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G avi Alliance Governance Committee Meeting
26 March 2019
Fairmont Ch ?teau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada


1. Chair?s report

1.1 Finding a quorum of members present, t he meeting commenced at 14.25 Ottawa
time on 26 March 2019 . Mr Bill Roedy, Board Vice Chair and Governance
Committee Chair, chaired the meeting .

1.2 Standing declarations of interest were tabled to the Committee (Doc 01a in the
Committee pack).

1.3 The Committee noted the minutes of its meeting on 12 February 2019 (Doc 01b)
which had been approved by no -objection on 15 March 2019 .

1.4 The Committee noted its action sheet ( Doc 01c ) and forward workplan (Doc 01d).

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2. Appeals Tribunal

2.1 Eelco Szabo, Director, Legal, presented this item (Doc 02), recalling that Gavi?s
current dispute resolution mechanism dates back to 2009 and that in 2016 when
the Governance Committee and Board had considered appointments of judges to
the tribunal it had been noted that some modifications to the tribunal would be
considered in due course.

2.2 Mr Szabo presented information in relation to proposed amendments to the
structure of the Appeals Tribunal as well as to its Statute and Rules of Procedure.

Discussion

? Governance Committee members endorsed the proposed approach , noting th at
the proposal to expand the panel of judg es from three to five is in line with best
practice.

? In response to a question from a Committee member, Mr Szabo indicated that the
estimated cost of a hear ing would be in the range of US$20,000 to US$ 30,000
and that such costs sh ould be covered under Gavi?s existing Employment
Practices Liability Insurance.

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Minutes

This report presents the main findings from a review of Gavi’s health systems strengthening (HSS) support to countries.