Article VI: Staff

1. In conformity with the principles laid down by the Board of Directors of the Bank, the President of the Bank shall determine the composition and level of the staff of the Institute, having regard to the responsibilities of the posts and the financial resources and level of program activities of the Institute as necessary, to enable the Institute to fulfill its mandate and carry out its program of activities effectively.
2. The staff of Institute shall be appointed by the Dean upon approval of the President of the Bank, and shall be responsible to the Dean in the exercise of their functions.
3. The Institute may also obtain the services, for a limited period, of staff members of the Bank on a secondment basis. Such persons shall be appointed by the President of the Bank on the basis of formal arrangements between the Institute and the Bank, which arrangements shall include provisions for the following:
   1. during their period of secondment, Bank staff shall be deemed to be employed by the Institute and shall have leave of absence status at the Bank; and
   2. years of service of the seconded staff at the Institute shall be treated as years of service at the Bank for purposes of the Staff Retirement Plan and for other personnel administration purposes of the Bank.
4. The salaries and emoluments of staff of the Institute shall be paid from the funds of the Institute.
5. The terms and conditions of service of the staff of the Institute shall be those provided by the Staff Regulations and Administrative Orders of the Bank, as amended from time to time, subject to such amendments thereto and such arrangements for special rules or terms of appointment as may be approved by the President of the Bank.
6. The staff of the Institute shall be recruited on as wide a geographical basis as possible from the member countries of the Bank, primary consideration being given to the particular requirements of the Institute.
7. The staff of the Institute shall not be entitled to transfer to the Bank, other than Bank staff seconded to the Institute.
8. The staff of the Institute shall be entitled to participate in the Bank's Staff Retirement Plan and have access to the Bank's Appeals Committee and Administrative Tribunal, on the same basis as staff of the Bank's Resident/Representative/Regional Offices, subject to any necessary amendments to the Staff Retirement Plan, the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank and relevant Administrative Orders of the Bank.
9. The Dean and other staff of the Institute shall be officers and staff of the Bank within the meaning of Articles 36, 55 and 56 of the Charter of the Bank.