Another example in the promotion of regional development in South Southeast Mexico was the establishment of the Comisión Sur Sureste de la Comisión Nacional de Gobernadores (CONAGO) [South Southeast Commission of the National Governors Commission] in 2007. In February 2013, Tabasco Governor Arturo Núñez Jiménez took over the coordination of this Commission, promoting the bases for the formulation of the National Strategy for the Integral Development of the South Southeast which sets as its main strategic objective to configure a regional organization for inter-state and intergovernmental coordination in three aspects: thematic, territorial and institutional/instrumental. Until June 2017, the South-South-East Commission has held the following six meetings:
The first was on August 6, 2013, in Villahermosa. The governor of Tabasco presented to his counterparts the base document for an initiative of integral development of the South Southeast region. An initial work agenda was also defined.
The second one was held on February 21, 2014, , in Oaxaca. The governors requested the Undersecretary of Expenditures of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) to modify the rules of operation of the South Southeast Fund (FONSUR), to allow the presentation of joint projects by two or more states from the region. The Commission was now in charge of the National Strategy, which was initially considered a commitment by the federal government.
The third meeting was held on August 26, 2014, , in Veracruz. The Executive Commission unanimously approved the National Strategy for the Development of the South Southeast Region prepared by the Technical Coordination of the Commission that was previously agreed in a process of meetings of the Technical Commission in which state government officials participated.
The fourth meeting took place on April 27, 2015, in Mérida. The governors signed an inter-governmental coordination agreement with the head of the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU) for the articulated and synergic implementation of the National Development Strategy of the South Southeast, assumed by the Commission and the Regional Development Program of the South Southeast 2014-2018, formulated by SEDATU within the framework of the Federal Planning Law. Six regional thematic working groups that were set out in the National Strategy were formalized as the intergovernmental coordination groups for the implementation of the two planning instruments.
See: Regional Coordination Agreement.
Fifth, August 9, 2016, in Campeche. The Executive Commission supported and promoted an agenda of issues previously agreed upon between heads of state agencies within the regional thematic groups, which resulted in the implementation of the first five regional public action initiatives.
Sixth, June 29, 2017, in Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The governors and the coordinator of CONAGO asked the Federal Executive to re-establish FONSUR, which would allow the states of the region to have financing for pre-investment studies, as well as to strengthen state capacities in the management of public investment projects. The promotion of a regional sustainable tourism program is also assumed as the sixth regional initiative promoted by the Commission for the Integral Development of the South Southeast Region (CDIRSSE).
Find out more: South Southeast Commission of CONAGO.
Inform of CDIRSEE-CONAGO period 2013-2018
See Inform.