[{"bbox": [96, 154, 1134, 353], "category": "Text", "text": "economic, social and cultural rights. A human rights-based approach lies at the core of this proposed intervention, with improved governance mechanisms targeting an extended enjoyment of civil, political and economic human rights. Civil society organisations will link local communities and grassroots organisations to actors mandated to monitor and advocate for human rights, including the UHRC. Thus, the action is designed in line with HRBA guiding principles: through its focus on accountability and rule of law for all and transparency and access to information it facilitates meaningful and inclusive participation and access to decision-making and promotes the access of human rights for all, enhancing non-discrimination and equality."}, {"bbox": [97, 402, 195, 428], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disability"}, {"bbox": [96, 428, 1134, 589], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as D1. This implies that the intervention will strive to include all vulnerable groups, including disability groups, in empowered and better informed demands for transparent and accountable public service provision. Besides working with advocacy groups, the action will promote digital tools and platforms that are sensitive to the needs of people with disabilities, ensuring that persons with disabilities and/or their representing organisations are included in consultations, and providing opportunities for empowerment."}, {"bbox": [97, 619, 343, 646], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 646, 1134, 939], "category": "Text", "text": "Tackling inequalities responds to SDG 10 'Reduce inequality within and among countries. Inequality persists in Uganda, where the Gini coefficient has increased since the 1990s. Systemic factors include complex land tenure systems and disparities in access to education and employment. Moreover, growth is largely driven by the service sector, which employs less than 15% of the population. Around 70% of the Ugandan population depends on agriculture, which has grown at much lower rates than services. COVID-19 has worsened inequality conditions through loss of income and a reduced fiscal space for government programmes. The real effects on income and socio-economic conditions are hard to measure, since those most affected were micro small and medium enterprises on which large segments of the population depend for their livelihoods, but which are largely informal. The proposed intervention will reduce inequalities by empowering vulnerable groups to make better informed demands for effective services that affect their daily lives, as well by monitoring the delivery of those services in a participatory way."}, {"bbox": [97, 964, 211, 990], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [96, 990, 1134, 1150], "category": "Text", "text": "By targeting citizen participation, and effective, accountable and transparent public service delivery, the action will directly strengthen the social contract between citizen and state at sub-national and national level. Informed by the EU Action Plan for Human Rights and Democracy, the action adopts a human rights-based approach to the promotion of democratic governance. Civil society watchdogs will link communities and grassroots organisations to national actors involved in the debate, definition, monitoring and advocacy of public policy, including anti-corruption agencies, Parliament's technical committees and the UHRC."}, {"bbox": [97, 1180, 487, 1207], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [96, 1207, 1134, 1315], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed intervention will target districts in areas with significant refugee inflows from neighbouring countries and will support resilience of refugees and host communities. Even though specific areas of intervention are yet to be determined, it is expected that do-no-harm assessments and conflict sensitivity will be an integral part of later design and monitoring frameworks."}, {"bbox": [97, 1345, 337, 1370], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [96, 1371, 1134, 1425], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will target disaster risk reduction insofar as effective public procurement is instrumental in increasing community resilience to climate hazards at local level."}, {"bbox": [97, 1455, 412, 1481], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Other considerations if relevant"}, {"bbox": [96, 1482, 1134, 1617], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention will leverage digital for development across priority areas. User need assessments will inform on the type of digital tools, platforms and skills that citizens can use to monitor and debate on good governance and service delivery issues. The current state of interoperability of digital platforms used by anti-corruption agencies will be analysed and its advancement will be facilitated through targeted investment and joint capacity building. Training and awareness raising will address data protection issues, digital engagement and digital skills, in"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 25"}]