{"id":389237,"date":"2022-05-23T13:28:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettsteder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/?page_id=389237"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:01:06","slug":"international-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/annual-reports\/annual-report-2021\/international-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"International cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"module-0\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-banner hogan-module-0 hogan-banner-content-left hogan-module-width-full hogan-banner-theme-dark hogan-banner-layout-columns hogan-banner-text-left module-no-gap container-full-width\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner banner-height-40 tagline-fontsize-18 heading-fontsize-48 content-fontsize-22 banner-custom-bg-color\" style=\"background-color: #007f6c;\"><div class=\"hogan-banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hogan-banner-column hogan-banner-image\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-800x571.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-full size-medium-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-1130x807.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-1500x1072.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/internasjonalt-samarbeid-1320x943.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-banner-column hogan-banner-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-banner-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-tagline\">MAIN TASK 3<\/div><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">International cooperation<\/h2>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 71.4453125%\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-fa1ie8zh\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-fa1ie8zh_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: GettyImages<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-fa1ie8zh_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-fa1ie8zh\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-1\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-text hogan-module-1 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner clearfix\"><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #007f6c;\">The third aspect of the NCP\u2019s work is to cooperate and share best practice with the OECD and the 50 other National Contact Points. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #007f6c;\">For the contact point system to gain trust, it is essential that multinational enterprises are subject to the same requirements and expectations regardless of which OECD country they are based in.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #007f6c;\">The NCPs are organised differently, however, and their resources and status also vary, which challenges this principle.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-2\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-text hogan-module-2 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner clearfix\"><h2><strong>Participation in international meetings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_388834\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-medium-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-388834 \" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/deltagelse-800x508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/deltagelse-800x508.jpg 800w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/deltagelse-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/deltagelse-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/deltagelse-400x254.jpg 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/deltagelse.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEET REGULARLY: The NCPs meet regularly at the OECD offices in Paris \u2013 here from a meeting in 2019.<\/figcaption><div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 63.506063947078%\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-2xunvihl\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-2xunvihl_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: OECD<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-2xunvihl_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-2xunvihl\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>One of the NCP\u2019s important tasks is to cooperate with the 50 OECD National Contact Points in other countries, and to participate in the OECD Forum and meetings on responsible business conduct. These meetings were held online in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The NCP nonetheless had the pleasure of attending several international events.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-3\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-content_grid hogan-module-3 module-no-gap module-bg container-full-width\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner container columns-3\"><div class=\"hogan-content-grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hogan-grid-inner list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-content-grid-item list-item hogan-grid-item-type-simple_card\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_388842\" class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/logo-rekord-deltakelse-2-432x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-3-2 size-medium-3-2\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"simple-card-content-container\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"hogan-tagline\">OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct<\/div><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">Record participation<\/h2><div class=\"hogan-caption\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leading representatives of business and industry, academia, trade unions, civil society and governments come together at the Forum to share best practices and new developments in responsible business conduct. The Forum was held online in June 2021, with a record number of more than 2,500 participants.<\/p>\n<p>The key topic at the year\u2019s Forum was how responsible business conduct can be the key to a sustainable future in a world that is constantly changing. A range of enterprises shared best practices from their work on due diligence. Several sessions were held on the NCPs\u2019 work, where Head of the Secretariat Cathrine Halsaa led a session on the NCPs\u2019 role in promoting responsible business conduct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-content-grid-item list-item hogan-grid-item-type-simple_card\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_388837\" class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/etablert-nettverk-432x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-3-2 size-medium-3-2\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-m3qfa521\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-m3qfa521_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: Per Kristian Lie L\u00f8we\/Konsis<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-m3qfa521_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-m3qfa521\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"simple-card-content-container\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"hogan-tagline\">Nordic-Baltic cooperation meeting <\/div><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">Well established network<\/h2><div class=\"hogan-caption\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nordic and Baltic NCPs meet every year under the Nordic-Baltic NCP network. In 2021, the Danish NCP hosted this conference, which had to be held online due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The group has evolved to be a trust-based forum for raising specific issues, such as the best way of giving advice to businesses about due diligence, and methods for successfully handling specific instances.<\/p>\n<p>The topic of this year\u2019s meeting was experience of handling specific instances during the coronavirus pandemic, with a particular focus on the advantages and disadvantages of online mediation. Belgium\u2019s NCP gave an account of its experience of the online mediation process. International developments in statutory due diligence, by way of national and international regulation, were also discussed. Norway\u2019s NCP presented its survey of Norwegian enterprises\u2019 knowledge of the OECD Guidelines and the NCP, discussed in its 2020 annual report.<\/p>\n<p>____________<\/p>\n<p>Photo:<\/p>\n<p>PHYSICAL MEETING: From the left Barbara Bijelic representing the OECD, Cecilie Meciah Haugen Ngwenya and Linda Nielsen representing Denmark\u2019s NCP, Henning Kloster-Jensen representing the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cathrine Halsaa representing Norway\u2019s NCP and Jakob Kiefer representing the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo taken at the meeting in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-content-grid-item list-item hogan-grid-item-type-simple_card\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_388838\" class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-432x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-3-2 size-medium-3-2\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-432x288.jpg 432w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-1130x754.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy-1320x881.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/laeringsverktoy.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-lp2td3mf\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-lp2td3mf_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: Norway\u2019s NCP\/Kontaktpunktet<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-lp2td3mf_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-lp2td3mf\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"simple-card-content-container\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"hogan-tagline\">Peer review of Ireland\u2019s NCP<\/div><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">Important learning tool<\/h2><div class=\"hogan-caption\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peer reviews of the individual NCPs are an important resource in establishing functional equality between them. In autumn 2021, NCP member Beate Ekel\u00f8ve-Slydal and \u00c5se Sand from the secretariat participated in the peer review team that assessed Ireland\u2019s NCP. The Spanish and Czech NCPs were also represented on the team, together with representatives of the OECD Secretariat. They met Ireland\u2019s NCP and its stakeholders on 27 and 28 October 2021 in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>During the peer review, the team assesses how the NCP works, and whether it operates in accordance with the core criteria for the NCP system, i.e. visibility, accessibility, transparency and accountability. The team also looks at whether the NCP\u2019s handling of specific instances is impartial, predictable, fair and in compliance with the OECD Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The peer review process is an important learning tool for the NCP being reviewed, but it is also a very interesting and educational process for the NCPs represented on the team<\/p>\n<p>___________<\/p>\n<p>Photo:<\/p>\n<p>PEER REVIEW: The peer review team speak to different stakeholders during the process, here on the phone to a party to a complaint relating to DR Congo. From the left: Aize Azqueta representing Spain\u2019s NCP, Ludmila Hyklova representing the Czech Republic\u2019s NCP, and Nicolas Hachez and Emily Halstead representing the OECD Secretariat.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-4\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-text hogan-module-4 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner clearfix\"><h2><strong>Updating the OECD Guidelines?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-388844 size-medium-full\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-432x288.jpg 432w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-1130x754.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1160947475-1320x881.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the OECD initiated a process to ensure the Guidelines continue to be the leading standard for responsible business conduct. The objective of this stocktaking process is to map recent developments relating to responsible business conduct, the most important goals achieved, challenges for the Guidelines and the unique grievance mechanism the NCP system represents, in addition to the international context the Guidelines operate in.<\/p>\n<p>The process has been subject to international open consultation, with input from a range of actors, also from Norway, including organisations representing the social partners, civil society and international organisations such as ILO, the UN and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI).<\/p>\n<p>This work has enabled the OECD to map the strengths of the Guidelines and the NCP system, and challenges and shortcomings in relation to international developments and the potential for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Three topics have stood out in particular in the process:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are the Guidelines fit for the issues in all areas of responsible business conduct?<\/li>\n<li>Is the NCP system institutionally fit to<br \/>\npromote the Guidelines and handle complaints?<\/li>\n<li>Are the Guidelines and the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct (WPRBC) fit for implementation at the centre of international developments in responsible business conduct?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The process will continue throughout 2022.<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAIN TASK 3International cooperation Foto: GettyImages\u00c5penThe third aspect of the NCP\u2019s work is to cooperate and share best practice with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":388830,"parent":389168,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-389237","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"language":"en-GB","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389289,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389237\/revisions\/389289"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}