Having considered the comments and recommendations of the Projects and Programme Review Committee, the Adaptation Fund Board decided to:

(a) Endorse the project concept, as supplemented by the additional information  provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in response to the request made by technical review:

(b) Request the secretariat to transmit to UNDP the observations made by the secretariat and by the members of the Project and Programme Review Committee (PPRC) on the project when discussing it at the third meeting of the PPRC; 

(c) Request that UNDP transmit the observations made in paragraph (b) above to the Government of the Cook Islands; and

(d) Encourage the Government of the Cook Islands to submit through the UNDP a fullydeveloped project proposal that would address the observations under paragraph (b) above.