Having considered the proposed work programme and work plan on monitoring and evaluation of the Multilateral Fund for a twelve-month period between 1997-1998 (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/SC-MEF/2 and Corr.1 and Add.1) and having noted the recommendations of the Sub-Committee (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/5, paras. 33-38), the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To adopt deliverables 1, 2, 4 and 5 as contained in Annex III to the present report [document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1], noting that one of the milestones for monitoring in deliverable 5 should be the date of dismantling or destruction of equipment;
(b) To adopt outputs 1-4 as contained in Annex III to the present report [document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1];
(c) To request the Secretariat to take the outputs up in sequence, reversing the order of outputs 2 and 3;
(d) To request the Secretariat to submit output 1 to the next meeting of the Sub-Committee for review of the evaluation questions to be used for the subsequent evaluations, bearing in mind the requirements of Action 1 under decision VII/22 of the Seventh Meeting of the Parties (UNEP/OzL.Pro.7/12, annex V);
(e) That output 4 should focus on a limited number of specific activities, namely training activities, and institutional strengthening;
(f) That evaluations should include the question of disbursements and also the role of the various actors in the monitoring system;
(g) That the evaluations, which were part of the whole monitoring and evaluation process now in place, should review the involvement of all stakeholders in working towards the Fund’s objectives;
(h) That the modest strengthening of the Secretariat approved by the Executive Committee in Decision 21/36 should be sufficient to enable the Secretariat to perform monitoring and evaluation on a continuous basis, through the development of a monitoring and evaluation system and database, the coordination, supervision and carrying out of monitoring and evaluation studies and assignments, and the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation post within the Secretariat whose incumbent would report directly to the Sub-Committee and/or the Executive Committee and be responsible for the coordination of all monitoring and evaluation activities;
(i) To approve a budget for 12 person-months for these tasks.