Poland – OECD 2nd NAP

2. Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy

Activity of the OECD National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct

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“The Polish OECD National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (OECD NCP) was established in 1998, two years after Poland’s accession to the OECD. Since 2016, OECD NCP has been operating within the structure of government administration, currently in the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy (MFiPR) in the structures of the Office of the Minister. As part of the operations of the OECD NCP in the area of respect for human rights in business activity of enterprises, the following activities are planned:

– promotion of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the OECD sectoral recommendations, with particular emphasis on those concerning respect for human rights,

 – continuation of activities aimed at translating OECD documents on responsible business, which have not yet been translated into Polish, including involvement of representatives of relevant industries and sectors in the process of translation and verification of the documents,

– organisation of thematic information meetings on the activities of the OECD NCP to promote responsible business standards and the complaint mechanism for reporting potential violations of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises,

 – processing of notifications of potential violations of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by multinational enterprises.

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises address respect for human rights in business activity of enterprises in Chapter IV and, in part, also in Chapter V on employment relations including labour rights. Across the 50 countries implementing the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, human rights violations constitute one of the most frequent reasons for filing notifications to the OECD NCP. Hence, one of the indicators for monitoring the implementation of the NAP in 2021-2024 will be information on the number of notifications of potential violations of the OECD Guidelines related to Chapters IV and V of the OECD Guidelines as received and processed by the OECD NCP. Moreover, in the coming years and in line with the expectations of the social partners the OECD NCP plans to increase the number of events promoting the OECD Guidelines, such as webinars or conferences. These events will also include one promoting responsible business standards in the context of respect for human rights in business activities of enterprises.”