Decision 92/21

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note that the relevant bilateral and implementing agencies had included in their 2023 work programmes, as submitted to the 92^nd meeting, requests for funding for the verification reports for stage I or stage II of the HCFC phase-out management plans (HPMPs) for Benin, Bhutan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Liberia, Namibia, the Niger, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands and Tonga;
2. To consider the requests for funding associated with the verifications mentioned in subparagraph (a) above in the context of bilateral cooperation and work programmes submitted by the relevant bilateral and implementing agencies under agenda item 9(d), on projects recommended for individual consideration; and
3. To request the Secretariat, in line with decision 61/46, to select, from the 92^nd meeting onwards, in consultation with the bilateral and implementing agencies, a sample of 20 per cent of the low-volume-consuming countries with ongoing HPMPs for the purpose of verifying those countries’ compliance with their HPMP Agreements between the country’s Government and the Executive Committee, and to request the bilateral and implementing agencies acting as lead agencies for the respective Agreements to include the related costs of verification in their work programmes submitted at the same meeting.