Decision 93/8

December 2023
Dominican Republic
UNDP | UNIDO | World Bank
Evaluation of the implementation of the business plans | Performance indicators

The Executive Committee decided

  1. To note: 
    1. The evaluation of the performance of implementing agencies against their 2022 business plans and the revised set of performance indicators for the implementing agencies, as contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/93/9
    2. That all implementing agencies had a quantitative assessment of their performance for 2022 of at least 86 on a scale of 100; 
    3. That trend analysis indicated that the performance of implementing agencies had not improved for some indicators in 2022 compared with 2021; 
    4. That quantitative performance in 2022 had improved for two implementing agencies (UNIDO and the World Bank) compared with 2021; 
    5. 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 that the outcome of their consultations with the NOUs concerned had also been satisfactory; 
  2. To request UNDP to have open and constructive discussions with the NOU of the Dominican Republic to resolve any issues raised in the evaluation of the performance of UNDP and to report to the 94th meeting on the outcome of the discussions; 
  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 assisting their governments, noting that 80 out of the 144 countries had submitted such assessments for 2022, compared with 75 in 2021; and 
  4. To modify the performance indicators established in decision 71/28, as follows, noting that the new performance indicators would apply as of the 2025–2027 business plans:
* The targets of an agency will be reduced if it cannot submit a tranche owing to another cooperating agency or lead agency or if the HCFC phase-out management plan or Kigali HFC implementation plan submitted for consideration by the Executive Committee is not approved as a result of factors beyond the control of the national ozone unit and agency.  
** The targets of an agency will be reduced if an extension of the completion date has been approved by the Executive Committee.
Type of indicatorShort titleCalculationWeighting
Planning-ApprovalTranches approvedNumber of tranches approved vs. those planned*10
Planning-ApprovalIndividual projects/activities approvedNumber of projects/activities approved vs. those planned (including project preparation activities)10
Planning-Approval Subtotal 20
ImplementationFunds disbursed Based on estimated disbursement in progress reports15
ImplementationODS phase-out for HCFC-related projectsODS phase-out for HCFC-related projects in ODP tonnes vs. those planned per progress reports10
ImplementationHFC phase-down for HFC-related projectsHFC phase-down for HFC-related projects in CO2-eq tonnes vs. those planned per progress reports10
ImplementationProject operational completionProject operational completion vs. planned in progress reports for all activities (excluding project preparation)**15
ImplementationGender mainstreamingOperational policy on gender mainstreaming applied to all approved projects10
Implementation Subtotal 60
AdministrativeSpeed of financial completionThe extent to which projects are financially completed within 12 months after project operational completion10
AdministrativeTimely submission of project completion reportsTimely submission of project completion reports based on the progress report5
AdministrativeTimely submission of progress reports and business plansTimely submission of progress reports and business plans and responses unless otherwise agreed5
Administrative Subtotal 20
  Total100