GF/B11/DP12
Approved by the Board on: 29 September 2005
Phase 2 Task Force
Decision Point 1:
The Board endorses the recommendations of the Phase 2 Task Force (contained in GF/B11/10) with regard to the process to be followed for Phase 2 "no go" recommendations by the Secretariat, currently set forth in the "Phase 2 Decision Making Policies and Procedures" (Annex 6 to GF/B10/8), as amended. Specifically, it decides in principle that the following steps shall be introduced into the Phase 2 procedure once the recommendations referenced in Decision Point 2 below have been approved by the Board at its 12th Meeting:
- a) Where the Secretariat would otherwise issue a "no go" recommendation with respect to a grant, it shall give notice of that intention and the reasons for it to the relevant CCM, and allow that CCM four weeks to comment on the information submitted to it by the Secretariat, which shall consider it before submitting a recommendation to the Board.
- b) In the event that (i) the Board rejects a first Secretariat "no go" recommendation, (ii) the Secretariat issues a second "no go" recommendation to the Board and (iii) the Board rejects the Secretariat's second "no go" recommendation, the matter shall be referred to an independent panel which shall assess the specific areas where the Board and the Secretariat differ on their assessment of the grant and report its conclusions to the Board.
The budgetary implications for this decision are approximately USD 120,000 (depending on the composition and functioning of the independent panels).
Decision Point 2:
In anticipation of a full review of the Phase 2 policies and procedures in 2006, the Board requests the Portfolio Committee to make recommendations with respect to the composition and functioning of the independent panels that are referred to in Decision Point 1 above, and to present amended Phase 2 Policies and Procedures reflecting the process described in Decision Point 1 to the Board for approval at its 12th Meeting.
Budgetary Implications
The budgetary implications for this decision are approximately USD 120,000 (depending on the composition and functioning of the independent panels).