OECD Review of the Belgian Federal Planning Bureau
An Assessment of Institutional, Operational and Analytical Capacity
This Review assesses the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) and its institutional, operational and analytical performance as an independent fiscal institution. The FPB’s responsibilities have been growing and this Review provides insights into how effectively the institution continues to serve the needs of its stakeholders. As part of this, it looks at the Bureau’s performance related to its new mandate to undertake election budgetary costings and impact assessment, carried out for the first time in relation to the 2019 election.
Executive summary
In 1959, the national government of Belgium placed much of the economic policy expertise normally found in ministries under one institution that would eventually become the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB, or the Bureau). Over its 60 years of history, the Bureau has firmly established its reputation as an independent analytical institution. Stakeholders praise the quality of the FPB’s work and its non-partisanship. Its analysts are at the top of the modelling field.
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