Decision 88/1

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note, with appreciation, the report on Secretariat activities contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/88/2; 

   Audit of the Multilateral Fund by the Office of Internal Oversight Services

2. To note the report entitled Audit by the United Nations Environment Programme Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (Assignment No. AA2021-220?01), conducted by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and attached to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/88/2/Add.1;
3. To note that the Fund Secretariat and the Treasurer had taken specific action to address the six recommendations contained in the report mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above;
4. To request the Fund Secretariat, the Treasurer and the bilateral and implementing agencies to complete implementation of the recommendations made by OIOS and to include information in that regard in relevant meeting documents;

5. To request the Fund Secretariat to communicate to OIOS, through the Executive Director of UNEP, that the Executive Committee had noted the recommendations contained in the OIOS report and the actions that the Fund Secretariat and the Treasurer had taken, and the bilateral and implementing agencies would take, to address them and that the Committee would give further consideration to the recommendations relating to gender-mainstreaming, project implementation delays and project completion and reporting under relevant agenda items at the first regular meeting of the Executive Committee in 2022; 

   Assessment of the Multilateral Fund by the Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network

6. To note the report on the five key areas of improvement identified in the 2019 Assessment of the Multilateral Fund by the Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/88/2/Add.2; and
7. To defer to the 89th meeting consideration of the report mentioned is sub-paragraph (f) above.