Following the discussion the Board decided:

(a) To appoint candidates seven, two and eight from the list of short-listed candidates in document AFB/B.8/5/Rev.1 as expert members of the Accreditation Panel – the names of these candidates are contained in Annex V to the present report;

(b) To appoint a further three candidates from the document as alternate expert members of the Accreditation Panel in the event that any of the members selected was unable to serve;

(c) To select candidates five, three and one from the list of short-listed candidates in document AFB/B.8/5/Rev.1 as alternate experts who were to be appointed to serve in that order if further experts were needed – the names of these candidates are contained in Annex V to the present report;

(d) To allow the representatives of the Board serving on the Accreditation Panel the discretion to ask one or more of the alternate experts to assist the Panel in case the Panel was confronted with an extraordinary volume of work;

(e) To approve an amendment of the approved Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat budget for the fiscal year 2010 to include an additional budget line of US$ 190,000.00 to cover the fees for the experts, an additional budget line of US$ 90,000 to cover the travel expenses of the experts, and an additional budget line of US$ 28,000 to cover a contingency fee for the experts, for a total of US$ 308,000; and 

(f) To approve a further amendment to the approved Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat budget for the fiscal year of 2010 to include an additional budget line of to cover the fees and travel expenses for any of the alternate experts which would represent twenty per cent of the total amount of $US 308,000 that had been approved in subparagraph (e) above, in the case that they are asked to assist the Accreditation Panel with an 

extraordinary volume of work.