Institutional capacities have also been developed, as well as mechanisms to co-ordinate the activities of the ministries involved, though it is not clear that these arrangements are efficient or coherent. Nevertheless, these initiatives provide a helpful basis for developing a regulatory framework for managing industrial chemicals. It has been able to make good use of the financial and technical assistance opportunities within these agreements to better manage the chemicals involved and to build related capacities. Colombia has also made good use of other international initiatives, including the UN Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management.