PCM-064-2018

Create the National Commission for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (CN-ODS), which shall be responsible for:

• a)

  Approving and coordinating the application of the National Strategy for the Implementation of the National Agenda 2030 and the prioritized SDGs;

• b)

  Conducting and promoting the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of compliance with the SDGs, with emphasis on those prioritized in the National Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goals;

• c)

  Advising the Executive Power and all demands presented to it regarding strategies and public policies to achieve the SDGs;

• d)

  Promoting the development of technical instruments that facilitate the linkage, implementation, and evaluation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, prioritarily those of the National Agenda, in different areas and levels;

• e)

  Approving and promoting the Communication and Dissemination Plan on the National Agenda 2030 of the SDGs;

• f)

  Promoting reforms to legal or regulatory frameworks that are pertinent and operative norms and functioning procedures that facilitate the implementation of the National Agenda 2030 for the SDGs;

• g)

  Knowing and approving National Voluntary Review Reports and any other document and instrument referred to the implementation and compliance of the SDGs prioritized in Honduras;

• h)

  Assuming and/or delegating to the competent authority the representations of Sustainable Development before national and international networks and organisms;

• i)

  Promoting initiatives for systematization of experiences referred to the implementation and evaluation of the National Agenda 2030 in Honduras; and, j. Fostering and supporting exchanges of experiences on the implementation and evaluation of the National Agenda 2030 of SDGs, within and outside the country.

The CN-ODS is created with the purpose of constituting itself as the governance body for the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the country. It shall be integrated by the heads or high-level representatives of the following institutions:

• a)

  General Coordination Secretariat of Government, which shall preside over it;

• b)

  Finance Secretariat;

• c)

  Foreign Relations and International Cooperation Secretariat;

• d)

  The Higher Education Council;

• e)

  The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise;

• f)

  Workers' and Peasant Organizations;

• g)

  Organized Civil Society; and, h. The Association of Municipalities of Honduras. For technical, strategic, and operative matters of the execution of the 2030 Agenda, the CN-ODS shall have the support of the different offices of the General Coordination Secretariat of Government (SCGG), especially the Presidential Directorates, the General Coordinators of Assistant Government of the SCGG, as well as the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Additionally, the CN-ODS shall count on International Cooperation organisms as strategic allies.

The General Coordination Secretariat of Government constitutes itself as the Institutional Focal Point of the National Agenda 2030 of SDGs (AN-ODS).

The General Coordinator Secretary of Government shall delegate to the Presidential Directorate of Planning, Results-Based Budget and Public Investment (DPPI) the technical aspects of planning and monitoring of the implementation of the AN-ODS and to the Presidential Directorates of Monitoring and Evaluation and to that of Transparency, Modernization and Digital Government, matters concerning their competencies according to current legislation.

In order to directly assist the functioning of the CN-ODS, the Technical Committee for Sustainable Development (CT-DS) is created, coordinated by the DPPI of the SCGG and integrated by a high-level technician from each of the institutions that comprise the CN-ODS, including the INE and International Cooperation Organisms. This commission shall have the following functions:

• a)

  Provide current and prospective analytical support and technical recommendations for the decision-making of the CN-ODS;

• b)

  Follow up on the execution of the resolutions adopted by the CN-ODS in relation to the implementation of the National Agenda 2030 for the SDGs;

• c)

  Coordinate the development and propose to the CN-ODS the strategies for execution and socialization of the 2030 Agenda for the SDGs, with emphasis on the AN-ODS;

• d)

  Propose to the CN-ODS improvements to the legal framework and public policies that contribute to the achievement of the SDGs;

• e)

  Propose to the CN-ODS updates of the National Agenda 2030 of SDGs, based on changes in the national environment;

• f)

  Develop, review, comment on, and refer to the CN-ODS, for its knowledge or approval, reports related to the implementation of the National Agenda 2030 for the SDGs; and, g. Define and present to the CN-ODS the proposals for systematization and exchanges of experiences on the implementation of the National Agenda 2030 of the SDGs, at the local or international level.

For the fulfillment of its functions, the CT-DS may manage the collaboration, participation, and integration of other public and private offices that are considered pertinent, as well as independent researchers with recognized national and international trajectory.

For the implementation of the National Agenda 2030 of the SDGs in the territory, the Municipal Associations (Mancomunidades de Municipios) constitute themselves as the bodies of coordination and technical support to the CN-ODS, through the CT-DS.

The "Thematic Working Tables" are created to address and analyze the issues of interest that the CT-DS defines. The integration and functioning of these shall be described in the Internal Regulations of the CN-ODS.

The participation and collaboration of the members of the CN-ODS and of its support bodies shall be ad honorem.

The CN-ODS, with the assistance of the CT-DS, must develop and reach consensus on the Internal Regulations that shall govern its functioning and that of the rest of the technical support bodies, within a period not exceeding three (3) months after the Executive Decree PCM-064-2018 is published in the Official Journal of the Republic "La Gaceta".

Repeal Executive Decree Number PCM-008-2010 dated September 27, 2010, and its amendments issued by the President of the Republic in Council of State Secretaries. The functions and responsibilities that are currently held by the National Council of Sustainable Development (CONADES) pass to be part of the attributions of public institutions according to their competencies at the initiative of the SCGG, while at the same time such functions and responsibilities become part of the competencies of the CN-ODS.

The Special Technical-Administrative and Transitional Commission is created, with personnel from the former National Council of Sustainable Development (CONADES) and from the SCGG, with the sole purpose of executing all those activities necessary to liquidate CONADES, such as the physical inventory of assets, personnel cancellation, review of physical spaces, assets and liabilities, remaining budget from previous years through 2018, transfer of technical and administrative information, among others. The assets and budgetary remainders that result from the liquidation shall be transferred to the SCGG, which shall incorporate them into its budget to be used in the coordination of the execution of the AN-ODS.

As of the Finance Secretariat shall increase the budget of the SCGG by an equal or greater amount than what was transferred to the former CONADES in 2010, with which it will be possible to cover expenses related to the functioning of the CN-ODS and the CT-DS. These resources shall be part of the budget of the SCGG and the same may be complemented with funds from external cooperation sources that are mobilized for the implementation of the SDGs Agenda, specifically the AN-ODS.

The increase to the budget of the SCGG shall be made at the request of this Secretariat at the time of annual budgetary formulation and based on the annual operative plans approved by the CN-ODS at the proposal of the CT-DS, within the framework of the execution of the AN-ODS.

This Decree shall enter into force the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the Republic "La Gaceta". Given in the Constitutional Chamber of Presidential House, in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the nineteenth (19) day of the month of September of the year two thousand eighteen (2018). LET IT BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC MARTHA VICENTA DOBLADO ANDARA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COORDINATION OF GOVERNMENT, BY LAW. EBAL JAIR DÍAZ LUPIAN STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY. HECTOR LEONEL AYALA ALVARENGA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF GOVERNANCE, JUSTICE, AND DECENTRALIZATION. MARÍA DOLORES AGÜERO LARA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. REINALDO ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ RIVERA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION. ARNALDO CASTILLO FIGUEROA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ROBERTO ANTONIO PINEDA RODRÍGUEZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES. JULIAN PACHECO TINOCO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL SECURITY. FREDY SANTIAGO DIAZ ZELAYA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. OCTAVIO RUBEN SÁNCHEZ MIDENCE STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH. MARCIAL SOLIS PAZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. CARLOS ALBERTO MADERO ERAZO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY. MAURICIO GUEVARA PINTO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK. JOSÉ ANTONIO GALDAMES FUENTES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT. ROCÍO IZABEL TÁBORA MORALES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCES. KARLA EUGENIA CUEVA AGUILAR STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. ROBERTO ANTONIO ORDOÑEZ WOLFOVICH STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF ENERGY. ERNIE EMILIO SILVESTRI THOMPSON STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF TOURISM