Contact group meeting on HCFC-related ExCom decisions, guidelines and national phase-out plans in Ohrid, Macedonia FYR, 15-16 May 2008

As part of the work programme 2008 of the Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia (ECA network), the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) convened a contact group meeting on HCFC-related policies, guidelines and preparation of national phase-out plans on 15 to 16 May 2008 in Ohrid, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The working language was English without interpretation.

The objectives of the meeting included:

- Decisions of the 54th Meeting of the Executive Committee related to HCFCs
- Guidelines for the preparation of HCFC national phase-out plans taking into account existing policies of the Multilateral Fund for HCFCs
- UNIDO's approach towards the preparation of HCFC phase-out management plans
- Timing and approach to the development of guidelines for HCFC national phase-out plans.
- Data collection for the preparation of HCFC national phase-out plans
- Concrete approach and roadmap for each country to prepare HCFC national phase-out plans including data collection.

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The participants included representatives of the National Ozone Units of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia FYR, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkmenistan and resource persons from the Multilateral Fund Secretariat, European Commission, UNIDO and UNEP.

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