(2016-02) Decree Amending the 17 May 2005 Decree on the Organization of the Central State Administration
Summary — Signed by President Michel Martelly on 6 January 2016 and published in Le Moniteur No. 21 (1 February 2016), this decree amends the 17 May 2005 decree that organizes Haiti's central state administration. It rewrites the mandate of the Prime Minister's Secretariat General, creates a Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers, and converts the coordination body formerly at Article 113 into an Office de Management et des Ressources Humaines (OMRH) for civil-service policy.
Key Findings
- Rewrites Article 23 of the 2005 decree, expanding the Secretariat General of the Primature's role to thirteen functions including legal counsel, interministerial coordination and custody of official texts.
- Adds Articles 23.1-23.3 defining the Secretariat General's unit structure and formally establishing the Conseil de Gouvernement as the collegial body of Prime Minister, Ministers and Secretaries of State.
- Creates a Secrétariat Général du Conseil des Ministres (SGCM) with ministerial rank via new Article 29.2.
- Revises Articles 64, 71 and 72 to require ministries' planning, budget and HR units to coordinate permanently with the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
- Replaces Article 113 to create the Office de Management et des Ressources Humaines (OMRH) and repeals Articles 110-112 and 114-115 as redundant.
Full Description
This decree, given at the National Palace on 6 January 2016 (An 213 of Independence) and published in Le Moniteur No. 21 of 1 February 2016, modifies several provisions of the 17 May 2005 decree that organizes Haiti's central state administration. It responds to overlapping mandates among strategic coordination bodies attached to the Prime Minister's office. Article 23 is rewritten to give the Secretariat General of the Primature thirteen enumerated functions, including legal counsel to the Prime Minister, custody and formal publication of official texts in Le Moniteur, coordination of interministerial committee agendas, and preparation of the government's activity record. New articles 23.1-23.3 detail the Secretariat General's internal unit structure and formally define the Conseil de Gouvernement as the collegial body chaired by the Prime Minister that brings together ministers and secretaries of state.
The decree also inserts Article 29.2, creating a Secrétariat Général du Conseil des Ministres (SGCM) led by an official with ministerial rank, and revises Articles 64, 71 and 72 to require ministries' internal planning, budget/administrative-affairs, and human-resources units to maintain permanent working relationships with the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Most significantly, Article 113 is replaced to rename the civil-service coordination organ the Office de Management et des Ressources Humaines (OMRH), tasked with regulating civil-service performance, human-resources development policy and harmonizing administrative structures and procedures; Articles 110, 111, 112, 114 and 115 are repealed as redundant. The decree is signed by President Martelly, Prime Minister Evans Paul, and the full cabinet.