GF/B11/DP07
Approved by the Board on: 29 September 2005
Round 5: Report of the Technical Review Panel
Decision Point 1:
The Board notes that, as requested by the Board, the Technical Review Panel graded a sub-set of Category 2 proposals in Category 2B. This allows for a situation in which there are insufficient funds to meet the commitments required to fund all the Category 1 and 2 proposals recommended by the Technical Review Panel in Round 5. The Technical Review Panel defined Category 2B proposals as relatively weak Category 2 proposals, on grounds of technical merit and/or issues of feasibility and likelihood of effective implementation. The Technical Review Panel took no account of the applicant country's income level, nor of burden of disease nor of any factors other than technical merit and feasibility in grading a proposal as Category 2B.
Decision Point 2:
The Board requests the Portfolio Committee to take note of the lessons learned, and the issues arising out of the technical Review of Round 5 proposals as well as the recommendations of the TRP (contained in GF/B11/6) and work on these, including:
- revising the Proposal Form and Guidelines for Proposals for future rounds; and
- revising the process for screening and clarification of proposals prior to submission to the TRP with concrete recommendations for improvement and follow up for presentation at the Thirteenth Board meeting.