Decision 79/41

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the report on the review of the administrative cost regime and its core unit funding budget (decision 75/69) contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/79/43;
2. To note with appreciation the information provided by the implementing agencies through the questionnaire that had been developed to collect information on administrative costs;
3. To maintain the current administrative cost regime of the Multilateral Fund for the 2018−2020 triennium;
4. To request the Secretariat to continue monitoring use of the administrative cost regime and to report back to the Executive Committee, as relevant;
5. To request UNDP, UNIDO and the World Bank to present their annual reports on core unit funding using the revised format contained in Annex XVIII to the present report;
6. To request the Secretariat to prepare a document for the last meeting of 2018 describing the duties and costs associated with project management units and an analysis of:
   1. How those costs and duties related to: institutional strengthening; the Compliance Assistance Programme; project preparation funding; and support costs for project implementation and verification activities; and
   2. The extent to which agencies passed on administrative duties to other institutions.