The Executive Committee recommended extension of institutional strengthening activities that have been completed for an interim period of six months pro rata on the basis of the first three-year allocation on the understanding that guidelines for second round institutional strengthening should be developed by the Fund Secretariat, and an evaluation and monitoring exercise would be carried out by the Implementing Agencies during the period and that, if necessary, the extensions could be renewed for a further six months pending completion of a full evaluation.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/17/60, Decision 17/16 para. 25).
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) in the case of countries requesting institutional-strengthening projects for the first time, approval would be for three years;
(b) initial renewals would be at the same level of funding as the first approval; would be for two years; and would be conditional upon a report of progress and an articulated plan of future actions, this report to be submitted six months before the end of the three-year approval period; and
(c) any subsequent renewal would also be for two years; and would also be conditional upon a report of progress and an articulated plan of future actions.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/19/64, Decision 19/29, para. 54).
The Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that some flexibility should be shown in how countries used the funds approved under projects for renewal of institutional strengthening and that, while slight variations in funds transferred between budget lines could be accepted, overall accountability was essential;
(b) that, while a full copy of a progress report submitted under an institutional strengthening renewal should be made available to those members of the Executive Committee that requested one, provision of a summary in documentation for the meeting would suffice.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/24/47, Decision 24/23, para. 46).
The Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee also decided to request the Implementing Agencies, when submitting requests for institutional strengthening renewal projects, to provide the very latest information available when preparing the summary of the project and country profile.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/24/47, Decision 24/32, para. 56).