A/HRC/20/29 possible and appropriate, with a view to matching resources and capacity to the activities and work streams proposed. The strategy will be further developed by the Working Group in its future reports and will be subject to periodic review throughout the mandate. A. Strategic considerations 48. Transforming the Guiding Principles from agreed-upon practice standards to everyday standard practice is an undertaking of global proportions, and the Working Group underestimates neither the scale nor complexity of the challenge. In order to ensure relevance and responsiveness to current conditions, the Working Group has informed its strategy with elements of the economic, political and historical context described in the sections above. Three additional, and more specific, considerations informed the Working Group’s strategy: (a) The Guiding Principles will provide a common reference point in a diverse and rapidly evolving field; (b) The need for greater access by victims of business-related human rights abuse to effective remedies, which is urgent both in and of itself, as well as an important opportunity to drive implementation by setting the right incentives; (c) In order to promote dissemination and implementation most effectively, there is a need to cultivate an environment conducive for the uptake of the Guiding Principles. 1. The Guiding Principles: a common reference point in a rapidly developing field 49. As discussed above, some States and companies have already begun to implement the Guiding Principles. Implementation, fostered by increasing external pressures and growing internal commitment, will likely gather pace as awareness of the Guiding Principles grows and as more resources, guidance, projects and services are created to facilitate their uptake. At the same time, researchers, institutions and civil society organizations will offer new and refined interpretations and understandings of the Guiding Principles, which will complement dissemination and implementation efforts. The Working Group will seek to promote convergence, consistency, coordination and clarity of such efforts wherever possible and appropriate. In so doing, the Working Group will take into account, among other things, the considerations described below. 50. Promoting convergence: The Guiding Principles are the point towards which existing and future human rights and business standards and related, tools, guidelines, resources, services and initiatives for companies and States should converge. The Guiding Principles should remain the authoritative basis of understanding of the respective responsibilities and duties of business enterprises and States, and how these should be operationalized in practice. This objective should be pursued without curtailing further enhancement of standards or extension of expectations beyond the benchmark provided by the Guiding Principles. 51. Avoiding duplication: It will be important to prevent the duplication of activities, initiatives or contributions of others, as well as to avoid repetition, fragmentation and digression among current and emerging initiatives. Wherever possible and appropriate, the Working Group will seek to foster a central core of effort involving all parties, to share lessons learned and good practices between initiatives, and to ensure that separate initiatives are faceted and complementary, in order to meet the specific implementation challenges and opportunities presented by particular industry sectors and operating contexts, among other factors. 12