Decision 90/48

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the report on the review of the implementation of the operational policy on gender mainstreaming for Multilateral Fund-supported projects contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/90/37;
2. To note also that the gender mainstreaming checklist for projects and the list of gender indicators to facilitate reporting found in annexes II and IV, respectively, to document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/84/73, provided guidance to the bilateral and implementing agencies that they might take into account on a voluntary basis when implementing the operational gender mainstreaming policy of the Multilateral Fund;
3. To encourage bilateral and implementing agencies to continue ensuring that the operational gender mainstreaming policy of the Multilateral Fund was applied to all Montreal Protocol projects, taking into consideration the specific activities presented in table 2 of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/90/37;
4. To request bilateral and implementing agencies to provide a brief report on key gender mainstreaming results achieved as part of their annual progress reports, as of 2023, on the basis of the information available to them;
5. To request the Secretariat:
   1. To develop, for consideration of the Executive Committee at its 92^nd meeting, improved project requirements, including specific outputs and outcomes, and related key performance indicators for the systematic application of the operational gender mainstreaming policy of the Multilateral Fund;
   2. To incorporate within the proposed Multilateral Fund scorecard, when developed, an overarching results statement on gender mainstreaming on the basis of the reports by the bilateral and implementing agencies requested in sub-paragraph (d) above; and
   3. To further review and provide an update on the implementation of the gender mainstreaming policy of the Multilateral Fund for the consideration of the Executive Committee at its last meeting in 2024.