive discussions with the respective national ozone units (NOUs) about the areas in which their services were perceived to be less than satisfactory, and the satisfactory outcome of their consultations with the NOUs concerned;
2. To request UNIDO to have an open and constructive discussion with the NOU in Iraq, to resolve any issues raised in the evaluation of its performance and to report to the 87^th meeting on the outcome of the discussion; and
3. To encourage NOUs to submit, on a yearly basis and in a timely manner, their assessments of the qualitative performance of the bilateral and implementing agencies in assisting their governments, noting, with appreciation, that 78 out of the 144 countries had submitted such assessments for 2019, as compared to 71 for 2018.