[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 234], "category": "Text", "text": "both to manage the sector (planning, budgeting) and to deliver quality education (low teacher/pupil ratio); reliance on external support (Fondo de Apoio ao Sector da Educação) for its investment expenditure; lack of effective interministerial coordination; inefficiencies linked to emergency public procurement, etc."}, {"bbox": [97, 245, 1134, 379], "category": "Text", "text": "Sub-national levels of government (Proviências, Autarquias e Distritos) lack a clear enabling environment to carry out their mandates and ensure efficient fiscal coordination to deliver functional services. While the roll out of the PFM reforms has progressed, macrofiscal constraints prevent these improvements from translating into improved service delivery and increased transparency and participation. Lack of harmonisation of fiscal information and templates also are a challenge in the monitoring and reporting of consolidated information."}, {"bbox": [97, 389, 1134, 498], "category": "Text", "text": "The 'demand side of governance' -the Supreme Audit Institution (Tribunal Administrativo) and civil society, including Women's Rights Organisations and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities- as right holders will indirectly benefit from the Action that will focus on supporting the 'supply side of governance'. Coordination is sought with the ongoing EU support to TA, and with the EU Civil Society program."}, {"bbox": [97, 508, 1134, 642], "category": "Text", "text": "The final beneficiaries and right holders are Mozambican citizens, and in particular women and children and vulnerable population that will see increased access to public services. In order to ensure greater empowerment of women in PFM, the project will ensure the participation of female officials in the above key government ministries, line agencies, as well as key bodies such as the oversight institutions to benefit from the activities delivered by the proposed project."}, {"bbox": [86, 670, 604, 702], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 735, 508, 767], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 781, 1091, 836], "category": "Text", "text": "**Overall Objective** of the Action is to increase coverage and quality of public services, enhance efficiency of public investments and the financial autonomy of the State."}, {"bbox": [97, 861, 388, 888], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives are to:"}, {"bbox": [135, 888, 1054, 914], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the PFM Strategy 2024-2034;"}, {"bbox": [135, 914, 934, 941], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Enhance efficient and gender sensitive planning and budgeting for service delivery;"}, {"bbox": [135, 941, 1134, 993], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Support the consolidation and sustainable institutionalisation of the Integrated Information Management System for Public Finance Management (e-SISTAFE), and;"}, {"bbox": [135, 993, 945, 1020], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. Support the mainstreaming of climate action and climate finance in the PFM system."}, {"bbox": [97, 1047, 1017, 1074], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are"}, {"bbox": [135, 1074, 1134, 1127], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 Contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Institutional enabling conditions for reform implementation established with stronger coordination, monitoring capacities and buy in;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1127, 1134, 1179], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1 Contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): Enhanced planning, monitoring and coordination of PFM reforms at central level established to protect minimum standards of service delivery;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1179, 1134, 1259], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.2 Contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): Support to the implementation of Planning and Budgeting System (SPO), the Monitoring and Evaluation System (SMA) and bottom up accountability mechanisms for improved quality of service delivery implemented;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1259, 1134, 1312], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.1 Contributing to Outcome 3 (or Specific Objective 3): Implemented IT Master Plan with a focus on the sustainable roll out of the e-SISTAFE and software developments;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1312, 1134, 1365], "category": "List-item", "text": "4.1 Contributing to Outcome 4 (or Specific Objective 4): Improved capacities to mainstream Climate Action established, together with streamlined approach to procuring Climate Finance."}, {"bbox": [86, 1380, 367, 1407], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [97, 1426, 1043, 1479], "category": "Text", "text": "Indicative Activities relating to Output 1.1 'Institutional enabling conditions for reform implementation established with stronger coordination, monitoring capacities and buy in':"}, {"bbox": [97, 1505, 1134, 1558], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Provision of Technical Assistance to the MEF and related institutions to enhance leadership, coordination, M&E mechanisms for the implementation of the PFM Strategy 2024-2034;"}, {"bbox": [97, 1558, 1134, 1611], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Deployment of 'on demand' and short notice problem solving practical advisory services to address bottlenecks;"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 24"}]