A/71/301 60. The Ibero-American Network of Agencies and Organizations against Discrimination is an association of like-minded agencies and bodies designed to build links and inter-agency coordination between government organizations, regional and international agencies, civil society organizations and academic institutions. The objective of the Network is to fight all forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors, at both the national and international levels, through the exchange of information and experiences, the production of knowledge and actions of prevention and promotion among its members. 36 61. The Ibero-American Network of Agencies and Organizations against Discrimination was founded in 2007 at an Ibero-American meeting on social development, democracy and non-discrimination held by the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination in Mexico. It is composed of 39 members from 18 countries (21 government agencies, 10 national and international non -governmental organizations, 3 academic institutions, 3 regional agencies and 2 international agencies). 36 The Network is active in all Latin American countries and in Spain and Portugal. Its unique characteristic is that its membership comprises government agencies to combat racism and racial discrimination a nd national specialized bodies and civil society organizations active in this area. Its secretariat changes regularly through its general assemblies. 62. There are no other regional networks of specialized bodies apart from those mentioned above, although some individual countries have national specialized bodies. 2. National level 63. The Special Rapporteur would like to bring to the attention of Member States some concrete examples of measures and activities undertaken by national specialized bodies, drawing from the responses he received to the questionnaire mentioned in paragraph 14 above, as well as other information. 64. The Plurinational State of Bolivia indicated that, pursuant to Act No. 045 of 8 October 2010 against racism and all forms of discrimination and Supreme Decree No. 0762 of 5 January 2011, a national action plan to combat racism and all forms of discrimination was adopted in February 2012. The plan contains policies, strategies and programmes covering the following areas: national pl anning and public investment targeting minority populations; access to housing programmes and employment for populations who have suffered racism and discrimination; equal access to the justice system; participation of populations who have suffered racism and discrimination in political and social life; health-care and education services; affirmative action in the military for native indigenous and peasant peoples; research on racism and discrimination; and a system for receiving complaints and registering and monitoring administrative and judicial proceedings in cases of racism and all forms of discrimination. 65. Furthermore, the Act against racism and all forms of discrimination and its regulatory decree provide for the creation of the National Committee against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination, which is responsible for promoting, __________________ 36 16/21 See website of the Ibero-American Network of Agencies and Organizations against Discrimination, “Acerca de la RIOOD”, available from www.redriood.org/acerca-de-la-riood/ (in Spanish, accessed 9 June 2016). 16-13565