Rajendra Shende, Head of UNEP OzonAction Programme, thanks the Government of Serbia for hosting the network meeting in Belgrade. He praises the work of National Ozone Units from 12 countries in the region for achieving compliance with the Montreal Protocol's phase out schedules ahead of schedule. Shende welcomes private sector partners to a roundtable on ozone- and climate-friendly technologies, noting public-private partnerships are crucial to meeting development goals through phasing out HCFCs with maximum climate benefits. He highlights that the ECA network countries have mitigated nearly 6,000 tons of CFCs equivalent to 36 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, and phasing out HCFCs could provide an