Decision 65/7

The Executive Committee decided:

1. Regarding the first phase:
   1. To note the desk study on the evaluation of multi-year agreements presented to the 65^th meeting of the Executive Committee;
   2. To note the comments and observations made at the 65^th meeting on the desk study;
   3. To request the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to post the comments and observations already received on the desk study on the website;
   4. To invite current Executive Committee members to submit comments and observations on the desk study intersessionally by 16 January 2012; and
   5. To request the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to compile the comments, observations and any responses received on the desk study as an annex and to submit it, together with a corrigendum if necessary, for further consideration by the Executive Committee at its 66^th meeting;
2. Regarding the second phase:
   1. To note that the desk study contained issues for the second phase of the evaluation;
   2. To invite comments from current Executive Committee members giving guidance on the terms of reference for the second phase, which could be made in a discussion group on the Multilateral Fund Secretariat website intersessionally up until 16 January 2012; and
   3. To request the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to consider the intersessional comments and to submit the terms of reference for the second phase to the 66^th meeting of the Executive Committee.