The Board considered the revised that had been prepared by the Secretariat during the penultimate and final sessions of its fifth Meeting.  Following a discussion the Board decided:

(a) That the report on Fiduciary Standards being prepared pursuant to Decision B.5/3 above would need to be incorporated into the Provisional Operational Policies and Guidelines for Parties to Access Resources from the Adaptation Fund at the sixth meeting of the Board; and 

to adopt the Provisional Operational Policies and Guidelines for Parties to Access Resources from the Adaptation Fund contained in Annex VI to the present report on the understanding:

(b) That a template of project and programme proposal requirements would be attached to the Provisional Operational Policies and Guidelines for Parties to Access Resources from the Adaptation Fund as an Annex.