Recommendations for National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights 3) Core tasks ⅰ. The government institutionalizes human rights management by the public institutions, and let the public institutions declare their human rights management policy, implement it with due diligence and make the results public. ⅱ. When public insitutions provide credit and policy financing for export to business enterprises or invest in them with above a certain amount, the government encourages them to consider human rights aspects of the business enterprises and guide them to respect human rights. ⅲ. The government recommends public institutions to regularly conduct self-evaluation based on the Guidelines on Human Rights Management and Checklist distributed by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. 4. Public procurement based on human rights A. Background for recommendation 1) The government conducts diverse commercial transactions with business enterprises through procurement and could exert influence on them with its immense purchasing power. 2) In fact, the government has utilized the procurement market where it could exert its purchasing power to implement government policies and support social goals such as fostering of SMEs and environment-friendly companies. Therefore, the government could lay a foundation for public procurement policies for business enterprises to recognize their responsibility to respect human rights. 16