A/HRC/20/29 sized enterprises.17 It has also stated its intention to publish periodic progress reports on the implementation of the Guiding Principles within the European Union, and invited its Member States to develop national plans for the implementation of the Guiding Principles by the end of 2012.18 30. In late 2011, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced that the first thematic study by its new intergovernmental commission on human rights would focus on business and human rights and target an ASEAN guideline that would be fully compliant with the United Nations frameworks, in particular the Guiding Principles.19 C. Initiatives by national Governments 31. The Working Group received information from some Governments on initiatives to implement the Guiding Principles at the national level. For example, in June 2011, the Netherlands passed a motion in Parliament requesting the Government to provide a plan on how it intended to implement the Guiding Principles; in November 2011, Colombia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland issued a joint declaration expressing their commitment to implement the Guiding Principles;20 and during the first half of 2012, the United Kingdom is holding multi-stakeholder consultations with business, civil society and academics on the process of preparing guidance to business enterprises on the application of the Guiding Principles. 21 D. Initiatives by national human rights institutions 32. National human rights institutions made important contributions to the process of developing the Framework and Guiding Principles, as well as promoting the convergence between these and other international standards. Both the Guiding Principles and Human Rights Council resolution 17/4, in which the Council endorsed the Principles, envisage a key role for national human rights institutions in the context of their implementation. The Working Group on Business and Human Rights of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions has developed a draft plan of action that focuses on four activity areas: (a) to provide guidance and tools to national institutions on business and human rights; (b) to engage with stakeholders on human rights and the role of national institutions in implementing international and regional initiatives on business and human rights; (c) to produce and deliver awareness and outreach activities and products; and (d) to develop, pilot, implement and evaluate regional training and tools in collaboration with regional networks. National human rights institutions have also recently held regional strategic planning workshops on business and human rights, and identified priorities for 17 18 19 20 21 8 A member of the Working Group, Alexandra Guáqueta, is participating in her individual capacity in an international advisory group established by the European Commission to advise the guidance project. European Commission, A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility, Brussels, 25 October 2011, COM(2011) 681. Remarks by Rafendi Djamin, representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, at the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Regional Conference on Business and Human Rights, 11-13 October 2011, Seoul. See www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressS&id=695253482. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/TransCorporations/Submissions/States/UnitedKingdom.pdf.