43rd Meeting - Geneva, 5-9 July 2004

Document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/43/11:  contains the progress report on activities implemented under bilateral cooperation by: Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden and United Kingdom.

• Progress reports that were not received from Finland, France, Japan and Switzerland;
• UNEP’s responsibility for progress reporting on bilateral requests from the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Slovak Republic;
• Request to UNDP to return balances from the cancelled project in Bolivia under Belgian implementation; and
• Additional monitoring for projects not subject to procedures for project cancellation.

6. Monitor the following projects as projects with implementation delays and note their slow progress:

(a) Recovery and recycling project in Chile (CHI/REF/35/TAS/19);
(b) Assistance in the design of policies and regulations in St. Kitts and Nevis (STK/REF/24/TAS/04) under Canadian implementation; and
(c) National recovery and recycling project in Egypt (EGY/REF/29/TAS/75) under German implementation.

The Executive Committee may wish to:

1. Note with appreciation the progress reports submitted by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and the information provided by Belgium, Israel and Poland.

2. Request the Governments of Finland, France, Japan and Switzerland to provide their progress reports to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee. 

3. Request UNEP to provide progress reports pursuant to Decision 39/18 in the context of project with implementation delays and completed projects with balances to the 44th Meeting.

4. Request the Governments of Canada, France, and Germany to provide reports on the projects with implementation delays to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee. 

5. Request UNDP to provide to the 44th Meeting of the Executive Committee a report on the level of funds returned for the cancelled project Quimica Andina foam project in Bolivia (BOL/FOA/28/INV/10) on behalf of the Government of Belgium and in the context of the balances report.