Agreement of Cooperation in Support of Social Corporate Responsibility

An agreement of cooperation was signed in Santo Domingo on January 24 among the main organizations and associations representing Dominican civil society, private sector, public sector and international organizations, including Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE, and Global Foundation for Democracy and
Development, GFDD, to coordinate, support, and strengthen a national social corporate responsibility strategy.

In order to update and promote social corporate responsibility in the Dominican Republic , thirteen organizations and associations signed the agreement, during which the Inter-Institutional Committee for the Promotion and Support of Social Corporate Responsibility was created. This Committee will make sure that different
programs, projects and actions to increase social responsibility practices are implemented by the Dominican corporate sector, with adequate support from public policies.

This agreement of cooperation is the result of a year-long effort to bring together all the different players interested and involved in the adoption of a national strategy of social corporate responsibility that will synchronize efforts and consolidate initiatives with the objective of
having a more effective impact, optimizing the expected results and contributing to the competitivity of the country.

Antonio Isa Conde represented FUNGLODE at the event and highlighted the importance of the agreement in the context of the quest for sustainable development.

The
organizations and associations signing this agreement will cooperate in publicizing different aspects of corporate social responsibility and its impact in society, educating and recruiting potential partners in the effort, and suggesting and proposing strategies favoring and promoting socially responsible policies.

FUNGLODE/GFDD have been advocating and promoting this initiative since its inception, introducing the concept and shaping this
agreement.

The thirteen organizations signing the agreement are:

• Alianza ONG
• Barna Business School
• Cámara Americana de Comercio de la República Dominicana
• Consejo Nacional de Competitividad (CNC)
• Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada (CONEP)
• Constructora Norberto Odebrecht
• Fundación
  Brugal
• Fundación Cemex Dominicana
• Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE)
• Global Foundation for Democracy and Development
  (GFDD)
• Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
• Mujeres en Desarrollo Dominicana (MUDE)
• Programa de Naciones Unidas para