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Action point 1.5 (p. 11): “Each entity part of the Working Group, according to their operational plan, will define their training plan on this matter and will encourage the learning management in order to guarantee the continuation of the execution of the actions of this Plan. The inter-institutional training processes will be promoted for a better understanding of this matter in its various aspects; thus, the national entities will manage, together with their peers in other countries with the Colombia based embassies, the relevant tools as may be required.”

 

Action point 1.6 (p. 11): “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will disseminate and promote this plan internationally through its Diplomatic Missions, Permanent Representation Offices and Consular Sections.”

 

Action point 1.7 (p. 11): “The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, through its offices and agencies charged with business internationalization, will promote respect for human rights in the business activities, providing support regarding the contents of this Plan.”

 

Action point 1.9 (p. 12): “The Post-Conflict Directorate, jointly with the Council to the President for Human Rights, will promote the agenda on human rights and peacebuilding in the business sector, in alliance with the Chamber of Commerce of Colombia; thus, a training and knowledge transfer process by the Government, as well as cooperation with enterprises and the enterprises’ employees will be created.”

 

Action point 2.3 (p. 13): “The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism will emphasize the inclusion, in the business negotiations with other States, of clauses or criteria on human rights; this will be considered in the negotiation of future agreements, review of current agreements, and/or unilateral or joint statements with the business partners.”

 

Action point 2.4 (p. 13): “The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and its entities will determine the requirements regarding sustainability and respect for human rights as the criteria to select the enterprises to participate in their business activity encouragement programs, including the SME and micro SME (to this end, they will follow the OECD Recommendations for export credit entities http://www.oecd.org/tad/xcred/oecd-recommendations.htm)”.

 

Action point 2.5 (p. 13): “The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and its entities (PROCOLOMBIA) will work to make the Colombian enterprises observe the human rights standards and will strive for incentives in the international market.”

 

Action point 5.6 (p. 17): “The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism will promote the business efforts to adjust their policies to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, for which purposes it will assess, within six month from the execution of this Plan, its strategy to disseminate the Guidelines so as to make them widely known.”