Colombia – State owned enterprises/ public private partnerships

By Daniel Morris | 14. April 2021

VIII. FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS

i. Fundamental Pillar 1: The State’s obligation to protect human rights

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Strand 3 [Eje nº 3]: Dissemination of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and of instruments and strategies related to the promotion of these rights

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  • The Presidential Advisory Office for Competitiveness and Public-Private Management will support the dissemination of the NAP with the business sector and at territorial level through the Regional Competitiveness and Innovation Commissions.

Strand 4 [Eje nº 4]: Promoting inclusion and non-discrimination in business activity

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  • The Presidential Advisory Office for Human Rights, together with the Presidential Advisory Office for Competitiveness and Public-Private Management, the Presidential Advisory Office for Women and the ICBF [Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar] will carry out the articulation mechanisms for the implementation of gender parity initiatives that involve women and girls.

Strand 5 [Eje nº 5]: Articulating spaces for social dialogue and effective participation

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  • The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism [MINCIT] will link public-private policy networks related to competitiveness, productivity and income and employment generation to human rights and business processes and guidelines.

 

ii. Fundamental Pillar 2: The duty of business to respect human rights

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Strand 3 [Eje nº 3]: Train public and private companies on the need to mitigate the consequences of possible human rights impacts due to their operations, products or services provided, with an emphasis on those located in the region

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  • The ICBF [Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar] will provide technical assistance, advice, training and accompaniment to public-private agents in the integral respect of children’s rights, as well as in the implementation of the principles and actions set out in the Rights of the Child, as well as in the adoption and implementation of the Business and Childhood Strategy [Estrategia de Empresa y Niñez] within the framework of business activities in Colombia.

 

iii. Fundamental Pillar 3: Access to remedy mechanisms

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Strand 2 [Eje nº 2]: Access to non-judicial remedy mechanisms

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  • The Presidential Advisory Office for Human Rights and International Affairs, together with the Presidential Advisory Office for Public-Private Management, will design a guidance mechanism to ensure that human rights grievance mechanisms are effective and aligned with the criteria set out in the Guiding Principles.