“The first meeting of the Board of the Adaptation Fund, held in Bonn from 26 to 28 March 2008, was attended by 16 Board Members, 16 Alternates and several observers of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), accredited bodies and various international and national institutions.
“The members of the Board elected a chair and a vice-chair for 2008–2009. Mr Farrukh Iqbal Khan (Pakistan) said that the non-Annex 1 countries wished to nominate Mr Richard Muyungi (United Republic of Tanzania) for Chair. Mr Muyungi was elected Chair unanimously by acclaim. Mr Anton Hilber (Switzerland) nominated Ms Marita Steinke (Germany) as Vice-Chair, and she was elected unanimously by acclaim.
“The following agenda items were considered at the meeting:
Provisional agenda
Provisional annotated agenda
Rules of procedure of the Adaptation Fund Board
Role and responsibilities of the Adaptation Fund Board
Role and responsibilities of the Adaptation Fund Secretariat
Roles and responsibilities of the implementing and executing entities
Role and responsibilities of the Adaptation Fund Trustee
Budgets of the Adaptation Fund Secretariat
2008 work plan of the Adaptation Fund Board
“The Members decided to adopt the revised versions of the following documents: Role and responsibilities of the Adaptation Fund Secretariat; Budgets of the Adaptation Fund Secretariat; and 2008 meeting plans for the Adaptation Fund Board. These documents will be posted after the June meeting on the Adaptation Fund website by the Secretariat as final documents of the first meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board.
“The Board deliberated on, and agreed upon some changes to, but decided not to adopt, the following documents, which will be considered at the next meeting: Rules of procedure of the Adaptation Fund Board (Sections I and II were adopted); Roles and responsibilities of implementing and executing entities; and Role and responsibilities of the Adaptation Fund Board.
“A draft report of the meeting was provided to the Board for comments, and the Chair requested that comments be sent to the Secretariat by 11 April 2008 for a revision to be completed by the Chair, supported by the Secretariat, which would be presented to the Board for adoption at the June meeting.
“The Board decided to take up all the agenda items that were not completed during this meeting at its next meeting and decided that the next two regular meetings of the Board should be held in Bonn, back-to-back with the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the CMP, on 16-19 June 2008 and 15-17 December 2008, respectively.