The multilateral assessment (MA) is part of the international assessment and review (IAR) for developed country Parties.

The MA of the progress towards achieving the quantified economy-wide emission reduction target for 2020 is undertaken for each developed country Party after the submission and technical review of their biennial reports.

In 2014, the first cycle of IAR started with the submission of the first biennial reports and the sixth national communications from Annex I Parties and the technical review of these reports by international expert review teams.

The MA for developed country Parties was convened at SBI 41 in Lima (Dec. 2014), where the following 17 Annex I Parties were multilaterally assessed:

Timeline for the MA session during SBI 41, Lima, December 2014:
	1 to 30 September 2014: submission of questions by any Party to the Parties under MA;
	1 October to 28 November 2018 : Preparation of answers by Parties under MA and posting of answers;
	By 2 December 2018: upload compiled questions and answers by the secretariat onto the individual Party page upon completion of answers by the Party;
	During SBI 41, 6 and 8 December 2014, Lima, Peru:  MA Parties' progress towards emission reduction target;
	January 2015: publication of summary reports.