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Bureau of Budget & Planning

Mission

The mission of the bureau is to formulate the ROP annual national budget in line with approved developmental plans including the compilation of relevant economic and social statistics, geographic information, climate change impact, and project monitoring and evaluation to support policy development and implementation, and to certify the availability of funds for expenditures.

Organization

  • The bureau serves the Executive Branch and, through the President, the other branches as well as states and agencies of the Republic.
  • The Bureau primarily deals with governmental agencies including State Governments on budgetary matters but also deals with the private sector through the compilation of statistics, use of geographic information, climate change developments, and project management.
  • The Bureau also interacts regularly with regional and multilateral organizations on financial and programmatic issues relating to economic, social, and environmental initiatives.
  • The bureau is organized into 5 offices:
    1. Office of Budget and Management (OBM);
    2. Office of Planning and Statistics (OPS);
    3. Office of the Palau Automated Land and Resources Information System (PALARIS);
    4. Office of Climate Change (OCC); and
    5. Office of Project Management (OPM).

Mandates “Core Business Process”

OMB

  1. To timely and efficiently develop the national budget in line with approved policies and development strategies including the provision of reliable and professional revenue forecasts to use in support of the appropriation process;
  2. To certify the availability of funds so that budget authority established in appropriate laws is not exceeded for the period of time in effect for all programs and projects and assure a positive fund balance; and
  3. To develop, integrate and maintain performance budgeting and reporting into program activity budget development and implementation in order to promote efficiency and facilitate accountability for expenditures.

OPM

  1. To design, monitor and evaluate projects in support of economic, social, and environmental development objectives.

OCC

  1. To mainstream climate change in national government plans and strategies; and
  2. To coordinate and report on the implementation of the Climate Change Policy Framework.

OPS

  1. To establish, develop and maintain a general data dissemination system that provides reliable economic and socio-demographic statistics to support developmental planning and the formulation of appropriate economic and fiscal policies and their assessment; and
  2. To establish, develop and maintain a public sector investment program that monitor and evaluate the progress and effectiveness of the implementation of national and sector plans and strategies.

PALARIS

  1. To develop and maintain geographic information, technology, data, and services for use by national agencies, state governments, and the public; and
  2. To serve as Secretariat to the National Environmental Protection Council (NEPC).

Bureau Accountability “Performance Measures”

Organization Chart

Full Staffing Plan

Contacts

Office of Budget & Management
Tel: (680) 767-1269/1270
Fax: (680) 767-5642
E-mail: ropbudget@palaugov.org

Office of Planning & Statistics 
Tel: (680) 767-2562/5801
Fax: (680) 767-5642
E-mail: ops@palaugov.org

Office of Project Management 
Tel: (680) 767-8681
Fax: (680) 767-1006
E-mail: lynnat@palaugov.org

Office of PALARIS 
Tel: (680) 488-6838/6654 or 767-8638
Fax: (680) 488-6460 or 767-1006
E-mail: palaris@palaunet.com

Office of Climate Change
Tel: (680) 767-8681
Fax: (680) 767-1006
E-mail: erbai.oerc@palaugov.org
Website: Palau Climate Change Portal

Publications

2014 Household Income & Expenditure Survey Report
ROP Statistical Yearbooks
Quarterly Economic Indicators
Census of Population and Housing
Enhanced-General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
2006 Household Income & Expenditure Survey Report
1997 Bridge Census
Other Publications

Economics

Consumer Price Index
Balance of Payments Statistics
External Debt Statistics
National Accounts
Government Finance Statistics
International Merchandise Trade Statistics
Labor Markets
Visitor Arrivals

Socio-Demography

Census
Education
Health
Crime

Environment

Environment
Geography
Climate
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)

National Development Strategies

2021-2030 National Infrastructure Investment Plan
2021-2030 National Infrastructure Investment Plan Appendices
Economic Development Plan 1995-1999 Vol. 1
Economic Development Plan 1995-1999 Vol. 2
FEIM
Fiscal Responsibility Framework
Koror-Babeldaob Resilient Urban Development Strategy and Action Plan Vol. 1
Koror-Babeldaob Resilient Urban Development Strategy and Action Plan Vol. 2
Palau Climate Change Policy
Palau National Master Development Plan
Pathway to 2030 – 1st Voluntary National Review on the SDGs
Promotion of Economic Development in the Republic of Palau
Public Sector Investment Program 2003-2007
State of the Environment Report Republic of Palau 2017
State of the Environment Report Republic of Palau 2019

Release Calendar

2023 OPS Release Calendar
2022 OPS Release Calendar
2021 OPS Release Calendar
2020 OPS Release Calendar
2019 OPS Release Calendar
2018 OPS Release Calendar