CAP Services and Activities including South-South Cooperation: 2016 Review and 2017 Plan Atul Bagai Senior Regional Coordinator, South Asia Network UNEP, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific The Annual Network Meeting of the NOOs of South Asia 23-26 May 2017 Agra, India

CAP Services CAP Service 2016 E-mail Country Mission Etc. Telephone / Skype Country Mission South-South Cooperation Etc. Meeting / Workshop CAP Service 2016 Network & Thematic Meeting Compliance monitoring Policy Support Technical Assistance Data Reporting Awareness and Information Monitoring and Control of ODS Trade NOU Capacity Building South-south Cooperation

CAP Services in 2016 Services Description Network & thematic meetings Suva joint meeting in June 2016 Compliance monitoring Reviewed compliance status with countries: DPR Korea and Mongolia Policy support Assisted countries with UNEP IS on the enforcement of HCFC licensing and/or quota systems Data reporting All countries reported data for 2015. For 2016, sent reminders, helped on-line CP reporting, reviewed A7 reports as required. Awareness and Information Provided assistance for national ozone day celebrations; Released posters developed by Philippines NOU Monitoring & control of ODS trade Facilitated the iPIC process. India joined. NOU capacity building Planned in 2017 back to back with Agra meeting

CAP Services in 2016 Services Description Technical assistance The safe adoption of new generation of refrigerants: Mongolia International Airport New international standard in the R/AC sector Certificate and license for servicing technicians: Bhutan and Maldives Green Procurement: Bhutan New partnerships on energy efficiency and climate co-benefits: GEF project in Maldives QPS use: tracking and monitoring: Iran, Sri Lanka, India Pakistan and China Recovery/recycling and reclamation of ODS: Feasibility study by Japan in Sri Lanka

CAP Services in 2017 Services Description Network & thematic meetings Annual meeting in Agra, India. Thematic meetings on border dialogue in Bangladesh and Bangkok Compliance monitoring Non-compliance risk analysis. Follow up on Plan of Action for DPR Korea Policy support Ratification of Kigali Amendment Assist with enforcement of HCFC licensing and/or quota systems Data reporting Assist with timely and accurate reporting Article 7 and CP data: 8 countries already reported Awareness and Information Assist with Regional Awareness activities Monitoring & control of ODS trade Encourage use of iPIC NOU capacity building Training of new Ozone staff: Agra meeting

CAP Services in 2017 Services Description Technical assistance Assist with RAC Training on flammable refrigerants, Certification System Assist with standards Provide policy support for adaptation to non-ODS alternatives in RAC sector Support the NOU and industry to get better understanding of flammable refrigerants based room air conditioner. Assist technical college on the establishment of national good practices training programmes and certification system. Work with Daikin and Godrej on training on flammable refrigerants

Proposed South-south Cooperation - 2017 Countries Venue Tentative date Technician and Customs Training in Pakistan Philippines and Sri Lanka Pakistan 13-17 February and 13-15 and 16-18 March 2017 completed Iran NOO Visit to India India and Iran New Delhi and Pune 23-27 February 2017 (Postponed) Capacity building of new Ozone Officers from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Korea DPR, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan NOU Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, China Agra, India 23-26 May 2017 1. Visit of Maldives customs and technicians to Sri Lanka for ASYCUDA work and visit to reclamation center 2. Visit of Australian expert on certification to Maldives Sri Lanka and Maldives   Australia and Maldives Colombo, Sri Lanka Male, Maldives 27-28 April 2017 Maybe now with India Thematic meeting on Standards formulation for Ozone Officers and Standards officers from Bangladesh, India, Iran, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Thailand 10-11 July 2017 Border dialogue on ODS border trade Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal Chittagong, Bangladesh Third quarter 2017 Workshop on pre-blended polyol uses and its alternatives China, India, Bangladesh Dhaka Third Quarter 2017 Assistance to Halon Bank in Iran from Indonesia Iran and Indonesia Teheran, Iran Afghanistan, Iran & Pakistan Bangkok, Thailand Last Quarter 2017

Other South-south Cooperation activities to be Explored SA study tour on RAC technician certification system SA regional training of master trainers for flammable refrigerant to strengthen capacity of national master trainer to safely adopt low GWP alternatives: China or India

Ozone and climate: Restored by a world united Working towards reducing global-warming HFCs under the Montreal Protocol Thank you!