The Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to endorse the draft terms of reference for the design of a monitoring and evaluation system for the Multilateral Fund;
(b) to authorize the Secretariat, in co-operation with the Implementing Agencies, to proceed with the preparation of a draft monitoring and evaluation system for submission to the Executive Committee at its Twentieth Meeting.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/19/64, Decision 19/40, para. 73).
The Twentieth Meeting of the Executive Committee, having taken note of the presentation of a draft report on a monitoring and evaluation system for the Multilateral Fund, decided:
(a) to request the consultant to do further work, for submission to a subsequent Meeting, concentrating on the following considerations:
(b) while significant changes were proposed in the evaluation area, the proposed system of monitoring was largely in place already, embodied in the present system of reporting;
(c) it was important that the monitoring and evaluation function should not engender excessive costs, nor inflate a presently lean and efficient Secretariat;
(d) evaluations had to involve all stakeholders;
(e) decisions on the scope of external evaluations, and on the number performed in a year, might have to remain in the hands of the Meeting of the Parties;
(f) to invite members of the Executive Committee to submit additional comments in writing to the Fund Secretariat in order to facilitate the work of the consultant.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/20/72, Decision 20/38, para 56).
(Supporting document: UNEPExCom/20/OzL.Pro/ExCom/20/58).