BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4cc9115a0be DTSTART:20220608T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220608T150000Z LOCATION:Online\, Colombia SUMMARY:Roundtable on strengthening the sustainability reporting infrastruc ture in Colombia CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD and the Department of National Planning of Colombia orga nized a roundtable on strengthening the sustainability reporting infrastru cture in Colombia which took place virtually on 8 June 2022. The meeting f eatured presentations of a proposal of a sustainability reporting framewor k for companies in Colombia and a document including a mapping of regulato rs of corporate reporting and policy recommendations concerning the body i n charge of sustainability/SDG reporting. After the presentations\, intera ctive discussions were held in order to obtain feedback and build consensu s.\n\nThe above-mentioned documents correspond to the first steps towards the implementation of the recommendations and activities included in the N ational Action Plan for high quality sustainability reporting that was dev eloped under the Development Account 11th Tranche Project entitled Enablin g policy frameworks for enterprise sustainability and SDG reporting in Afr ica and Latin America. \n\nDuring her opening remarks Ms. Olga Lucia Rome ro\, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies of the Depar tment of National Planning (DNP)\, stated that the project is in line with the actions Colombia is taking towards measuring the contributions of dif ferent actors to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG)\, and stressed the importance of having a better framework and reference on how these su stainability reports and contributions by the companies can be presented\, and also of working side by side with all key entities\, public and priva te\, to reach the objectives of the 2030 Agenda. Then\, Mr. Richard Bolwij n\, Head of the Investment Research Branch\, and Officer in charge of the Enterprise Branch of UNCTAD\, referred to the work conducted by UNCTAD sin ce the adoption of the 2030 Agenda\, on enhancing the role of enterprise r eporting in assessing the contribution of the private sector to the SDG im plementation by improving comparability\, consistency and reliability of s ustainability reporting and its alignment with the SDG indicator monitorin g framework. He further stressed that\, collaboration and coordination bas ed on a multi-stakeholder dialogue is critical. And therefore\, this Round table represents a step forward towards reinforcing Colombia’s sustainab ility reporting framework and promoting dialogue among regulators and supe rvisors of corporate reporting and other key counterparts.\n\nThe roundtab le was attended by the institutions involved in the implementation of the SDGs and in the regulation and supervision of corporate reporting in Colom bia including the Department of National Planning\, the Ministry of Commer ce\, Industry and Tourism\, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit\, th e Technical Council of Public Accountancy\, the Superintendency of Corpora tions\, the Superintendency of Finance\, and the General Accounting Office (CGN).\n\nA second Roundtable to discuss a proposal to strengthen the dat a collection mechanism for sustainability/SDG reporting information will t ake place on 15 June 2022 using a virtual format.\n<\;p>\;UNCTAD and t he Department of National Planning of Colombia organized a roundtable on s trengthening the sustainability reporting infrastructure in Colombia which took place virtually on 8 June 2022. The meeting featured presentations o f a proposal of a sustainability reporting framework for companies in Colo mbia and a document including a mapping of regulators of corporate reporti ng and policy recommendations concerning the body in charge of sustainabil ity/SDG reporting. After the presentations\, interactive discussions were held in order to obtain feedback and build consensus.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;The above-mentioned documents correspond to the first steps towards the implementation of the recommendations and activities included in the N ational Action Plan for high quality sustainability reporting that was dev eloped under the Development Account 11th Tranche Project entitled <\;em >\;Enabling policy frameworks for enterprise sustainability and SDG repo rting in Africa and Latin America<\;/em>\;.&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;During her opening remarks Ms. Olga Lucia Romero\, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies of the Department of Nationa l Planning (DNP)\, stated that the project is in line with the actions Col ombia is taking towards measuring the contributions of different actors to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG)\, and stressed the importance of having a better framework and reference on how these sustainability rep orts and contributions by the companies can be presented\, and also of wor king side by side with all key entities\, public and private\, to reach th e objectives of the 2030 Agenda. Then\, Mr. Richard Bolwijn\, Head of the Investment Research Branch\, and Officer in charge of the Enterprise Branc h of UNCTAD\, referred to the work conducted by UNCTAD since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda\, on enhancing the role of enterprise reporting in asse ssing the contribution of the private sector to the SDG implementation by improving comparability\, consistency and reliability of sustainability re porting and its alignment with the SDG indicator monitoring framework. He further stressed that\, collaboration and coordination based on a multi-st akeholder dialogue is critical. And therefore\, this Roundtable represents a step forward towards reinforcing Colombia’s sustainability reporting framework and promoting dialogue among regulators and supervisors of corpo rate reporting and other key counterparts.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The r oundtable was attended by the institutions involved in the implementation of the SDGs and in the regulation and supervision of corporate reporting i n Colombia including the Department of National Planning\, the Ministry of Commerce\, Industry and Tourism\, the Ministry of Finance and Public Cred it\, the Technical Council of Public Accountancy\, the Superintendency of Corporations\, the Superintendency of Finance\, and the General Accounting Office (CGN).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A second Roundtable to discuss a proposal to strengthen the data collection mechanism for sustainability/SD G reporting information will take place on 15 June 2022 using a virtual fo rmat.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meet ing/roundtable-strengthening-sustainability-reporting-infrastructure-colom bia DTSTAMP:20260707T093825Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR