The Executive Committee shall undertake the following functions:
(a) develop and monitor the implementation of specific operational policies, guidelines and administrative arrangements, including the disbursement of resources;
(b) develop the three-year plan and budget for the Multilateral Fund, including allocation of resources among the Implementing Agencies;
(c) supervise and guide the administration of the Multilateral Fund;
(d) develop the criteria for project eligibility and guidelines for the implementation of activities supported by the Fund;
(e) review regularly the performance reports on the implementation of activities supported by the Fund;
(f) monitor and evaluate expenditures incurred under the Fund;
(g) consider and, where appropriate, approve country programmes for compliance with the Protocol and, in the context of those country programmes, assess and, where applicable, approve all project proposals or groups of project proposals where the agreed incremental costs exceed US $500,000;
(h) review any disagreement by a Party operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5 with any decision taken with regard to a request for financing by the Party of a project or projects where the agreed incremental costs are less than US $500,000;
(i) assess annually whether the contributions through bilateral co-operation, including particular regional cases, comply with the criteria set out by the Parties for consideration as part of the contributions to the Multilateral Fund;
(j) report annually to the meeting of the Parties on the activities exercised and to make recommendations as appropriate;
(k) nominate, for appointment by the Executive Director of UNEP, the Chief Officer of the Fund Secretariat, who shall work under the Executive Committee and report to it; and
(l) perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Meeting of the Parties.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3 Appendix II of Decision II/8, para. 10).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/2/3 Annex IV, Appendix II).
The Executive Committee nominated Mr. O. El-Arini, for appointment by the Executive Director of UNEP, as Chief Officer of the Interim Multilateral Ozone Fund.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/2/5/Rev.1, para. 20).
The Third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided that in the documentation of the Committee the title of the Fund should be that used in Decision II/8 of the Second Meeting of the Parties, which established the Fund: the Interim Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (abbreviated title: Multilateral Fund).
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/3/18/Rev.1, para. 20).
The Fifteenth Meeting of the Parties decided:
1. to take note with appreciation of the presentation by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and of the report of the Executive Committee contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro.15/8;
2. to consider amending, at the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties, the relevant provision of the terms of reference of the Executive Committee relating to the nomination and appointment of the Chief Officer, taking into account the proposals of the Chair of the Executive Committee given in the annex to the present decision, and also those made by other Parties;
3. to request the Executive Committee to enter into consultations with the United Nations Secretariat and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme on that matter and to report thereon to the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties.
Annex. Add the following understanding on paragraph 10 (k) of the terms of reference of the Executive Committee: “The Executive Committee should prepare a short list of the eligible candidates, together with its recommendation, from which the Secretary-General would make a final selection.”
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.15/9, Decision XV/48).