Cap. 521 Art. 7Duties.

(1) The public administration shall respond to any request from the competent authority for:

(a) information, both of a qualitative and quantitative nature;

(b) inputs into the formulation, revision or monitoring of any strategy or strategies, policy or policies or any other initiative related to sustainable development;

(c) any other form of input that may, from time to time, be required in respect of sustainable development.

(2) (a) Every Ministry shall have a Sustainable Development Coordinator.

(b) The Sustainable Development Coordinator shall provide the competent authority with any input it may require in fulfilment of its functions listed in article 5, the powers listed in article 6 and duties listed in sub-article (1) respectively. Such input shall be in a consolidated format reflecting the approved position of the Ministry.

(c) The Permanent Secretary within each Ministry shall be the Sustainable Development Coordinator in respect of such Ministry.

(3) (a) Every department of government, agency or entity shall have a Sustainable Development Focal Point.

(b) The Sustainable Development Focal Point shall assist the Sustainable Development Coordinator in developing the Ministry’s position in respect of any request by the competent authority

(c) The Director responsible for policy development within each Ministry and the Head of each government agency and entity shall be the Sustainable Development Focal Point.

(4) The competent authority shall be entitled to request any information directly from the Sustainable Development Focal Point.

(5) Each department of government, agency or entity shall state in a special section of its annual report:

(a) the manner in which it has responded to directives received from the competent authority;

(b) the specific objectives it has set to achieve alignment with the strategy in order to contribute to the goal of sustainable development and its contributions towards the implementation of the strategy;

(c) the specific activities or interventions it has undertaken to achieve the objectives referred to in article 5(b) and to quantify the benefits accrued thereof.

(6) Within the context of sub-article (5), the Principal Permanent Secretary shall be entitled to request the competent authority to review, from time to time, any such reports in so far as related to the provisions of this Act.