1. At its seventeenth session, the Conference of the Parties (COP) adopted the terms of reference of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)  and decided to launch the selection process for the host of the Climate Technology Centre.  COP 18 decided that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as the leader of a consortium of partner institutions, would be selected as the host of the Climate Technology Centre for an initial term of five years.  COP 23 decided to renew this arrangement for a further four years  in accordance with decision 2/CP.17, annex VII, paragraph 22. 

2. As requested at COP 17, the secretariat commissioned an independent review of the effective implementation of the CTCN four years after its inception.  COP 23 considered the findings of the review, including any recommendations regarding enhancing the performance of the CTCN, and invited UNEP, with the support of the CTCN and in consultation with its Advisory Board, and within their respective functions and mandates, to provide a management response to the relevant findings and recommendations of the independent review for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its forty-eighth session, taking into account Parties’ deliberations at COP 23. 

3. In response to that invitation, UNEP submitted the report contained in the annex; it was received on 28 March 2018. It is reproduced here as submitted by UNEP, with the original pagination.