This document contains the status update of the consultations between the Secretariat, the independent Technical Advisory Panel, and the Investment Committee on the development of the policy proposal following on decision B.25/09, which:

(i) “Requests the Secretariat, in consultation with the Investment Committee and the independent Technical Advisory Panel, to propose updates to the operational modalities of the independent Technical Advisory Panel to accommodate the increased workload by the twenty-sixth meeting of the Board”.