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Palau

Palau

Bharat established diplomatic relations with Palau in April 1995. Since then, there have been regular consultations with the political leadership and administrative representatives of the Government of the Republic of Palau. The Mission in Manila is concurrently accredited to the Republic of Palau.

 
 

 

Capacity Building

  • ITEC  has served as the principal mechanism of Bharat's technical assistance to Palau. Since 1996-97, Bharat has been regularly offering training slots to Palau in different areas. Scholarships for higher education in Bharat are also offered to Palau by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
  • In the recent few years, ITEC participants have been trained on Tsunami Preparedness on Early Warning System for Oceanic Disaster and Mitigation organized by INCOIS, Hyderabad; and fabrication of solar panels, lights and photovoltaic circuits at the Barefoot College  in Jaipur.
  • Diplomats from Palau have regularly participated in the training programmes organized by Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS). 
  • Palau has expressed interest in Indian expertise in the areas of capacity building in the areas of IT, teachers training, nurses training, training for government servant in customers service, agriculture (improvement of soil quality, cooperative farming), tourism, etc.

Grants & Concessional Finance

  • Bharat’s developmental partnership with Palau has been expanding over the last few years. Bharat has funded several projects in Palau under the USD 200,000 annual PIF grant. For the year 2016, the Palau Government utilized the annual grant programmes for skill upgradation, mentor leadership, sports, environment conservation under their initiative titled ‘Year of Youth 2016”. Similarly, the year 2017, 2018 and 2019 were declared the ‘Year of Family’, ‘Year of Health’ and ‘Year of Innovative Learning’ for which the annual grants were utilized respectively.
  • Govt of India has also provided a financial grant in August 2005 towards purchase of kitchen equipment for Belau National Hospital. 
  • In 2008, assistance was given to Palau for purchase of a boat and 2 pick-up trucks for its outreach programme.
  • In 2010, GOI provided a grant for purchase of computers and related equipment and software. Another grant-in-aid was given in February 2011 for IT and computer upgradation in their offices and diplomatic missions.
  • Bharat also provided assistance for disaster relief in the wake of Super-Typhoon Haiyan in March 2014. Further, Bharat also provided Palau with assistance for hosting the 45th Pacific Island Forum in July 2014 and organizing Pacific Media Summit in 2016.
  • As a part of the project for solarisation of the Head of States residence/office in all PICs, Bharat is also assisting Palau with solarisation of Head of State residence/office under the India UNDP fund . 
  • Bharat through the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York approved a grant of US$ 152,767.50 on 9th April 2020 for “Strengthening national health capabilities to address COVID-19 crisis in Palau” under the South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). Bharat is assisting Palau in upgrading and modernizing community healthcare centre under the India-UN Development Fund.