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• How Have the Guidelines Been Made Available in Your Country?
• How Is Co-Operation with the Business Community, Trade Unions, NGOs and the Interested Public Carried Out, with Respect to Information On, and Promotion of, the Guidelines?
• Have Other Information and Promotion Activities Been Held or Planned?
• Have Enquiries Been Received From

How Have the Guidelines Been Made Available in Your Country?

The Guidelines are available in both written and electronic forms from the NCP. The New Zealand NCP's updated website now includes:

• a link to the Guidelines;
• an introductory guide to the Guidelines and its processes;
• a description of the role of the NCP;
• contact details for the NCP;
• documents relevant to the Guidelines (including NCP meetings and Guidelines-related OECD reports); and
• links to OECD websites and those of other relevant organisations.

Hard copies of the Guidelines are available on request and are sent to anyone who requests a copy of them.

Information on the Guidelines and the role of the NCP in New Zealand have been included in information packs at business and other relevant fora. The NCP also distributes an informational pamphlet on the Guidelines to other people inquiring about the Guidelines.

How Is Co-Operation with the Business Community, Trade Unions, NGOs and the Interested Public Carried Out, with Respect to Information On, and Promotion of, the Guidelines?

The Liaison Group acts as the major channel for co-operation in respect of promotion of the Guidelines in New Zealand. Members promote the Guidelines to their stakeholders and work in a co-operative way to promote the Guidelines. The New Zealand Overseas Investment Commission is also involved in promoting the Guidelines to foreign multinational enterprises looking to operate in New Zealand.

Have Other Information and Promotion Activities Been Held or Planned?

The NCP has:

• distributed information about the Guidelines to all government departments and advised them about their obligations under the Guidelines;
• discussed the Guidelines with relevant government organisations in an effort to encourage them to promote the Guidelines in their future activities;
• distributed information packs about the Guidelines to businesses and other interested parties at industry seminars;
• updated and extended its website and promotional material. A pamphlet on the Guidelines has been prepared is distributed at conferences and as the occasion arises.

Planned activities include:

• a media campaign to promote the Guidelines;
• investigating the feasibility of producing an information booklet which highlights the commonality of the Guidelines with other programs and activities related to corporate social responsibility. The booklet would focus on highlighting responsibilities as a part of usual best practice rather than additional compliance costs.

No update to Annex 3 is required.

Have Enquiries Been Received From

0. other NCPs;
   No enquiries have been received from other NCPs.
1. the business community, employee organisations, other non-governmental organisations, or the public;
   No enquiries have been received from the business community, employee organisations, other non-governmental organisations, or the public.
2. governments of non-adhering countries;
   No enquiries have been received from the governments of non-adhering countries.