Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on the basis of official information from the countries. a Another important intersectoral coordination mechanism is the National Social Service Council, created in 1993, which is chaired by a presidential delegate and consists of nine government representatives, including a representative from the States and one from the municipalities, together with nine civil society representatives (from the users of the social security organizations of the sector’s workers), chosen under the supervision of the Federal Public Prosecution Department. The council is also chaired by one of its members, elected democratically by members to serve a one-year mandate, with only one re-election allowed for a similar period. It also has an executive secretariat, in addition to a series of thematic committees devoted to both management and the financing of the competencies needed to fulfil the requirements of the Organic Law on Social Security: the Social Security Policy Committee, the Committee to Monitor the Social Security Councils, the Financing Committee, the Standards Committee, the Benefits and Income Transfers Monitoring Committee and the Committee to Monitor the Deliberations of the National Social Security Conferences. b In Honduras, another important intersectoral coordination entity is the Social Protection Technical Committee. Its participants include the Secretariat of State in the Office of Social Development, the Secretariat of State in the Office of the President, the Technical Secretariat for Planning and External Cooperation, the Secretariat of State in the Office of Education, the Secretariat of State in the Office of Health, the Secretariat of State in the Offices of Labour and Social Security, the Secretariat of State in the Offices of Justice and Human Rights, the Secretariat of State in the Offices of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Hondurans, the Secretariat of State in the Offices of the Interior and Justice, the Honduran Institute for Children and the Family, the National Institute for Women, the National Youth Institute, the Honduran Association of Municipalities, the Honduran Social Investment Fund, the National Commissioner for Human Rights, the Civil Society Group, the Coordination of Rehabilitation Institutions and Associations of Honduras, the National Commission for Non-Formal Education, the Women’s Network, the National Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras, the Honduran Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Integration of Persons with Limited Abilities, the Regional Network of Justice and Peace, the Kukulcan Association, the Violet Collective Association, the Network of Institutions for Children’s Rights, Ayuda en Acción, Casa Alianza, the Christian Children’s Fund, Plan Honduras, the National Association of Honduran Millers, Asociación Compartir, the Foundation for Solidarity and Voluntary Work of the Valencian Community, Asociación Gaviota, the Christian Youth Association and the National Youth Forum; the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. c In 2000, the Human and Social Development Office was set up for the first time in Mexico, consisting of the main federal social offices and coordinated by a Board of Directors comprising the Secretariat of Social Development, Education and Health. In 2004, the General Law of Social Development created the Intersectoral Commission on Social Development (CIDS) as the Federal Coordination Mechanism for Implementing the National Social Development Policy. This included the main social and economic entities of the federal government, chaired by the Social Development Secretariat. In 2013, the Specialized Office of Inclusive Mexico was created, as a higher rank mechanism for coordination at the federal level, followed by the CIDS itself, which added the formal mission of coordinating implementation of the National Crusade against Hunger. d Another important coordination body is the Vice Ministry for the Supreme Social Happiness of the People, chaired by a representative appointed by the government, and consisting of the General Directorate of Social Assistance, the General Directorate of Social Networks, the National Council for Children’s and Adolescents’ Rights, the National Institute of Social Services, the National Development Council for Afro-descendent Communities of Venezuela, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, as well as the El Niño Simón National Foundation and the José Féliz Ribas Foundation, and the Child Jesus Mission, the Negra Hipolita Mission, the José Gregorio Hernández Mission and the Culture Mission.