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Honduras is about to submit its II National Voluntary Report (INV), under the premise that efforts made so far, do not always correspond to the expected results, but the the country's challenge is to permeate the National SDG Agenda (AN-SDG) on public agendas and not Publishes. The INV will highlight the appropriation aspects of the AN-ODS, as an opportunity to redirect national development priorities, and how the country faces the present and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
a. Inclusive and participatory AN-ODS. The definition of AN-SDGs resulted in the adoption of 17 objectives and the prioritization of 68 targets and 99 indicators, which was carried out within the framework of a participatory process, which included a number of actors: central government, decentralized councils, regional development councils, academia, NGGs, productive sectors, churches, organized women, among others.
b. The AN-ODS inserts into the planning and budgeting system. The objectives, indicators and AN-SDG targets are articulated with the instruments of the National Planning System of the Development: the Country Vision Act and the Nation Plan (2010-2022) and the Strategic Plan Government (2018-2022), incorporating the ASSISTANCE goals into the budget and operational planning instruments, both in the Central and Municipal Governments.
c. Governance of the Agenda. The law that creates the CN-SDG is issued, as the highest instance of governance of the AN-SDG, with the participation of key players in Honduran society: government; academy, private enterprise, workers, peasants, organized civil society and local governments, all supported by technical instances to ensure the implementation of AN-ODS.
d. Monitoring and evaluation of AN-ODS. Monitoring of AN-SDG indicators will be carried out through the SCGG Presidential Results Management System Platform; based on a strengthened National Statistics System.
e. Structural challenges of the country and the implementation of strategies and actions. The goal is to create favourable conditions to move forward with the goals of the ED-SDG. In addition, it has been identified relevant national initiatives for the implementation of the SDGs, by different actors, that bring together the universal principles of integrality, multi-scaling and leave no one behind.
f. Improvizing resource mobilization for an-ODS. Exercises have been conducted aimed at linking the Public Investment Plan (PIP) and budgetary resources in general. No however, this is an area that requires further development, both at the central government level and at the decentralized level, especially municipalities. Cooperation agendas private sector and civil society, aligned with the ED-SDG.
g. The implementation and follow-up processes of the AN-SDG have found significant achievements and good practices, but more challenges related to the governance of ANODS have been identified, such as the adequacy of the Agenda to the results-driven management model, the availability of data timely and quality and availability of resources for implementation, among others; it's affected by the closure social, economic and environmental gaps.
Honduras se dispone a presentar su II Informe Nacional Voluntario (INV), bajo la premisa que los esfuerzos hechos hasta ahora, no siempre se corresponden con los resultados esperados, pero el reto del país es permear la Agenda Nacional de los ODS (AN-ODS) en las agendas pública y no publica. El INV destacarán los aspectos de apropiamiento de la AN-ODS, como una oportunidad para redireccionar las prioridades de desarrollo nacional, y cómo el país enfrenta el presente y después de la pandemia del Covid-19.
a. La AN-ODS incluyente y participativa. La definición de AN-ODS, dio como resultado la adopción de los 17 objetivos y la priorización de 68 metas y 99 indicadores, lo cual se realizó en el marco de un proceso participativo, que incluyó a diversos actores: gobierno central, instituciones descentralizadas, municipalidades, consejos regionales de desarrollo, academia, ONGs, sector privado, sectores productivos, iglesias, mujeres organizadas, entre otros.
b. La AN-ODS inserta en el sistema de planificación y presupuesto. Los objetivos, indicadores y metas de la AN-ODS se articulan con los instrumentos del Sistema Nacional de Planificación del Desarrollo: la Ley de Visión de País y el Plan de Nación (2010-2022) y el Plan Estratégico de Gobierno (2018-2022), incorporando las metas de la AN-ODS en los marcos presupuestarios e instrumentos de planificación operativa, tanto en el Gobierno Central como municipal.
c. Gobernanza de la Agenda. Se emite la ley que crea la CN-ODS, como máxima instancia de gobernanza de la AN-ODS, con participación de actores claves de la sociedad hondureña: gobierno; academia, empresa privada, obreros, campesinos, sociedad civil organizada y gobiernos locales, todo lo cual, apoyado en instancias técnicas para garantizar la implementación de la AN-ODS.
d. Monitoreo y evaluación de la AN-ODS. El monitoreo de los indicadores de la AN-ODS, se realizará a través de la Plataforma del Sistema Presidencial de Gestión por Resultados de la SCGG; fundamentada en un Sistema Nacional de Estadísticas fortalecido.
e. Desafíos estructurales del país y la implementación de estrategias y acciones. El objetivo es crear condiciones favorables para avanzar con las metas de la AN-ODS. Además, se ha identificado iniciativas nacionales relevantes para la implementación de los ODS, por parte de diferentes actores, que reúnen los principios universales de integralidad, multiescalaridad y de no dejar a nadie atrás.
f. Viabilizando la movilización de recursos para la AN-ODS. Se han realizado ejercicios orientados a la vinculación del Plan de Inversión Pública (PIP) y de recursos presupuestarios, en general. No obstante, esta es un área que requiere mayor desarrollo, tanto a nivel del gobierno central como a nivel descentralizado, especialmente de las municipalidades. Las agendas de cooperación internacional, sector privado y sociedad civil, alineadas con la AN-ODS.
g. Los procesos de implementación y seguimiento de la AN-ODS, se han encontrado con logros importantes y buenas prácticas, pero más se han identificado desafíos relacionados con la gobernanza de la ANODS, como la adecuación de la Agenda al modelo de gestión por resultados, disponibilidad de datos oportunos y de calidad y disponibilidad de recursos para la implementación, entre otros; lo afecta el cierre de brechas sociales, económicas y ambientales.
*Originally submitted in Spanish and translated to English by the Secretariat
Honduras reiterates to the world its commitment to devoting effective, efficient and determined efforts to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, under the leadership of the Ministry for General Government Coordination.
Important advances have been made in establishing the bases for implementing the 2030 Agenda, with a restructuring of institutional structures for supporting the Sustainable Development Goals; the inclusion of key actors; the development of exercises on integrating the Agenda into the national planning, oversight and assessment system; and a tie-in with the national budget.
As for governance and the actors involved in the Sustainable Development Goals, Honduras has decided to set up two commissions: a high-level commission tasked with taking strategic decisions and addressing challenges that arise during the process; and a technical commission to provide advice and follow up on the decisions taken. Both commissions are made up of key actors from the public sector, the private sector, workers’ and campesinos’ organizations, academia, organized civil society, and municipal governments. Their main challenge is to ensure the sustained involvement of all actors.
As for existing coordination mechanisms for implementing the 2030 Agenda, the sectoral cabinets are a fortress and should play a greater role in achieving the Goals. Their task is to define, create and ensure the sustainability of institutional linkages, along with their mechanisms for the comprehensive implementation, coordination, follow-up and assessment of multidimensional, intersectoral and inter institutional policies and measures.
(a) The executive branch decided to delegate the coordination of the process to the Ministry for General Government Coordination because of its role in planning, oversight and assessment, and because of its links with international cooperation and various sectors. As a result, it has become the primary national and international focal point in the process;
(b) A multidimensional poverty index for Honduras has been defined and approved under the leadership of the Ministry for General Government Coordination, with the participation of multidisciplinary and intersectoral technical and political commissions, and with the assistance of the Poverty and Human Development Initiative of Oxford University for the multidimensional measurement and analysis of the target of eradicating poverty in all its forms (Goal 1), going beyond the sole criterion of income;
(c) Articulation and connection work:
(i) An analysis of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, their 169 targets and their 232 indicators with respect to the four national goals and 23 targets in the Country Vision, 2010-2038, the 11 strategic guidelines and the 65 indicators in the National Plan, 2010-2022, as well as the 14 global outcomes of the Government’s Strategic Plan 2014-2018, resulted in the prioritization of 13 Sustainable Development Goals and 62 indicators for 43 targets;
(ii) The implementation of pilot exercises for strategic institutional plans and strategic municipal development plans based on outcome-oriented management integrating the Goals;
(iii) An oversight proposal using the outcome-based management platform and the Sustainable Development Goals;
(iv) An analysis of the connection between the budgeting of interventions and the Goals;
(d) Implementation of joint initiatives involving the Government, various national actors and international cooperation, with an innovative approach to integrating and analytically addressing the Goals in the areas of:
(i) Food security:
(ii) Education;
(iii) Drinking water and sanitation;
(iv) Modernization of the State and accountability;
(v) Partnerships for development.
(a) Coordinated budgeting and planning with a review, analysis and strengthening of technical capacities, development planning models, and their connection to the budgetary resources needed to achieve the Goals. That will urgently require coordinated work between the Ministry for General Government Coordination, the Finance Ministry and the National Congress;
(b) Decentralization of the 2030 Agenda by central and municipal Governments during their planning and budgeting processes in order to achieve the prioritized Goals. To achieve this, strategies for awareness-raising, planning, oversight, follow-up and assessment of the indicators for the prioritized targets, and an appropriate communication plan, will be needed;
(c) Better alignment between the role of cooperation and international financial bodies. In spite of advances resulting from their involvement, there is still room for collaboration in (i) oversight and assessment of targets and indicators; (ii) the operations of national governance mechanisms; (iii) the ongoing process of building institutional capacities and training actors; and (iv) assistance in financing sustainable development. The role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and that of the Finance Ministry will be key in those areas.
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