1. Preparation for the MA before the SBI working group session. Encompassing a three-month "questions and answers" period among Parties via the MA portal. This process is completed before an SBI session. Questions can be submitted by any Party under the Convention electronically to the Party under MA. These questions are based on their national biennial reports and their review reports. This question period is open for one month. Following this, the Party under the MA will respond to these questions within two months. All questions and responses submitted by Parties will be tracked, compiled and published by the secretariat and can be accessed via the respective Party pages.  
    
2. International assessment during the SBI working group session. All Parties under MA may make a brief oral presentation that will be followed, as necessary, by an oral Q&A session that may last for an average of one hour to a maximum of two hours.
    
3. Completion of the Party record after the SBI working group session. The final stage of the MA is the publication of a Party record for each country. This includes the technical review reports, an SBI summary report, Q&A compiled for each Party through the MA portal, and the observation made by the Party within two months after the SBI working group session for the MA.

More about the MA portal: To access the MA portal log-in credentials are required. All national focal points have been invited to submit nominations to the MA.  Should further nominations be required national focal points are requested to contact the secretariat at: MA-portal@unfccc.int