[{"bbox": [100, 75, 1159, 183], "category": "Text", "text": "calls for application to carry out sensitisation actions, monitoring of the policy enforcement and to implement small demonstration and pilot projects on circular economy. Advocacy organisations, such as the ACEN and the Zambian Circular Economy Network (ZamCEN), will be important partners to raise awareness and promote behavioural change."}, {"bbox": [100, 194, 1057, 222], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Government ministries, local municipalities and government agencies with a PSD related mandate"}, {"bbox": [100, 222, 1159, 484], "category": "Text", "text": "The direct stakeholders of the programme include: the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment (MoGEE) and its associated Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA), the Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry (MoCTI) and its associated Zambia Development Agency (ZDA), the Ministry of Technology and Science (MoTS), the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise (MoSME), the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MoLGRD), the Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MoFNP), together with the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) and some key municipalities. Other ministries that could indirectly be involved are the Ministry of Energy (MoE), the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (MoLNR) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the Ministry of Education (MoE). These ministries will be also involved in the programme Steering and technical committees. The National Statistic Agency (Zamstat) will be also involved and associated in data collection for monitoring and evaluation."}, {"bbox": [100, 499, 288, 523], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Research institutes"}, {"bbox": [100, 525, 1159, 685], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will see the involvement of the research institutes engaged in strengthening the cooperation with the private sector. The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which is responsible for coordinating policy and academic research and to supervise scientific research, and the National Technology Business Centre (NTBC), which is mandated with promoting the commercialisation of research outcomes, will be direct stakeholders and beneficiaries of the action. Since data on MSMEs and on circular value chain development is rather limited, other research institutes, such as ZIPAR and leading universities could be involved as service providers."}, {"bbox": [100, 697, 397, 722], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Local financial intermediaries"}, {"bbox": [100, 722, 1159, 831], "category": "Text", "text": "The primary financial intermediaries include (i) commercial banks (ii) venture capital and impact investors and (iii) the non-bank financial institutions, including asset finance (e.g. equipment leasing, invoice discounting). They will be directly involved in the action, particularly with regard to strengthening their capacities on green and circular economy project financing and developing new financial products for MSMEs."}, {"bbox": [100, 842, 850, 869], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Business development service providers (BDSP), incubators and accelerators"}, {"bbox": [100, 869, 1159, 1028], "category": "Text", "text": "BDSPs will be the beneficiary of a part of the action and will also serve as training providers to better reach out to MSMEs, as well as to provide small grants to the very small MSMEs. They include also innovation hubs operating in Zambia, such as Bongohive and Jacaranda iHub and the Business Development Services Providers Association of Zambia (BDSPAZ), which could be a key networking partner to source services and technical expertise on topics such as waste and bio-energy. Most venture capital, impact investors and incubators/accelerators blend their services through the existing BDSP."}, {"bbox": [100, 1040, 702, 1068], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Industry associations and business membership organisations"}, {"bbox": [100, 1068, 1159, 1171], "category": "Text", "text": "This includes chambers of commerce, business clubs and industry associations, which provide access to networks of corporates and SMEs. Such linkages are valuable to ensure circulation of information, validation of options, awareness raising, and promoting behavioural change. They will therefore be involved throughout the action and across the different activities."}, {"bbox": [100, 1185, 184, 1210], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### MSMEs"}, {"bbox": [100, 1212, 1159, 1346], "category": "Text", "text": "MSMEs are the direct beneficiaries of the component 2. Particular attention will be given to women and youth led MSMEs and to those ones that are committed to promoting greener and increasingly circular business and economic models. The action will primarily focus on those MSME, which are geographically located along the economic corridor from Lusaka to Southern Province, the Copper Belt and Eastern Province, and other Provinces where EU funded related interventions are implemented."}, {"bbox": [100, 1374, 621, 1406], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [100, 1437, 524, 1469], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [100, 1483, 1159, 1537], "category": "Text", "text": "The overall objective (impact) is to promote the green growth and an environmentally sound, gender/youth sensitive and economically viable diversification of the economy."}, {"bbox": [100, 1549, 591, 1576], "category": "Text", "text": "The specific objectives (outcomes) of the action are:"}, {"bbox": [100, 1588, 1159, 1640], "category": "List-item", "text": "* SO / Component 1 To improve business regulatory environment and investment climate for green economic transition."}, {"bbox": [1051, 1666, 1159, 1691], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 26"}]