Accountability Mechanism Annual Report 2022

Searching for Solutions, Finding the Lessons

Foreword

Accountability mechanisms provide a means for project-affected people to complain about development projects that allegedly adversely affect them, and to seek a solution or remedy. What exactly do we do?

Complaints Statistics

In 2022, the Complaint Receiving Officer processed and forwarded a total of 38 complaints related to the Accountability Mechanism. Consistent with previous years, a larger proportion of these complaints were forwarded to the OSPF compared to the OCRP.

Complaints through Compliance Review and Problem-Solving

Knowledge and Outreach

Read about the Accountability Mechanism Offices' joint and independent outreach and knowledge work.

Meet the Team

Searching for Solutions, Finding the Lessons
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM ANNUAL REPORT 2022

This 2022 annual report highlights how the accountability mechanism offices’ efficient complaints handling and effective capacity-building and awareness-raising programs have supported comprehensive learning. It outlines how learning-based recommendations were shared with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its partners to improve future project design and implementation and strengthen the accountability of ADB’s operations.

ADB	Asian Development Bank
AM	Accountability Mechanism
AMP	Accountability Mechanism Policy
BCRC	Board Compliance Review Committee
CRO	Complaint Receiving Officer
CRP	Compliance Review Panel
CSO	civil society organization
EIB	European Investment Bank
GRM	Grievance Redress Mechanism
IAM	Independent Accountability Mechanism
IAMnet	Independent Accountability Mechanisms Network
IFI	international financial institution
IPAM	Independent Project Accountability Mechanism
KM	knowledge management
km	kilometer
NGO	nongovernment organization
OCRP	Office of the Compliance Review Panel
OSPF	Office of the Special Project Facilitator
PCR	physical cultural resources
SPF	Special Project Facilitator
SPS	Safeguard Policy Statement