A/HRC/45/15 programmes had been identified as contributing to the reduction of some of the causes of multidimensional poverty. 33. Chile promoted the maintenance of, and improvement and increases in, social protection minimums, even in times of crisis. The Government sought to ensure access to social benefits by the most vulnerable populations, and provided the example of the Chile Grows with You system of comprehensive child protection. The system’s mission was to assist, protect and support children and families, with focused support for vulnerable persons. Another programme, Chile Cares, was implemented through the Local Support and Care Network, which was part of a strategy to protect and provide comprehensive care for dependent persons, including persons who were over 60 years of age and in a state of dependency, and persons of any age with disabilities. The network’s actions incorporated the unpaid caregivers of dependent persons and/or the support networks for those persons in order to improve the quality of life of the household units. 34. In the area of cooperation, the Government of Chile highlighted its joint cooperation funds, which had diversified the country’s South-South and triangular cooperation. Those included the Chile Fund against Hunger and Poverty, which was a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme that was aligned with the 2030 Agenda. It engaged Chilean civil society organizations through transparent calls for proposals and introductory workshops. 35. The Government of Colombia referred to its National Development Plan for 2018– 2022, entitled “Pact for Colombia, pact for equity”. The National Council for Economic and Social Policy had produced a strategy for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Colombia, providing guidance through: the Monitoring and Reporting System; a statistical strengthening plan; a territorial strategy to support local governments in the implementation of development objectives; and guidelines for promoting dialogue with nongovernmental actors. 36. The Government described the private sector as a great ally for financing and executing sustainable public infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships. The Government reported having promoted the participation of the private sector in projects related to water and basic sanitation, expanding educational infrastructure, the construction of hospitals and urgent care centres and light-emitting diode (LED) lighting projects. 37. The Government emphasized its efforts to support local-level development. For instance, its territorial planning kit provided local authorities with methodologies, formats and practical instruments to improve the process of formulating development plans. The kit had been redesigned in 2019 and the updated version allowed for the online formulation of all of the country’s territorial development plans. Educational tools were also available, and technical assistance, in particular from the departmental level to municipalities, was facilitated. 38. The National Development Plan contained a pact for equity for women, including eight cross-cutting policies aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. With the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Economic Forum and private sector actors, the Government had launched an initiative addressing gender parity in the world of work in November 2019. The initiative sought to identify and reduce the barriers that impeded women from gaining access to labour opportunities and equal conditions. 39. The Government emphasized that it was necessary to strengthen international cooperation on financing for development, and stressed that official development assistance (ODA) remained essential for middle-income countries such as Colombia. The Government identified the mobilization of financial and in-kind resources as an area presenting major problems, and called for ensuring that science, innovation, knowledge and technology were applied in the service of people and the planet. 40. The Government of Cuba reported that the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines for the Party and the Revolution for 2016–2021 guided the country’s development strategy and mandated that companies and cooperatives must pay a territorial tax to the municipal administration councils where they operated, in order to contribute to local development and to finance current and capital expenses. 7