The National Ozone Unit (NOU) is continuing to engage suitable stakeholders in developing a project to address the issue of encouraging low carbon technologies in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector using grant funding made available to this country under the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and through the implementing agency the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Sessions were held during the period September 4-5, 2018 with the relevant stakeholders to further the Project Document which is currently being crafted and will address the following:

• Accelerating market transformation towards less energy intensive and low carbon technologies through innovative technical and economic incentives

• Developing efficiency program, evaluation and monitoring capacities

• Promoting safe handling and use of low-global warning potential (GWP) alternatives.

At the close of the sessions, participants both applauded and thanked, UNDP and the NOU for taking such an innovative and collaborative approach to the project planning process, and re affirmed their commitment to seeing this project through to successful implementation.

This was followed by another session during the period September 11-13 where the document was further refined.