The mandate of the Austrian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is to support the National Council in the budgetary process, in consulting and enacting budget laws and exercising its

oversight role. Its key tasks are:

– To support the Budget Committee in form of written expertise, analysis and short studies on budgetary matters presented by the government according to budget law

– To support other parliamentary committees regarding impact assessment of new legislation

– To consult especially on performance and gender budgeting

– To provide short analyses to questions of Members of the Budget Committee.