Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To adopt the adjusted funding policies of the Multilateral Fund, based on the revised proposals prepared by the Secretariat in the revision to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/53, as amended at the 35th meeting of the Executive Committee and as contained in Annex XVI to the present report, and to emphasize (i) greater government responsibility for managing national phase out programmes, (ii) the demonstrated relevance of projects defined as a direct, and, if applicable, quantifiable linkage between the funded activities and meeting the specific Montreal Protocol control measures;
(b) To request the Secretariat to work with members of the Executive Committee, the bilateral agencies and the implementing agencies to develop draft guidelines for the preparation, implementation and management of performance-based substance-wide and national phase‑out agreements;
(c) To request the Secretariat, together with members of the Executive Committee and the implementing agencies, to review the guidelines for the funding of institutional strengthening projects in view of the adjusted Fund Policy of emphasizing greater responsibility of governments for national phase-out programmes, with the objective of linking funding of institutional strengthening projects more closely with compliance needs of countries. The review should take into consideration the results of the recently completed evaluation of the institutional strengthening projects and Decision 30/7, funding criteria, implementation modality, and the willingness of the Executive Committee to consider additional funding for institutional strengthening projects to enable Article 5 governments to assume greater responsibilities;
(d) To note the Secretariat's proposed approach to implementing Decision 33/54 as detailed in paragraph 3 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/34/53, and to request the Secretariat, as a matter of urgency, to use that approach and issues related to the implementation of Decision 33/54 raised by Executive Committee members prior to the 36th meeting, including those in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/35/60, Annex I, as a basis for preparing for the Executive Committee at its 36th meeting an indicative timetable for this task.