Overview
This project aims to foster smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth in the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Key activities of the project, implemented by the OECD, include:
- Work with businesses: Data analysis, resource mapping, and identification of training needs related to due diligence practices in LAC (including a Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) survey); capacity building and an e-learning programme on RBC in LAC; and due diligence checkers for the agriculture and mining sectors.
- Work with governments: Technical meetings with government officials on their role in promoting RBC; training on mainstreaming RBC into sectoral or RBC-related policies; training sessions on RBC for networks of trade and investment officials and LAC NCPs; and an RBC Policy Review for Chile.
- Work with LAC NCPs for RBC: Regular meetings to share best practices and experiences among NCPs; translation of resources and tools into Spanish and/or Portuguese; and activities to promote engagement and collaboration with National Human Rights Institutions in the seven target countries where an NCP exists.
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Key information
- Start date
July 2024
- End date
June 2028
- Target group(s)
Civil society organisations; Trade unions; Government institutions; National human rights institutions (NHRI); Companies; Smallholders and cooperatives; Business associations; Workers; Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI); Industry initiatives
- Sector(s)
Agriculture, fishing, forestry; Energy and extractives; Financial sector
- Type of initiative
Country level
- Countries of intervention
Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Mexico; Panama; Peru
- Type(s) of support
Information & guidance on due diligence; Tools for risk assessment & reporting; International policy dialogue; Multi-stakeholder collaboration; Capacity building & training; Support to regulatory environment
- Type(s) of contributor
International organization
- Contributor(s)
European Union (EU)
- Implementing organisation(s)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); International Labour Organization (ILO); Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR)