Board Decisions

GF/B16/DP07

Approved by the Board on: 13 November 2007


Use of Bridge Funding as a Short-Term Measure to Address Architectural Limitations of the Rolling Continuation Channel

The Board takes note of the challenges in operationalizing the Rolling Continuation Channel ("RCC")1 as set out in the Policy and Strategy Committee document GF/PSC8/05. The Board further notes that the Policy and Strategy Committee has requested the Secretariat to analyze further and develop a Quarterly Application Schedule architecture. It is expected that such long-term architecture changes will be presented to the Board for decision at the Seventeenth Board Meeting.

As an interim measure to address the specific challenges faced in operationalizing the RCC, the Board approves the procedure for providing additional funding for affected well-performing grants for a time-limited period as set out in Annex 1 (entitled "Interim Bridge Funding for Expiring Grants") to the Report of the Policy and Strategy Committee (GF/B16/6). This interim measure shall apply for relevant grants that fail to qualify for the RCC during the period from initial implementation of the RCC until the adoption by the Board, and full operationalization by the Secretariat, of long-term architectural changes which will address such RCC implementation challenges and that would otherwise experience a funding gap as a direct result of such failure to qualify for the RCC. 


Budgetary Implications

The budgetary implications of this decision point in 2008 amount to US$ 125,000, which includes an allocation for 0.3 of a staff position.