OECD network of parliamentary budget officials (PBO)

The OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials (SBO) has created a network of parliamentary budget officials (PBO). Early work to create this network involved meetings of chairpersons of parliamentary budget committees, and a meeting on the relationship between the legislature and the budget office.

The PBO network is a diverse group, bringing together specialised professional staff from: independent fiscal institutions (parliamentary budget offices and fiscal councils); specialised in-house parliamentary budget research units; and parliamentary budget or finance committees.

The next meeting will be held in Paris, 23-24 February 2012.

Past meetings:

Copies of background documents and presentations are available for each meeting in the links below.

• 3rd annual meeting of OECD Parliamentary Budget Officials, Stockholm (28-29 April 2011)
• 2nd annual meeting of OECD Parliamentary Budget Officials, Bern (11-12 February 2010)
• 1st annual meeting of OECD Parliamentary Budget Officials, Rome (26-27 February 2009)
• Meeting on the relationship between the legislature and the budget office in the budget process, Paris (2-3 October 2006)
• Meeting of OECD member country parliamentary budget committee chairs, Rome (5-6 June 2003)
• International symposium of chairpersons of parliamentary budget committees of OECD member countries: "Holding the Executive Accountable: New Challenges", Washington DC (6-7 June 2002)
• International symposium of chairpersons of parliamentary budget committees: "Holding the Executive Accountable: The Changing Role of Parliament in the Budget Process", Paris (24-25 January 2001)

Permanent URL: www.oecd.org/gov/budget/pbo

For more on OECD relations with parliamentarians: www.oecd.org/parliamentarians