Board Decisions

GF/B09/DP13

Approved by the Board on: 19 November 2004


Phase 2 Funding

Decision Point 1:

The Board revokes, until the Thirteenth Board meeting, Decision 3* of Agenda Item 5 of the Seventh Board Meeting (reference GF/B8/2), and decides that Phase 2 decisions shall be made by the Board in accordance with the processes and subject to the policies set out in Annex 3 to Board Document GF/B9/8. 

The Board approves, until the Thirteenth Board meeting, the amendments to the Bylaws and Board Operating Procedures set out in Annex 4 to Board Document GF/B9/8.

Budgetary implications for this decision point:

The additional cost of this decision point is estimated at US$140,000, reflecting assumptions around the need for a) some level of periodic Fund Portfolio Manager effort to work with CCMs and grant recipients to answer questions and provide clarifications to the Board in response to situations where the Board does not endorse Secretariat recommendations for Phase 2 funding; and b) costs incurred to handle the communications protocol described above, including the development of the web pages to hold the Phase 2 materials, the compilation and posting of all materials in a timely manner, and the correspondence with Board constituencies as required by the process.

Decision Point 2:

The Board approves, at the final Board Meeting of each year, a maximum amount for Phase 2 commitments during the next calendar year; and

The Board asks the Secretariat to report back to the Board at every Board Meeting on the Phase 2 decisions taken since the previous Board Meeting, including the cumulative amount approved to date in the current calendar year.

There are no material budgetary implications for this decision point. 


Budgetary Implications

The additional cost of this decision point is estimated at US$140,000, reflecting assumptions around the need for a) some level of periodic Fund Portfolio Manager effort to work with CCMs and grant recipients to answer questions and provide clarifications to the Board in response to situations where the Board does not endorse Secretariat recommendations for Phase 2 funding; and b) costs incurred to handle the communications protocol described above, including the development of the web pages to hold the Phase 2 materials, the compilation and posting of all materials in a timely manner, and the correspondence with Board constituencies as required by the process.

Notes

* Listed in this database under Decision Reference number GF/B07/DP5.