Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
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The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (Welsh: Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru) is a Welsh Government officer,[1] overseeing an independent advisory body of the same name. The position was created following the passing of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, effective on 30 September 2015, with the aim of promoting and facilitating sustainable development.[2]
According to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, the UN Sustainable Development Goals are the principles that underlying the work of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner's work is politically independent.[3]
The Commissioner's role
[edit]The Commissioner may do anything they consider appropriate to:
- promoting sustainable development through public bodies
- provide advice to the Auditor General for Wales on the sustainable development
The public bodies to which this duty applies are:
The Act places duties upon the following bodies operating within Wales:
- Welsh ministers
- local authorities
- local health boards
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust
- Velindre NHS Trust
- national park authorities
- fire and rescue authorities
- Natural Resources Wales
- The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
- The Arts Council of Wales
- Sports Council of Wales
- National Library of Wales
- National Museum of Wales
The commissioner must release a "future trends report" after each Senedd election, monitoring the progress of the Welsh Government according to indicators that it has published.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wales' new Future Generations Commissioner announced". Welsh Government. Welsh Government. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament. Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 as amended (see also enacted form), from legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ Lawrence, Peter (November 2022). "Justifying Representation of Future Generations and Nature: Contradictory or Mutually Supporting Values?". Transnational Environmental Law. 11 (3): 553–579. doi:10.1017/S2047102522000176. ISSN 2047-1025.