We are a think-and-do tank that promotes human rights and conflict transformation in contexts of business activity. As part of this mission, we actively participate in various local, national, and regional initiatives across Latin America, engaging with public institutions, private sector actors, and civil society organizations.
Our role is to build bridges that connect dialogue and human rights, helping to turn regions into territories of peace and promoting sustainable development.
The Roundtable was established in 2013 and brings together social organizations and academic institutions from across Colombia. Its objective is to achieve higher levels of transparency, citizen participation, accountability processes, and access to public information in the country’s extractive sector through collaborative networking.
CREER’s Role:
Since 2022, CREER has been an active member of the Roundtable, contributing to civil society efforts in capacity building, advocacy, and network-based collaboration on issues related to access to information, citizen participation, and transparency in the extractive sector.
Within the Roundtable, CREER is part of the Subcommittee on Access to Information in Environmental Matters and Energy Transition, where it has been advancing the Roundtable’s perspective on a just energy transition. Since May 2024, CREER has served as the civil society representative to the National Tripartite Committee (CTN) of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Colombia (eiticolombia.gov.co), part of the global EITI standard (eiti.org) that promotes open and responsible management of extractive resources to ensure good natural resource governance.
In this space, CREER represents the interests and priorities of the Roundtable in dialogue with actors from the mining and energy sectors, as well as national and local governments. The aim is to build consensus and influence public policies on access to information, participation, protection of civic space, and respect for human rights in the governance of natural resources in Colombia.
ATRAE is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on advancing public policies on Business and Human Rights at the territorial level.
Its goal is to promote responsible business conduct by supporting the development of innovative public policies on Business and Human Rights and Sustainable Development in subnational entities across Latin America and Europe—contributing to the creation of responsible territories.
CREER’s Role:
To support local and regional governments in various territories in developing public policy frameworks that ensure respect for human rights in the context of business activities. In addition, CREER fosters dialogue with communities, civil society organizations, and business actors to build agreements and strategies that contribute to the well-being of territories—an effort the organization has undertaken since its founding in 2015 and which continues to be one of its core lines of work.
A project by Movilizatorio aimed at advancing the energy transition in Colombia through organizations that work—or seek to work—with solar and wind energy. The initiative acknowledges the importance of transforming how energy is produced and consumed, and advocates for a transition that is just, responsible, participatory, and grounded in rights and guarantees.
CREER’s Role:
We serve as ambassadors within the national network established by the project. In this space, we share lessons learned, reflect on key challenges, coordinate advocacy efforts, and generate proposals to ensure a human rights-based approach to the energy transition.
This network aims to catalyze the sustainable development of this key industry for Colombia’s energy transition. Its goals include creating and promoting knowledge through academic exchange and the dissemination of best practices; fostering partnerships by connecting academia, civil society, the public and private sectors, and international cooperation to generate synergies for the development of offshore wind energy; and supporting the energy transition by contributing innovative and sustainable solutions to address the country’s energy and climate challenges.
CREER’s Role:
As part of the network, we explore how a human rights-based approach can be developed and applied within Colombia’s emerging offshore wind sector. We also share lessons learned and facilitate collaboration to support research on these critical issues.
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Report from the meeting with workers and trade unions
Testimony from workers and trade unions
The rapid expansion of critical minerals for the energy transition and other strategic industries (agriculture, defense, technology) presents us with a paradox: the decarbonization of the planet depends on an intensification of mining activity. For CREER, this rapid expansion carries critical risks regarding human rights, local economic dynamics, and ecosystem balance. Our work focuses on analyzing these dilemmas through the lens of a just transition, promoting governance frameworks that mitigate negative impacts and ensure that the mining of “minerals for the future” is carried out under rigorous standards of sustainability, equity, and respect for fundamental rights, through dialogue among different stakeholders.
We analyze the governance and sustainability challenges that arise in the implementation of decentralized generation models. Our work focuses on researching how local associative structures interact with regulatory frameworks and human rights standards. Through applied research, we assess the risks of rent capture, internal decision-making conflicts, and the conditions necessary for these self-management schemes to guarantee equitable and transparent participation in the territory.
With a focus on responsible land management and respect for local livelihoods, at CREER we apply our technical expertise in the photovoltaic sector to promote a solar transition with social integrity. Through the analysis of rural environments, the strengthening of local governance, and the design of participation mechanisms, we seek to ensure that large-scale deployment in Latin America not only contributes to the energy mix, but also strengthens the social fabric. Our purpose is to lead due diligence models that ensure solar infrastructure coexists with food security, strategic ecosystems, and the productive vocations of each community.
