[{"bbox": [72, 76, 1158, 208], "category": "Text", "text": "action is fully aligned to the TEI on Digital Jobs, and will complement actions by other partners, including the EIB (interest in women employment and digital infrastructure), AECID (youth and women employment), and Italian cooperation (rural development, youth, women). In its recently presented Strategy for El Salvador, USAID also has one priority area to increase jobs and income for youth between 16 and 40 years of age, with a particular focus on women, which underlines the need for strengthening coordination efforts in this area."}, {"bbox": [72, 221, 1158, 327], "category": "Text", "text": "The digital connectivity component of this action is intended to act as a bridge between the IADB/Korea digital connectivity programme, which is about to be launched, and our MIP 2021-2027 Digital connectivity programme. Digital training is also a priority for USAID, but it intends to focus on the three major urban areas, which are not the main objective of our proposal."}, {"bbox": [72, 340, 1158, 523], "category": "Text", "text": "Regarding public finances, the IMF has focused its technical assistance in fiscal policy issues like debt sustainability, pension reform, tax administration, customs and fiscal risks. IDB has a USD 40 mill Programme to support Tax and Customs Administration and it is working in Fiscal Policy in coordination with the IMF. USAID has worked in Financial Management Integration Systems in order to upgrade the SAFI II and allow the implementation of Programme Budgeting. GIZ has worked in Tax Administration, BEPS and the performance evaluation system of the Budget. Meanwhile, the EUD has worked on Institutional Strategic Planning, Fiscal Policy, Tax Administration, Transparency and the coordinated the PEFA and TADAT evaluations."}, {"bbox": [72, 538, 1158, 641], "category": "Text", "text": "Before the COVID-19 outbreak, there was already an active donor-coordination group on public financial management that included the Ministry of Finance, EU, USAID, GiZ, Luxembourg, World Bank, IADB, etc. Unfortunately, the group has lost some of its dynamism during the lockdowns and has lost its relevance due to the lack of interest of the Government."}, {"bbox": [72, 656, 1158, 763], "category": "Text", "text": "Major donor partners have already called on ESCO to take a more active role in leading donor coordination efforts; EU is supporting ESCO in the design of an information platform on international cooperation. At the same time, donors are increasingly coordinating efforts in some sectors, such as agriculture and women's rights; there is space to further expand these efforts into areas such as youth employment and digitalization."}, {"bbox": [72, 776, 1158, 1094], "category": "Text", "text": "In El Salvador, there are different international programs that, in collaboration with civil society organizations, promote the economic empowerment of women. They have provided relevant information for the formulation of this project. To name just some of the most representative: Women, Local Economy and Territories Program (MELYT) launched in 2018 by UN Women and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), implemented a productive rural development project that has promoted the empowerment of women and youth. The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) also contributes to this effort; at the bilateral level, support has been provided to the Salvadoran Institute for the Development of Women (ISDEMU); also noteworthy is AECID's support and experience with the Workshop Schools in Zacatecoluca (School of Human Development) and San Salvador, in conjunction with the respective municipalities, for occupational training and entrepreneurship under the learning-by-doing methodology characteristic of the Program of Workshop Schools of the Spanish Cooperation."}, {"bbox": [72, 1107, 1158, 1185], "category": "Text", "text": "For the purpose of ensuring complementarity, synergy and coordination, the Commission may sign or enter into joint donor coordination declarations or statements and may participate in donor coordination structures, as part of its prerogative of budget implementation and to safeguard the financial interests of the Union."}, {"bbox": [72, 1199, 490, 1225], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.3 Cross cutting issues / Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [72, 1238, 1158, 1290], "category": "Text", "text": "Women and girls will be targeted as a priority in the Action, with a specific focus on the strengthening of their empowerment, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, in particular through the Specific Objective 5."}, {"bbox": [72, 1303, 1158, 1356], "category": "Text", "text": "The overall Action should contribute to reducing the gaps between women and men in El Salvador, including improved access to digital connectivity and related services."}, {"bbox": [72, 1369, 840, 1394], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section, this action is labelled as G1."}, {"bbox": [72, 1407, 1158, 1566], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will contribute to the overall achievement of EU objectives in El Salvador, where human rights remains a cross cutting objective, and the achievement of the Human Rights and Democracy Country Strategy priorities will be key of the action. Promoting non-discrimination and equality to keep empowering women and youth, and to promote fundamental pillars of democratic society, rule of law, a need for oversight, accountability and responsibility. Digital technology pursues to empower, connect, inform and investigate with due consideration to social, cultural, and economic rights."}, {"bbox": [598, 1616, 632, 1638], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "[16]"}]