The Board, having considered the limited distribution document GCF/BM-2018/11 titled “Status of funded activity agreements: Extension of deadline in respect of FP041 (Simiyu Climate Resilient Development Programme)”:

Decides to extend the deadline for the entering into of a funded activity agreement for the following approved funding proposal:

1. FP041, entitled “Simiyu Climate Resilient Development Programme”, by 180 days starting from 5 May 2018.

The Board, having reviewed document GCF/BM-2018/13 titled “Appointment of member to the Investment Committee”:

Appoints Mr. Chris Tinning as member of the Investment Committee for the remainder of the current term for members of the Investment Committee, and starting on the date of adoption of this decision.

The Board, having considered document GCF/BM-2018/14 titled “Accreditation of observer organizations” and through a decision taken between meetings on a no-objection basis:

Approves the accreditation of the following organizations as observer organizations to the Fund:

Civil Society Organizations:

• Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
• Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (CRS)
• Climate Action Network Tanzania (CAN Tanzania)
• Fundación Futuro Latinamericano (FFLA)
• Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK)
• GenderCC- Southern Africa (GenderCCSA)
• Greener Impact International (GII)

Private sector organizations:

• Africa Green Co (AGC DevCo)
• Ernst & Young Taiwan (EY Taiwan)
• Factor Ideas Integral Services SL (Factor)
• Forest Conservation Botswana (FCB)
• Vietnam Business Forum (VBF)

The Board, having considered the limited distribution document GCF/BM-2018/17 titled “Re-appointment of members of the independent Technical Advisory Panel”:

1. Takes note of the executive summary of the performance assessment of each member of the independent Technical Advisory Panel as presented in annex II of document GCF/BM-2018/17, and the full report of the performance assessment of each member of the independent Technical Advisory Panel as presented in annex III of document GCF/BM-2018/17;
2. Considers that the performance of each member of the independent Technical Advisory Panel during their current term of membership has been satisfactory;
3. Decides to re-appoint, as an exception to paragraph 12 of annex I to decision B.BM2018/09, the following members of the independent Technical Advisory Panel for a twoyear term starting on the date of the expiration of their current term:
   1. Mr. Joe Yamagata;
   2. Ms. Claudia Martinez; and
   3. Mr. Ahsan Ahmed.

The Board, having considered the limited distribution document GCF/BM-2018/20 titled “Status of funded activity agreements: extension of deadline in respect of FP058 (Responding to the increasing risk of drought: building gender-responsive resilience of the most vulnerable communities)”:

Decides to extend the deadline for the entering into of a funded activity agreement for the following approved funding proposal:

1. FP058, titled “Responding to the increasing risk of drought: building genderresponsive resilience of the most vulnerable communities”, by 180 days starting from 20 August 2018.

The Board, having considered document GCF/BM-2018/23 titled “Accreditation of observer organizations” and through a decision taken between meetings on a no-objection basis:

Approves the accreditation of the following organizations as observer organizations to the GCF:

Civil society organizations:

• Actions Vitales pour le Développement durable (AVD)
• African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)
• Center for Indigenous Peoples' Research & Development (CIPRED)
• Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC)
• Institute of Law & Economics (ILE)
• Mercy Corps (MC)
• Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII)
• RAJ Tunisia Réseau Camerounais des Organisations des Droits de l’Homme/Cameroon Network of Human Rights Organizations (RECODH/CNHRO)
• Women Educators Association of Nigeria (WEAN)

Private sector organizations:

• ARD, Inc. (Tetra Tech ARD)

International entities:

• Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)

The Board, having considered document GCF/BM-2018/25 titled “Status of funded activity agreements: extension of deadline in respect of FP041 (Simiyu Climate Resilient Development Programme)”:

1. Decides to extend the deadline for the entering into of a funded activity agreement for the following approved funding proposal:
   1. FP041, titled “Simiyu Climate Resilient Development Programme”, by 45 days starting from 1 November 2018.

The Board, having considered document GCF/BM-2018/26 titled “Re-appointment of members of the independent Technical Advisory Panel”:

1. Takes note of the summary report on the performance assessment of each member of the independent Technical Advisory Panel as presented in annex II of document GCF/BM-2018/26, and the detailed report on the performance assessment of each member of the independent Technical Advisory Panel as presented in annex III of document GCF/BM-2018/26;
2. Considers that the performance of each member of the independent Technical Advisory Panel during their current term of membership has been satisfactory; and
3. Decides to re-appoint, as an exception to paragraph 12 of annex I to decision B.BM2018/09, the following members of the independent Technical Advisory Panel for a twoyear term starting on the date of the expiration of their current term:
   1. Mr. Daniel Nolasco;
   2. Ms. Marina Shvangiradze; and
   3. Mr. Felix Dayo.

The Board, having considered document GCF/BM-2018/29 titled “Dates for the twentythird and twenty-fourth meetings of the Board”:

1. Decides that the twenty-third meeting of the Board will take place from Monday, 1 July to Wednesday, 3 July 2019;
2. Also decides that the twenty-fourth meeting of the Board will take place from Tuesday, 15 October to Thursday, 17 October 2019;
3. Agrees to decide the venues for of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth meetings of the Board no later than its twenty-second meeting; considering that only one Board meeting can be effectively hosted outside headquarters per year; and
4. Decides that the dates for the Board meetings for 2020 will be decided no later than the twenty-third meeting of the Board, taking into account official United Nations holidays observed at the United Nations headquarters and at the GCF headquarters.

The Board, having considered the document GCF/BM-2018/30 titled “Election of CoChairs of the Board for 2019”:

Elects Mr. Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan and Mr. Josceline Wheatley as the Co-Chairs of the Board for 2019, with effect from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.