Exclusions
SPF cannot accept complaints if they are:
- not related to ADB's actions or omissions in the course of the
formulation, processing, or implementation of ADB-assisted projects
- about decisions made by ADB, the borrowing country, the executing agency,
or the private project sponsor on procurement of goods and services,
including consulting services
- about allegations of fraud or corruption in ADB-assisted projects
and by ADB staff
- about an ADB-assisted project for which a project completion
report has been issued
- relating to matters already considered by the panel under the
former Inspection Function or by CRP, unless there is new evidence
presented that was not known at the time of the original complaint
- about the adequacy or suitability of ADB's existing policies
and procedures
- frivolous, malicious, trivial, or generated to gain competitive
advantage
- within the jurisdiction of ADB's Appeals Committee or ADB's
Administrative Tribunal or relate to ADB personnel matters
- about ADB's non-operational housekeeping matters, such as finance
and administration
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