The Twenty-first Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) that there should be a modest strengthening of the Secretariat in order to provide a measure of monitoring and evaluation capacity;
(b) that once the work programme has been defined and developed by the Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance Sub-Committee, necessary evaluations will be carried out, bearing in mind the requirements of Action 1 under decision VII/22 of the Seventh Meeting of the Parties (UNEP/OzL.Pro.7/12, Annex V);
(c) that it would need to review the progress on implementation of the monitoring and evaluation programme after one year;
(d) to request the Secretariat to work with the Implementing Agencies and propose for consideration by the Executive Committee or the Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance Sub-Committee deletions from and/or additions to the current monitoring parameters so as to make them more strategic. In this regard, the Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies should consider suggestions by members of the Executive Committee;
(e) to request the Secretariat to work with the Implementing Agencies to explore ways in which standardized monitoring and evaluation components could be included in project proposals and to propose standardized guidelines for the content of project completion reports by Implementing Agencies; and
(f) to request the Secretariat to report back to the Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee on actions taken pursuant to these decisions.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/36, Decision 21/36, para. 56).
(Supporting document: UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/21/30).
The Twenty-second Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(h) that the modest strengthening of the Secretariat approved by the Executive Committee in Decision 21/36 should be sufficient to enable the Secretariat to perform monitoring and evaluation on a continuous basis, through the development of a monitoring and evaluation system and database, the coordination, supervision and carrying out of monitoring and evaluation studies and assignments, and the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation post within the Secretariat whose incumbent would report directly to the Sub-Committee and/or the Executive Committee and be responsible for the coordination of all monitoring and evaluation activities;
(i) to approve a budget for 12 person-months for these tasks.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/22/79/Rev.1, Decision 22/19, para. 34 (h), (i)).
The Twenty-third Meeting of the Executive Committee decided:
(a) to approve the revised job description (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/4, Annex II);
(b) to request the Secretariat to initiate its submission to the United Nations classification office through UNEP for finalization.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/23/68, Decision 23/3, para. 15).