B.BM-2017/03: Performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel

The Board, having considered document GCF/B.BM-2017/03 titled “Performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel”:

1. Decides that, prior to the expiry of each of their terms of membership of the Accreditation Panel, each member of the Accreditation Panel shall undergo a performance review and that any such member shall only be eligible for a subsequent term of membership of the Accreditation Panel if the Board considers that the outcome of the relevant performance review is satisfactory;
2. Reaffirms the terms of reference, including the job description and qualifications, for the Accreditation Panel adopted in annex V to decision B.07/02, which will guide the performance review of each member of the Accreditation Panel;
3. Adopts the guiding principles and methodology for the performance review of members of the Accreditation Panel of the Green Climate Fund for the performance review set out in Annex II to this document;
4. Endorses the terms of reference for the performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel, as contained in Annex III to this document;
5. Decides that the performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel shall be undertaken by an independent consultant or firm, with the aim of presenting the outcome of such performance review to the Board for its consideration at its seventeenth meeting;
6. Requests the Secretariat to promptly procure the independent consultant or firm referred to in paragraph (e); and
7. Decides, on an exceptional basis, without setting a precedent and for practical and pragmatic reasons only, that:
   
   1. the next term of all members of the Accreditation Panel shall expire on 17 October 2020; and
   2. subject to the outcome of the performance review, no more than three of the current members of the Accreditation Panel may be reappointed to the Accreditation Panel for a second term.