Under the terms of the Palau Foreign Investment Act, any foreign investor seeking to operate a distance education program in Palau would require a license known as a Foreign Investment Approval Certificate (FIAC).

a)    International regulatory and policy frameworks

The Palau Community College is accredited by the US-based Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Education for All (EFA)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

United Nations Literacy Decade

UNESCO’s Four Pillars of Education

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

b)    Regional agreements and policy

Pacific Islands Forum Basic Education Action Plan (FBEAP)

Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of Basic Education (PRIDE) Project

Pacific Education for Sustainable Development Framework

Pacific Education Development Framework (PEDF) 2009-2015

The Pacific Plan (the Pacific Plan Task Force is managed by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General)

c)    National regulations and policy

Foreign Investment Act (1990)

Palau Higher Education Act (1993)

Education for All National Plan Republic of Palau 2002-2010

Education Master Plan 2006-2016

Millennium Development Goals Report 2008

d)      State/District regulations and policy

Not applicable.

e)      University policies

The Palau Community College has published a 15 year plan for the future of the institution. The plan includes a number of relatively modest goals, such as the expansion of the College’s research and development activities in the area of agriculture, pest management and aquaculture, the establishment of an Institutional Research Office, and the creation of an IT classroom. The contents of the plan indicate the medium-term focus of the PCC is organic growth and the gradual modernisation of its infrastructure.