[{"bbox": [172, 152, 1134, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "A.2.4.2 Support implementation for joint data collection, planning and monitoring of Agriculture (feed Salone) and TVET sector interventions, including project baseline and endline surveys."}, {"bbox": [172, 218, 1134, 273], "category": "Text", "text": "A.2.4.3 Undertake relevant mappings and training to pave the way for accessing carbon markets and compliance with EU deforestation regulation."}, {"bbox": [96, 322, 1134, 563], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the EUD MIP 2021-2027, a Team Europe Initiative (TEI) is implemented with **Germany/GIZ** to support renewable energy development under AAP 2023 while under this AAP 2024 a TEI will be fostered with **Ireland/IrishAid** who co-chairs the Scaling Up Nutrition movement with direct financing to support food and nutrition security. **France/AFD group** is supporting agri-business development notably in the palm oil sector providing de-risking mechanisms to support major industrial palm oil processing investments in the country (Jolaks). The TEI will be further complemented by the **European Investment Bank** \"Youth & Gender Value Chains Multi-Beneficiary Intermediated Loans\" (if approved) aiming to support access to finance for value chain MSMEs. Additionally, the action could potentially also draw upon the work of the EU-funded VET Toolbox programme⁴² and the TEI Opportunity-driven skills and VET in Africa (TEI OP-VET)."}, {"bbox": [96, 573, 1134, 681], "category": "Text", "text": "The commitment of the EU's contribution to the Team Europe Initiative to which this action refers, will be complemented by other contributions from Team Europe members. It is subject to the formal confirmation of each respective member's meaningful contribution as early as possible. In the event that the TEIs and/or these contributions do not materialise, the EU action may continue outside a TEI framework."}, {"bbox": [86, 708, 313, 739], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [96, 751, 543, 779], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [96, 789, 1134, 845], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcome of the SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) screening:** The SEA concluded that key environmental and climate-related aspects need to be addressed during implementation."}, {"bbox": [96, 855, 1134, 910], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcome of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening:** The EIA classified the action as Category B (not requiring an EIA, but for which environment aspects will be addressed during implementation)."}, {"bbox": [96, 920, 1134, 1055], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening:** The CRA screening concluded that this action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment), through climate risk aspects will be addressed during the implementation. Measurement of climate change adaptation (CCA) of smallholder farmers and their value chains, thus measurement of specific CCA capacity improvements achieved by the Action can inform lessons learned and good practices to reduce the climate risk that Sierra Leoneans are exposed to."}, {"bbox": [96, 1065, 638, 1094], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [96, 1094, 1134, 1492], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that the Action will take into account the recommendations on \"Gender, Environment and Climate Change\" from the 2021 National Gender Profile of Sierra Leone and the improved policy environment created by the recently adopted Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act 2023. Gender equality will be promoted throughout all activities relevant to the Action, as a way to foster women's active participation in the decision-making processes and equal access to the use of natural resources. The selected value chains all have considerable participation of women and provides opportunities for their economic empowerment, including through local level growth and value addition (as opposed to large scale industrialization, where women often lose out⁴³). **Women** in all their diversity will be specifically targeted both as farmers and in off-farm activities, for example owners of small enterprises⁴⁴, as active members of cooperatives and FBOs, and as mothers (and often primary caregivers). The project will practice purposive targeting throughout all components, ensuring equal (50%) participation of women in all activities, including at leadership levels. As mentioned above the action will also address the implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III, 2021-2025), specifically its key areas focusing on \"Promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women\" and \"Addressing the challenges and harnessing the opportunities offered by the green transition and the digital transformation\")."}, {"bbox": [86, 1548, 353, 1573], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴² https://vettoolbox.eu/actions/."}, {"bbox": [86, 1572, 684, 1597], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴³ \"Palm oil value chain analysis in Sierra Leone\", EU/DEV-CO, 2018"}, {"bbox": [86, 1597, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴⁴ \"Sierra Leone Poverty Assessment: Poverty, Trends, Development and Drivers\", World Bank (2022), states that women who engage in off-farm activities are less poor"}, {"bbox": [1023, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 33"}]