At the ninth meeting of the Board on 24-26 March 2015 in Songdo, Republic of Korea, the Board established the Appointment Committee as a committee of the Board in accordance with paragraphs 2 (g) and 30 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board.

In decision B.09/14, paragraph (c), the Board requested the Appointment Committee, upon its members being appointed, to present promptly, for consideration by the Board at its tenth meeting, the terms of reference for the Head of the Evaluation Unit, the Head of the Integrity Unit and the Head of the Redress Mechanism, including the criteria for their selection, as well as details of the selection process to be conducted.

The Board, in its decision B.BM-2015/04, appointed six members of the Appointment Committee on 26 May 2015.

The Appointment Committee, after the two virtual meetings on 3 and 10 June 2015, decided to recommend that the Board engage a recruitment firm to ensure an open and transparent recruitment process for the appointment of the heads of the three accountability units.

The purpose of this document is to present, for consideration by the Board, the recommendations of the Appointment Committee on the following:

• The outline of the selection process (Annex II to this document);
• The terms of reference of the recruitment firm (Annex III to this document); and
• The terms of reference of the Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit, the Head of the Independent Integrity Unit and the Head of the Independent Redress Mechanism (Annexes IV to VI to this document).