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Minutes of UK NCP steering board meeting held on 5 April 2022

Updated 2 October 2024

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Date 5 April 2022
Venue Hybrid MS Teams / Old Admiralty Building

Attendees

  • Tom Younespour (Chairman of the UK National Contact Point (NCP) Steering Board) - Department for International Trade (DIT), Trade Policy)
  • Edward Bickham (Board member) - International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  • John Evans (Board member)鈥�- Trade Union Congress (TUC)鈥�
  • DWP Representative (Alternate Board Member) - Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • FCDO representative (Board Member) - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • BEIS representative (Board member) - Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)鈥�
  • UK NCP Steering Board Secretariat - Department for International Trade (DIT, Trade Policy)

Item 1: Welcome

皇冠体育app Chairman welcomed the Steering Board and introductions were made.

Item 2: Minutes and actions from previous meeting

皇冠体育app minutes from the December 2021 meeting were confirmed as accurate.

Item 3: Updates

UK NCP Steering Board appointment process

Thanks were extended to current Steering Board members who continue with tenure until the appointments process is concluded.

Review of procedural review guidelines

皇冠体育app review committee were thanked for their completion of the Bonsucro Procedural Review Report last year.

Periodic review of Rules of Procedure

皇冠体育app UK NCP explained the process to undertake periodic review of the Rules of Procedure.

Item 4: UK NCP case update

皇冠体育app UK NCP updated the Board on its current caseload.

皇冠体育app UK NCP updated on 1 new complaint.

Cases published in January 2022 include:

皇冠体育app ICC Steering Board member declared a conflict of interest relating to 1 case.

Item 5: Update on UK NCP stakeholder engagement

Update on the UK NCP Stakeholder Engagement Plan 2022 to 2025

皇冠体育app UK NCP provided an update on the stakeholder engagement and promotion plan and other promotional activities.

Item 6: Update on UK NCP stakeholder engagement

Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct (WPRBC) and NCP network updates

Board Members were updated on the OECD WPRBC and stocktake.

皇冠体育app OECD Ministerial on RBC in December 2022

皇冠体育app UK NCP gave an update on their plans for participation in the upcoming OECD Ministerial on RBC in December 2022 (皇冠体育app ministerial meeting has now been moved to February 2023.)

Peer review

皇冠体育app UK NCP provided feedback on the peer review exercise with Brazil.

Item 7: Any other business

皇冠体育app Steering Board were thanked for their contributions.

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