Programmes

Compliance Assistance Programme of the Montreal Protocol

Since 2002, the OzonAction Unit of the Division of Technology, Industry and Economy of the United Nations Environment Programme has reorganized its work method providing direct and focused assistance to developing countries for the compliance of their obligations under the Montreal Protocol for phasing out ozone depleting substances. The frame of this restructuring is the Compliance Assistance Programme, which works with resources approved by the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.

The Compliance Assistance Programme is especially designed to speed up the implementation of national projects and to provide quality service to developing countries with the aim of advancing in the compliance of the Montreal Protocol. This Programme has changed UNEP on its traditional project managing work in a centralized form since most of the work team is located at the Regional Offices. It is from these locations that direct assistance is provided to countries of each region in a sustained form and having greater efficiency in execution activities.

Regional Networks

The objective of the OzonAction Networks of Latin America and the Caribbean is building capacities in countries of the region and particularly, of the National Ozone Units as to facilitate the execution of national implementation programmes of the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.

The activities of the Regional Networks include: periodic meetings of member countries with special guests, regional training workshops, training of new government officers and promotion of intra-regional cooperation. The issues addressed in the meetings are proposed by its members according to the priority needs of the region, which encourage members to be actively involved and to establish a dynamic development of the meetings.

The Regional Meetings are a very important component of the Compliance Assistance Programme, having the aim of assisting countries of the region with information on ozone-friendly technologies, policies and legislation allowing the achievement and maintenance of the compliance situation with control measures of the Montreal Protocol.

In the Latin America and Caribbean region there are three Networks organized by sub-regions:

Central America, the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean and Mexico
South America
The English-Speaking Caribbean