Glossary

AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS: commitments established with representatives or community leaders and/or with ethnic or non-ethnic communities.

ROAD ADJUSTMENT: activity or set of activities aimed at improving and maintaining an existing road.

NATIONAL GOODS AND SERVICES: goods and services purchased in the country, different from purchases made in the departments where the company operates.

TRAINING IN PRODUCTIVE PROJECTS: consists of providing the tools, spaces, and essential opportunities for generating income or the modernization of traditional economic activities in the regions.

CONSERVATION AND STRENGTHENING OF CULTURAL IDENTITY: includes all activities aimed at the conservation and strengthening of cultural identity. They do not necessarily represent the generation of income or economic profit for the ethnic community.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION: activity or set of activities aimed at the construction of new roads.

PRIOR CONSULTATION: is the fundamental right that ethnic groups have when planning the execution of a project, work, or activity within their territories. Through this mechanism, protected by ILO Convention 169 and ratified by Colombia through Law 21 of 1991, the protection of their cultural, social, and economic integrity is guaranteed, as they are the ones who define their priorities in the development of the process, to the extent that it affects their lives.

COMMUNITY STRENGTHENING: refers to the project, program, or activity aimed at improving and strengthening the community in the project's area of influence. In this sense, it includes community training, strengthening community leaders, the establishment of JAC, the adjustment of community halls, and infrastructure works for community strengthening (meeting places, community spaces, etc.).

INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING: refers to the project, program, or activity developed to improve institutional capacity (Mayor's Office, Council, Ombudsman, etc.), through infrastructure, training, and/or assistance for transportation, food, and other aspects related to the activities of the institutions in the area of influence of exploratory projects. Requests for this type of project are made by public entities.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT IN CULTURE, RECREATION, AND SPORTS: project, program, or activity developed to promote culture, recreation, and sports. It includes infrastructure or adjustment works that contribute to this end.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT IN SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT: projects, programs, or activities developed to improve the business capabilities of the suppliers of the companies' operation departments.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION: project, program, or activity developed to improve the quality of education for the population. Includes adaptation works, infrastructure, and improvement of educational centers.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT IN HEALTH: project, program, or activity aimed at improving the quality of health for the population. Includes adaptation works, infrastructure, and improvement of hospital centers.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT IN PREINVESTMENT: resources allocated for prior social studies for project development.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT IN HABITAT, WATER, AND SANITATION: project, program, or activity aimed at improving the quality of habitat, water, and basic sanitation (aqueduct and sewage). Includes adaptation works, infrastructure, and improvement for access to water resources and water purification.

CONTRACTUAL SOCIAL INVESTMENT: investment made by the company in compliance with contractual obligations (Community Benefit Plan –PBC- and environmental licenses).

VOLUNTARY SOCIAL INVESTMENT: direct and discretionary investment made by the company in social programs, activities, and projects.

LEVERAGED SOCIAL INVESTMENT: investment made with third parties to support the development of social programs, activities, and projects in different regions. This investment involves state entities, private entities, corporations, and international cooperation organizations.

SKILLED LABOR: refers to workers who have technical, technological, and/or professional studies or some degree of certified training.

DIRECT LABOR: those contracted directly as payroll personnel of the operating company or contract holder.

INDIRECT LABOR: refers to those linked by the contractor companies of the operator or contract holder, and even the operator itself, with a temporary contract.

LOCAL LABOR: refers to the labor belonging to the village, district, municipality, or department where the operation takes place.

UNQUALIFIED LABOR: refers to workers who do not have technical or professional studies, and who perform tasks that do not require a level of technical or practical specialization.

NON-LOCAL LABOR: refers to labor not belonging to the department where the operation takes place, but who work there.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY POLICY: is a business strategy adopted by the company, based on relationships of respect and mutual benefit with all its stakeholders, and in line with the economic, social, and environmental development of the operational areas.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAM –PBC–: originated from Decree 1660 of 2003 (article 5, numeral 5.7), which orders the National Hydrocarbons Agency to agree in exploration and production contracts, as well as in technical evaluation contracts –TEA–, that operating companies develop programs for the benefit of communities located in the areas of influence of hydrocarbon projects, as part of their social responsibility.

PROTOCOLIZATION: is the formal meeting held between the ethnic group and its authorities, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Environment, local authorities, and the operator, in which the official minutes of the agreements of the prior consultation and the action plan are signed.

LOCAL SUPPLIERS: are providers of goods and services belonging to the villages, districts, municipalities, or departments where the operations are carried out.

TECHNICAL PROJECT: set of activities that make up a stage of the E&P contract (Exploration and Production), TEA (Technical Evaluation Agreement), and Transportation (construction and maintenance). A project is understood to be any that is in the following stages: seismic, civil works, exploratory drilling, development drilling, construction of facilities, construction of pipelines, construction of flow lines, construction of tanks, networks, environmental restoration, expansion of locations, and permanent crude production, among others.

COMPENSATION PROJECTS: projects agreed upon by the company with the ethnic group in which the impacts identified in the prior consultation process are mitigated and compensated as a result of the agreement.

VOLUNTARY MEETINGS: are meetings agreed upon between the company and the community, its legitimate representatives and/or authorities, that are supported with documentation (meeting minutes, attendance list, among others) and are held outside of the socializations.

SOCIALIZATION MEETINGS: are the meetings held with the community, its legitimate representatives and/or authorities, which must be reported to the respective environmental authorities and with which the company shares technical, social, and environmental information during the pre-operational, operational, and post-operational stages of the projects to be carried out.

ACCESS ROAD: road that allows entry to the specific location where operations (seismic, civil works, drilling, pumping station, gas plant, and storage tanks) are carried out, and that is for the exclusive use of the operator.

PRIMARY ROAD: corresponds to a national road: trunk, transversal, and/or access to departmental capitals.

SECONDARY ROAD: corresponds to a departmental road. It connects the municipal capitals with each other and/or connects with a primary road.

TERTIARY ROAD: is a municipal road that connects the municipal capitals with their rural areas, or rural areas with each other.