[{"bbox": [97, 130, 1150, 287], "category": "Text", "text": "track/implementation of peace agreement. This Action will therefore provide a strong entry point for policy dialogue with national and regional decision-makers. Helping to strengthen the credibility and legitimacy of the BARMM's first democratically elected government and ensuring that all citizens feel the peace dividends is critical for reducing instability, reinforce confidence-building, consolidating and sustaining peace gains, and promoting the socio-economic development of the whole Mindanao region with focus on BARMM given its long history of conflict is essential."}, {"bbox": [100, 304, 357, 335], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [95, 349, 1151, 1174], "category": "Text", "text": "**Priority 1: Good Governance: Consolidate peace gains by strengthening the capacity, accountability, and legitimacy of the first elected BG in public administration including PFM, gender-responsive planning and budgeting, and gender- and conflict-sensitive local service delivery.** The BOL provides the guidelines and limitations on the power of the BG vis-à-vis the GPH and the LGUs within the BARMM. Operationalising the BOL and governing in such a complex and fragile socio-economic and political environment will be challenging. Following the 2025 elections, the first and newly elected government will be walking into an incomplete transition. For example, only four out of the seven priority codes have been passed by the BTA including the administrative code, civil service code, election code, and the education code. The local governance code, revenue code, and Indigenous People's code have not been passed by the first quarter of 2023. The gender and development code also needs to be passed to sustain the progress in gender mainstreaming in BG and to ensure that the gains made during the transition period are preserved and expanded after 2025. Even if they are passed by the end of the transition, the newly elected government will need to draft new codes, policies, and laws as well as the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs). This includes the implementation of a tri-justice system based on Bangsamoro's unique cultural and historical heritage under the regular (statutory) courts, shari'ah courts, and tribal courts. This will take significant coordination and communication with the national government, tribal leaders, women groups, and other stakeholders and individual and institutional capacity-building. The newly elected BG will also need to raise awareness of, implement and enforce laws, including the Magna Carta on Women and the Republic Acts on human rights of women and children, and encourage civic engagement. Additional areas that will likely remain incomplete include a fully working and functional bureaucracy; a functional regional-local intergovernmental relations body (Council of Leaders); determining parliamentary districts; clarifying the basis for computation of the annual block grant (PHP 85 billion for 2023; i.e. EUR 1.46 billion); exercising of taxing powers and revenue generation; and transfering powers, functions, assets, personnel, and funds of concerned national government agencies to the BARMM. In addition, the Philippines decentralisation process including the Mandanas Ruling, which increases the share of national government tax revenue to local governments, aims to improve context-specific service delivery. Conceptually, this may be positive but the implementation of this decentralisation process in the BARMM will pose additional challenges for the newly elected BG. Therefore, support in public administration and PFM is essential for ensuring the efficient, effective, and transparent management and use of public funds. The limited participation of women and IPs in the current decision-making structures will also have to be addressed as this will help to ensure gender- and IP-responsive planning and budgeting, and gender-, IP-, and conflict-sensitive local service delivery. Furthermore, there are very few women in decision-making positions in the BTA, the local government units (LGUs), the parliament and the judiciary."}, {"bbox": [95, 1174, 1151, 1600], "category": "Text", "text": "Key stakeholders include the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU); Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA); National Supreme Court, Bangsamoro regional courts, Marawi Compensation Board, Ministry of Finance, Budget and Management; Ministry of Interior and Local Government; Ministry of Public Order and Safety; and the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA). Furthermore, it is essential to support key institutions established to advocate for and protect the rights of marginalised and vulnerable populations through the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (MIPA). For instance, the Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 4 created the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission with the mandate to promote and protect human rights in the BARMM. Other institutions including the Bangsamoro Women Commission, the Bangsamoro Youth Commission, Office of Persons with Disabilities, and the Marawi Compensation Board will also be supported to ensure that no one is left behind. Support will also be provided to the BG representatives in the executive, parliament, and the justice sector responsible for implementing the Magna Carta on Women and the Republic Acts on human rights of women and children. On PFM, the Action will target the Ministry of Finance and Budget Management, the Office of the Auditor General, BPDA, MinDA, Ministry of Interior and Local Government, and key regional departments, LGUs, and a wide set of other public stakeholders, in close coordination with the GPH. The EU will also work closely with the World Bank and other development partners working on inclusive democratic governance in the BARMM. This will also address civil society, women,"}, {"bbox": [993, 1637, 1100, 1662], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 28"}]