[{"bbox": [114, 132, 1116, 190], "category": "Text", "text": "the umbrella of the energy programme will provide women with access to economic empowerment and will strengthen women's voice and agency in the selected communities."}, {"bbox": [114, 220, 259, 245], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Environment"}, {"bbox": [114, 248, 1117, 537], "category": "Text", "text": "The Programme, which encourages the deployment of zero-carbon off-grid energy services, will have an overall positive environmental impact. The Programme will lead to the reduction of CO2 emissions and other pollutants by replacing the existing private fuel-based generation sets. To minimise negative impacts, RREA will facilitate a programmatic Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) that covers all potential activities. The ESIA findings and recommendations will apply to all developers under the project, who will have to prepare Environmental and Social Management Plans, including their Monitoring and Evaluation components. In addition, the project will involve extensive consultation with the local communities to ensure local environmental concerns are considered. Waste from photovoltaic systems, notably used batteries, will benefit from a specific waste management system."}, {"bbox": [114, 549, 1117, 665], "category": "Text", "text": "The Environmental Strategic Planning stage made the necessary strategic choices and, at this point, the ongoing standard ESIA is the proper tool. The programme focusses on renewable energies and will not fund stand-alone fossil fuel plants. Environmental Strategic perspective will nevertheless guide in the selection between alternatives."}, {"bbox": [114, 677, 1117, 765], "category": "Text", "text": "For the works to be funded by the EU, the required ESIA and Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) are available at pre-feasibility level and are due, at feasibility level, by the end of April 2019. Two specific notes on the Environmental aspects are part of the package of annexes."}, {"bbox": [114, 776, 1116, 836], "category": "Text", "text": "The Steering Committee described under 5.8 will oversee that all environmental components and aspects will be properly put in place."}, {"bbox": [114, 859, 746, 888], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"}, {"bbox": [114, 901, 1117, 1047], "category": "Text", "text": "This intervention is relevant for the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contributes primarily to the progressive achievement of Goal 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; it also promotes progress towards Goals 1 - No Poverty through new business creation and new jobs and 5 – Gender Equality through the substantial gender component in accompanying measures. The programme is moreover in line with EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020¹⁰."}, {"bbox": [114, 1084, 352, 1109], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 IMPLEMENTATION"}, {"bbox": [114, 1126, 416, 1155], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Financing agreement"}, {"bbox": [114, 1166, 1080, 1195], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, a financing agreement was concluded with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [114, 1208, 545, 1238], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Indicative implementation period"}, {"bbox": [114, 1249, 1117, 1336], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 4 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 120 months from the date of the entry into force of the Financing Agreement."}, {"bbox": [114, 1337, 1117, 1394], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's authorising officer responsible by amending this decision and the relevant contracts and agreements."}, {"bbox": [114, 1420, 698, 1449], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Implementation of the Budget support modality"}, {"bbox": [114, 1461, 161, 1486], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [114, 1589, 1116, 1634], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020, SWD(2015)182 final of 21.9.2015."}, {"bbox": [605, 1678, 626, 1697], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "14"}]