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1.Welcomes the report on the independent review of the effective implementation of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (hereinafter referred to as the independent review)1 commissioned by the secretariat in response to decision 2/CP.17, annex VII, paragraph 20;
2.Welcomes with appreciation the support provided by Parties2 and the Global Environment Facility, and the financial and in-kind contributions from the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and other consortium partners of the Climate Technology Centre and Network in supporting the operationalization and activities of the Climate Technology Centre and Network;
3.Notes the key findings of the independent review regarding the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the services provided by the Climate Technology Centre and Network, as contained in the report referred to in paragraph 1 above;3
4.Also notes the achievements and challenges regarding the effective implementation of the Climate Technology Centre and Network, as contained in the report referred to in paragraph 1 above;4
5.Decides to renew the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the United Nations Environment Programme regarding the hosting of the Climate Technology Centre, as contained in annex I to decision 14/CP.18, for a further four-year period, in accordance with decision 2/CP.17, annex VII, paragraph 22;
6.Authorizes the Executive Secretary to sign, on behalf of the Conference of the Parties, the memorandum of understanding referred to in paragraph 5 above;
7.Invites the United Nations Environment Programme, as the host of the Climate Technology Centre, with the support of the Climate Technology Centre and Network and in consultation with its Advisory Board, and within their respective functions and mandates,5 to provide a management response to the relevant findings and recommendations of the independent review for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its forty-eighth session (April–May 2018), taking into account Parties’ deliberations at this session;
8.Requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, at its forty-eighth session, to consider the findings and recommendations of the independent review, and the management response from the United Nations Environment Programme referred to in paragraph 7 above with a view to recommending a draft decision on enhancing the performance of the Climate Technology Centre and Network for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fourth session (December 2018);
9.Notes that the Climate Technology Centre and Network continues to face challenges that need attention regarding sustainable funding for implementing its functions, and that further financial support should be provided, recalling decision 2/CP.17, paragraphs 139 and 141;
10.Requests the secretariat, pursuant to decision 2/CP.17, annex VII, paragraph 20, and subject to the availability of financial resources, to commission the second independent review of the effective implementation of the Climate Technology Centre and Network for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-seventh session (November 2021), taking into account lessons learned from the first independent review, including issues related to the timing of the review report and the management response referred to in paragraph 7 above.