The Board in its decision B.42/13, paragraph (a), adopted the revised accreditation framework, and paragraph (q) of the same decision requested the Secretariat, under the guidance of the Accreditation Committee, to commission a broad review of the objectives, role, structure, governance and operational modalities of the Accreditation Panel in supporting Board decision-making under the revised accreditation framework and to prepare terms of reference for such review for consideration and approval by the Board no later than the forty-fourth meeting of the Board.

This document sets out the proposed terms of reference developed by the Secretariat under the guidance of the Accreditation Committee.