Budget 2027 · targets

DraftBefore Parliament

What each ministry says it will deliver in 2027

Each ministry's chapter of the draft budget sets out what it plans to achieve. Some of that is written as a target: an indicator, and the level the ministry aims to reach. The rest is a list of programmes, each with the result it is meant to deliver and, often, the money set aside for it.

The seven ministries set 54 targets and list 220 programmes. Here is every one, by ministry, beside the page it is printed on.

Targets and programmes, by ministry

targets: an indicator and the level aimed for

220

programmes, each with an intended result

Both bars use the same count scale. The number of targets or programmes is not a performance rating.

Ministry by ministry

Every target and programme, with its page

Pick a ministry, or search every line for a topic you care about. Amounts are as printed beside each programme in the ministry's chapter; where the chapter prints none, we say so.

Showing 54 targets and 220 programmes

Education, Culture, Youth & Sport

ECYS4 targets · 51 programmes

Education, Culture, Youth & Sport

Schools, school subsidies, study finance, culture, youth and sport

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Targets · indicator → level aimed for

Staffing occupancy (filled positions as a share of the total establishment)
Target: 77% (283 of 366 FTE filled; 336 FTE budgeted, 30 vacancies unbudgeted)
Educational Care Center (ECC) for pupils with additional support needs becomes operational
Target: August 2027
Quarterly performance reports from the ECYS monitoring tool (measurable indicators, budget updates, progress against policy objectives, bottlenecks and corrective measures)
Target: Every quarter, alongside monthly Management Team meetings
Share of personnel costs spent on primary tasks
Target: About 80% (Cg 27.4 million) of the Cg 34.3 million budgeted personnel costs; about Cg 1.8 million goes on third-party hire

Programmes · what each is meant to achieve

Priority 1: Improving access to education and student development

Assessment of educational infrastructure and materials (focus on special needs)
Budget: Cg 726k
Intended result: A report assessing educational infrastructure and materials, with a focus on special needs. It is carried out in cooperation with the TWO (Temporary Work Organisation), which finances it; the account is marked "Projects and Activities TWO".
Dutch-funded
"Implementation Roadmap" for the special education policy
No amount printed
Intended result: The special education policy "Roadmap" is being implemented. Existing staff do this work, so there is no separate budget.
Implementation of the higher education "Roadmap"
No amount printed
Intended result: Advice and regulations on funding and accreditation of higher education are drafted, and the higher education "Roadmap" is implemented. Staff only, with no separate budget.
Installation of an accreditation body
Budget: Cg 25k
Intended result: An accreditation body for higher education is installed in Sint Maarten.
Student School Transport
Budget: Cg 3.9M
Intended result: Under the new school-bus policy, students are transported to and from school and to extracurricular activities. The exact amount is Cg 3,949,003.
Participation in education levels
Budget: Cg 70.0M
Intended result: Students take part in basic secondary, secondary vocational and higher education. The money is paid as subsidies (account 6210-442), and the ministry's task is accountability and audit of the subsidised entities.

Justice

JUS8 targets · 41 programmes

Justice

Police, prison, courts, immigration and border control

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Targets · indicator → level aimed for

Staffing occupancy of the ministry's total establishment (job book)
Target: 58% in 2027 once budgeted vacancies are filled, up from 53.8% (590 FTEs) now
Legal-position placement of justice workers and retroactive pay
Target: Phase 2 paid in Q1 and Q2 2027 with placement decisions issued ministry-wide; phase 3 starts in Q2 2027; calculations and payments of retroactive pay for 10 Oct 2010 to 31 Dec 2022 further validated and checked (Cg 5,080 thousand budgeted for retroactive payments)
US State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ranking
Target: Improve the ranking: Sint Maarten has been rated Tier III for the fifth year and held Tier I in 2016
CFATF mutual evaluation (anti-money-laundering standards)
Target: A favourable CFATF mutual evaluation and correction of the deficiencies from the fourth-round evaluation, avoiding blacklisting
Foreigner Detention Centre (FDC) compliance with international detention standards
Target: FDC brought up to an international (CPT-compliant) standard in 2027
Permanent Customs headquarters
Target: Suitable location identified and lease agreement secured (short term)
Joint French-Dutch work at the Opal Building (Public Safety Center): number of parallel or joint investigations and response time to incidents
No target value is printed for this indicator.
Traffic enforcement: number of checks and vehicle inspections
No target value is printed for this indicator.

Programmes · what each is meant to achieve

Strengthening international cooperation with strategic partners

Implementation of the Franco-Dutch Treaty
Budget: Cg 15k
Intended result: An active steering group and operational working group; multidisciplinary surveillance and officer duty at strategic border locations; information exchange; training in document examination and exchange of samples.
Fitting out the Opal Building, Cole Bay, to house joint coordination (the police 'Public Safety Center')
Budget: Cg 50k
Intended result: A fully staffed, operational office where French and Dutch-side teams work together, with more joint investigations, better coordination, more law-enforcement presence and faster response to incidents.
Cooperation with international partners and organisations: judicial four-party talks
Budget: Cg 225k
Intended result: Better-structured cooperation between justice-chain partners (concordance agreements).
Cooperation with international partners and organisations: Financial Intelligence Unit (MOT) and CFATF compliance
Budget: Cg 450k
Intended result: Meet the obligations of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF); better financial-crime monitoring through data analysis; awareness campaigns to encourage reporting; more investigators for the FIU. Country Package measure B14 sets up a National AML/CFT-PF Committee (anti-money laundering and countering terrorist and proliferation financing) to correct the deficiencies found in the fourth-round CFATF evaluation.
Cooperation with international partners and organisations: line partly subsidised by the Dutch Interior Ministry (BZK), account 5310-435, first amount
Budget: Cg 855k
Intended result: The table prints this amount against 'Subsidy BZK 5310-435 partially subsidised' but does not say which listed activity it pays for.
Dutch-funded
Cooperation with international partners and organisations: line partly subsidised by the Dutch Interior Ministry (BZK), account 5310-435, second amount
Budget: Cg 100k
Intended result: Printed directly below the Cg 855k against the same BZK-subsidised account; the table does not say which listed activity it pays for.
Dutch-funded

Public Health, Social Development & Labour

VSOA6 targets · 45 programmes

Public Health, Social Development & Labour

Public health, social assistance, labour and the inspectorates

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Targets · indicator → level aimed for

Vaccination rate of children aged 0–17 (National Immunisation Programme)
Target: Reach and maintain 98%
Clinical protocols and triage guidelines for ambulance services researched, drafted and standardised
Target: 35 protocols/guidelines
Nurses trained for a cardiovascular risk-management pilot (NCD prevention, Country Package)
Target: 10–12 nurses
Schools and/or after-school care institutions supported by the healthy-eating programme
Target: Three
Yearly sports activity for children under the healthy-eating programme
Target: At least one activity for approximately 100 children
Senior households reached by the food discount programme
Target: 100 senior households

Programmes · what each is meant to achieve

Mental well-being and social resilience

Medical cost contribution to SZV for PP card holders (Medical Assistance; Dutch: Medische Bijstand)
Budget: Cg 22M
Intended result: Funds are transferred to SZV to cover medical care for people who are uninsured or not entitled to regular health insurance, and are reserved for the following year.
Financial Assistance (Public Assistance; Dutch: Onderstand)
Budget: Cg 8.2M
Intended result: People with no or very low income receive financial support on time.
Government contribution to SZV for medical insurance
Budget: Cg 5.5M
Intended result: The yearly government contribution to SZV for the health insurance of civil servants and the recently unemployed (up to 1 year) is paid.
Other Social Provisions (funeral costs for the indigent and emergency provisions)
Budget: Cg 120k
Intended result: Applications are processed and paid.
Transformation of community-based mental health care: legal and expert advice (Public Health department)
Budget: Cg 900k
Intended result: Implementation of the 'Insanity Act' (Krankzinnigenwet) and related policy; a contribution towards an adequate mental health care facility; implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Mental Health Care.
Transformation of community-based mental health care: contribution to the Mental Health Foundation (booked under Staff Bureau, health insurance costs)
Budget: Cg 1M
Intended result: Implementation of the 'Insanity Act' (Krankzinnigenwet) and related policy; a contribution towards an adequate mental health care facility; implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Mental Health Care.

General Affairs

AZ4 targets · 6 programmes

General Affairs

The Prime Minister's ministry: government ICT, buildings, fire service and disaster management

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Targets · indicator → level aimed for

New joint projects with Saint-Martin through the Cross-Border Cooperation Platform
Target: At least 3
Kingdom Conference on the future of the Kingdom, with the Netherlands, Aruba and Curaçao
Target: Organised in 2027
Outdated government servers replaced
Target: 7 new servers, partly replacing the 2014 HP ProLiant Gen9 servers
Purchase of government buildings to replace lease agreements
Target: Estimated start and end date: Q2 2027

Programmes · what each is meant to achieve

Strengthening Public Administration and Support Services

Implementation Measure B-Total: "it's all about people"
Budget: Cg 3.6M
Intended result: A stronger HR function and strategic personnel management, as part of a multi-year programme to raise the government's labour productivity and implementation capacity. Continued in cooperation with TWO. Booked to P&O's other goods and services (account 3460-439), which the numbers book shows at Cg 3,561,416 in both 2026 and 2027.
Implementation Measure B10: government accommodation and facility management
Budget: Cg 280k
Intended result: A well-considered accommodation and procurement policy, as part of a multi-year programme to improve the government's business operations. The 280 is part of Facility Management's third-party hire line (account 3450-416, total 1,780). The memorandum says the ministry's third-party hire is largely funded from four country-package project tracks, one of them for Facility Management.
Implementation Measure B4: strengthening the legislative function
Budget: Cg 156k
Intended result: A legislative function (structure, processes and set-up) that delivers more and better-quality legislation in a timely and adequate way. The 156 is part of Legal Affairs and Legislation's projects-and-activities line (account 3310-435), printed as "158.6"; the numbers book gives 158,600 for 2027, against 2,000 in 2026.

Promoting National Development and Regional Integration

Cross-border Cooperation Platform with Saint-Martin
Budget: Cg 715k
Intended result: At least three new joint projects with Saint-Martin. The memorandum books the 715 to account 410-3330, the Department of Foreign Relations' gross wages and salaries, a line that totals exactly 715 in 2027.
Kingdom Conference
Budget: Cg 200k
Intended result: Stronger mutual cooperation and policy alignment within the Kingdom, through a conference on the future of the Kingdom. The memorandum books the 200 to account 439-3320 (Interior and Kingdom Relations), but its differences table says the conference money was moved to the Staff Bureau (3110-439, 9 to 215), and the numbers book has only Cg 15,000 on 3320-439 for 2027.

Disaster Management and Crisis Management

Disaster Management Office: staff expansion and training
Budget: Cg 300k
Intended result: More trained staff able to respond effectively to disasters. The 300 is part of the Fire Department's other personnel costs (account 415-3210, total 596).

Finance

FIN6 targets · 18 programmes

Finance

Tax collection, the country's debt and interest, and financial management

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Targets · indicator → level aimed for

Remaining Trust Fund programme indicators realised (SPEAR component 1, NRPB)
Target: 80% of the remaining indicators
SPEAR disbursements in 2027
Target: Expected USD 8 million / Cg 14.4 million in 2027 (cumulative Cg 19.8 million)
Integrated Tax Administration ICT system and digital portals
Target: Investment in 2027 towards completing the system and portals (Cg 11,000 thousand); the capital table also shows Cg 2,250 thousand for 2028
Government-wide ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations)
Target: Estimated end date Q4 2027
New budget process (uniform budget instruction and timetable, quarterly reports)
Target: Fully rolled out in 2027
Audit opinion on the country's annual accounts
Target: Stronger internal control and better annual accounts that contribute to a clean audit opinion (stated aim; no date given)

Programmes · what each is meant to achieve

Policy objective 1: Modernisation of the Tax Administration

Result area 0 – Programme management & communication
Budget: Cg 1.3M
Intended result: Support for programme steering (change management, PR, programme audit).
Dutch-funded
Result area 1 – Organisational transformation
Budget: Cg 269k
Intended result: Updated job book, new processes in place and all staff trained to work with them.
Dutch-funded
Result area 2 – Modernisation of services
Budget: Cg 173k
Intended result: Trained staff and processes adjusted for customer-oriented service to taxpayers.
Dutch-funded
Result area 3 – ICT transformation (capital investment)
Budget: Cg 11M
Intended result: A robust tax ICT system, including portals (requirements, testing, data cleaning and migration).
Dutch-funded
Result area 4 – Redesign of business processes
Budget: Cg 485k
Intended result: Improved current-state ('IST+') processes completed.
Dutch-funded
Result area 5 – Accommodation (planning)
Budget: Cg 400k
Intended result: An accommodation plan for the Tax Administration.
Dutch-funded

Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic & Telecommunication

TEATT20 targets · 41 programmes

Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic & Telecommunication

Tourism, the economy, statistics, meteorology, aviation and telecom

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Targets · indicator → level aimed for

Visitor arrivals compared with 2024 (strategic marketing campaigns)
Target: At least +17% by Q4 2027, with at least one new source market contributing to arrivals
Off-peak visitors in May and June compared with 2025 (meetings, festivals and events policy)
Target: +12% (forecast)
Regional sports events attracted (sports tourism)
Target: At least two, including basketball and padel, in Q4 2027
Film projects launched on the island
Target: At least two by 2027
Small and medium-sized businesses given technical support and training
Target: At least 50 by Q4 2026-2027
People trained to qualify for 2% agricultural microloans (Agri Loan, via Qredits)
Target: At least 75, plus 3 agri-business academies with 25 candidates each, by Q4 2026 (deadline as printed in the 2027 budget)
Schools with agriculture projects (Agri in schools)
Target: 9 schools running and expanding hydroponic systems; initiatives completed at 13 schools, by Q3 2026 (deadline as printed)
Business-licence processing time
Target: 50% shorter: digital licensing system fully operational by Q2 2027 and -50% in Q4 2027 (objective 1); objective 6 gives the same -50% 'by the end of 2026'
Coverage of the online maximum-price database
Target: At least 80% of key goods and services, launched in Q2 2026 (deadline as printed)
Consumer awareness campaigns on price violations
Target: At least four by Q4 2026 (deadline as printed)
IETA case-handling time and administration (digital case management platform)
Target: About 40% shorter case times and about 30% less administration; full roll-out Q4 2026 (deadline as printed)
IETA enforcement staff trained and equipped
Target: 45 FTE trained by Q3 2026 and fully deployed by Q4 2026 (deadlines as printed)
Household Budget Survey published, with updated CPI weights and poverty thresholds
Target: By the end of Q4 2027
National unemployment and labour-market statistics (Labour Force Survey)
Target: Published by January 2027 at the latest
Farm-to-Fork pilot roadmap (agricultural research programme)
Target: Approved in Q4 2027, covering at least five key action areas
Key stakeholders contributing to the agricultural knowledge-sharing platform
Target: At least 80% within six months of launch (launch dated Q4 2026-2027)
Economic forecasting capacity
Target: At least one forecasting model in use and at least two employees trained, Q2 2026-2027
Sint Maarten Tourism Authority (STA) operational
Target: By the end of 2026 (deadline as printed)
IETA staff onboarding time (Centres of Excellence)
Target: 30% shorter by Q4 2026, with SOPs loaded by Q3 2026 (deadlines as printed)
Fully digital statistics data-collection and reporting system
Target: Operational by the end of 2027

Programmes · what each is meant to achieve

Economic growth and diversification

Agricultural research programme (E6)
Budget: Cg 300k
Intended result: A Farm-to-Fork pilot roadmap with at least five action areas approved in Q4 2027, and a digital knowledge-sharing platform for the agricultural sector with at least 80% of key stakeholders contributing within six months of launch.
Agri Loan
Budget: Cg 392k
Intended result: Low-interest microfinance through Qredits: at least 75 people trained to qualify for 2% microloans, and 3 agri-business academies with 25 candidates each (target dated Q4 2026).
Agri in schools
Budget: Cg 161k
Intended result: Continued subsidy support so 9 schools can run and expand hydroponic systems, and agriculture-in-schools initiatives completed at 13 schools (targets dated Q3 2026).
Investment and innovation promotion programme (E6)
Budget: Cg 400k
Intended result: Research, business case and roadmap for the formal establishment of the IPA (the planned Investment and Innovation Promotion Agency) completed by Q4 2026-2027.
Small and medium-sized enterprises Empowerment and Support programme (E6)
Budget: Cg 1.1M
Intended result: Further development of SEDC and new training tools, giving technical support and training to at least 50 small and medium-sized businesses by Q4 2026-2027.
SEDC subsidy
Budget: Cg 250k
Intended result: An annual subsidy for SEDC's operating costs so its support services for at least 50 small businesses can continue (Q4 2026-2027).

Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment & Infrastructure

VROMI6 targets · 18 programmes

Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment & Infrastructure

Roads, garbage collection, the landfill, permits and spatial planning

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Targets · indicator → level aimed for

Staffing level (filled posts as a share of the total establishment)
Target: About 81% if the 12 budgeted vacancies are filled (now 73%: 106 of 146 posts)
Spatial policies put into effect
Target: Implementation of the land issuance and land price policy, the spatial-economic strategy and the National Ordinance on administrative enforcement begins in 2027
Road Fund introduction
Target: Phased start in 2027 with an initial Cg 5 million from road tax: Cg 1.5 million to set the fund up and Cg 3.5 million for road-network improvements
Housing policy implementation
Target: Starts in 2027, phased over ten years
Environmental plans and legislation targeted by 2027 activities
Target: 2027 activities aim at: an operational updated nature policy plan (2025-2030), a national climate adaptation report, a report with adjusted environmental standards, an updated waste ordinance and nature protection ordinance, and a new ordinance for the waste authority
Permitting and inspection service results
Target: Well-trained and adequately equipped inspectors, digital and automated tools for permitting and supervision, and a proposal for updated service fees (the text says "in 2026")

Programmes · what each is meant to achieve

Strengthening resilient, robust and sustainable spatial development

Zoning plan
No amount printed
Intended result: The adopted zoning plan introduced and put into operation, so it is enforceable and gives citizens and developers clarity and legal certainty about land use.
Implementation of green zones
Budget: Cg 200k
Intended result: Green zones planned, designed and sustainably managed, for a healthier, climate-resilient living environment and more ecological value.
Implementation of waste export
Budget: Cg 354k
Intended result: A working, compliant system for exporting waste as part of integrated waste management, easing local environmental pressure and keeping the waste chain running.

Improved infrastructure and sufficient supply of housing

Management of cemeteries and conducting burials
No amount printed
Intended result: Well-managed, orderly public cemeteries and respectful burials that meet legal obligations.
Sufficient supply of housing
Budget: Cg 200k
Intended result: A multi-year housing strategy, based on the housing policy 2025-2035 adopted in 2026, that aims at enough housing for everyone.
Design of cemetery Belvedere
No amount printed
Intended result: An integrated plan for designing and opening the Belvedere cemetery: accessible, future-proof, meeting current and future burial needs and respecting cultural and religious diversity. (Site preparation is a separate Cg 3.5 million capital item.)

Reading these targets

Promises need measurable targets

A target is easiest to check when it names a number and a date: so many permits, within so many days, by the end of the year. Some of the targets above do. Many of the programme results describe an intention instead, a policy introduced, a system put in place, a service well run, without a level that can be checked at the end of 2027.

That does not make them less important. It does mean the useful question comes later: when the 2028 budget and the 2027 annual accounts arrive, they should report what was actually achieved against each of these. This list is what they can be compared with.

Targets set54across seven ministries

Targets with no level printed2the indicator is named, the level aimed for is not

Programmes with no amount29of 220 programmes, no amount is printed beside them

Dutch-funded programmes45wholly or partly funded with Dutch money (Country Package, TWO, Trust Fund or BZK)

Sources and publication notes

Sources

NL Ontwerp-landsverordening begroting 2027 (submission to Parliament, IS/001/26-27) , 337 pages. Sent by the Governor 7 Sept 2026; received by Parliament 8 Sept 2026. The legal text: the draft ordinance, the numbers book (Getallenboek), the Dutch explanatory memorandum and the advice letters.
EN Explanatory Memorandum Budget 2027 (English edition) , 186 pages. Version 0.72, dated 3 Sept 2026. A translation of the Dutch memorandum. Every figure matches the Dutch page for page.

Page references (§ EN p.… / NL p.…) open the page itself. Draft, presented to Parliament on 8 September 2026 and not yet adopted; figures can change before Parliament adopts it. Targets and programmes are taken from each ministry's policy chapter in the explanatory memorandum. Past budgets are in the archive.