[{"bbox": [85, 147, 1167, 435], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td>digital connectivity</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>energy</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>transport</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>health</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>education and research</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Migration</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Reduction of Inequalities</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td><td>☒</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Covid-19</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [491, 438, 765, 462], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## BUDGET INFORMATION"}, {"bbox": [95, 477, 223, 529], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 12. Amounts concerned"}, {"bbox": [336, 476, 964, 503], "category": "Text", "text": "Budget line(s) (article, item): BGUE-B2022-14 02 01 21-C1-INTPA"}, {"bbox": [336, 507, 773, 533], "category": "Text", "text": "Total estimated cost: approx. EUR 724 762 919"}, {"bbox": [336, 536, 872, 562], "category": "Text", "text": "Total amount of EU budget contribution: EUR 75 000 000"}, {"bbox": [336, 602, 802, 630], "category": "Text", "text": "This action is co-financed in joint co-financing by:"}, {"bbox": [374, 643, 784, 668], "category": "List-item", "text": "* IFAD for an amount of EUR 70 000 000"}, {"bbox": [374, 672, 748, 695], "category": "List-item", "text": "* FAO for an amount of EUR 500 000"}, {"bbox": [374, 700, 775, 724], "category": "List-item", "text": "* AFD for an amount of EUR 15 000 000"}, {"bbox": [336, 753, 827, 779], "category": "Text", "text": "This action is co-financed in parallel co-financing by:"}, {"bbox": [410, 780, 1161, 830], "category": "Text", "text": "The World Bank for an estimated amount of USD 629 000 000 (approx. EUR 570,262,919¹)"}, {"bbox": [402, 834, 855, 856], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION"}, {"bbox": [95, 861, 304, 888], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 14. Type of financing"}, {"bbox": [336, 861, 728, 888], "category": "Text", "text": "**Direct management** through procurement"}, {"bbox": [336, 914, 982, 940], "category": "Text", "text": "**Indirect management** with Agence Française de Développement (AFD)"}, {"bbox": [336, 941, 1115, 967], "category": "Text", "text": "**Indirect management** with International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)"}, {"bbox": [336, 967, 982, 993], "category": "Text", "text": "**Indirect management** with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)"}, {"bbox": [336, 994, 746, 1019], "category": "Text", "text": "**Indirect management** with the World Bank"}, {"bbox": [87, 1035, 400, 1065], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.2 Summary of the Action"}, {"bbox": [95, 1078, 1131, 1238], "category": "Text", "text": "Food insecurity in Ethiopia is driven by multi-layered factors including conflicts, natural disasters and social-economic factors. The country is currently facing a serious food crisis with disruption of farming activities in the North and West due to the conflict in Northern Ethiopia, and a prolonged and historical drought (after three consecutive failed rainy seasons) affecting people in south and eastern pastoral and agro-pastoral areas. Over 20 million people are currently classified as food insecure (IPC level 3 and above²), a situation which is likely to further deteriorate due to the current drought and persistently high inflation, among other factors."}, {"bbox": [95, 1250, 1131, 1303], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Action addresses two major aspects of food insecurity in Ethiopia: the low availability of nutritious food and the low food accessibility by the rural poor."}, {"bbox": [95, 1315, 1131, 1475], "category": "Text", "text": "In terms of low food accessibility, this will be addressed by the cash/food transfer to the most vulnerable people, provided through the Rural Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP). This is a flagship programme supported by the World Bank and several bilateral partners (including the EU and several Member States), which addresses rural poverty as part of a strategic approach to build resilience for most vulnerable and poor people. The programme targets 8 million food insecure and vulnerable people across almost all regions³, a number that may increase as part of the post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts."}, {"bbox": [87, 1574, 408, 1598], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ Exchange rate used: 1 EUR = 1.103 USD"}, {"bbox": [87, 1598, 1139, 1621], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² Integrated Food Security Phased Classification: Level 3 “Acute Food and Livelihood Crisis”, level 4 “Humanitarian” and level 5 “Famine”"}, {"bbox": [87, 1621, 1069, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ PSNP implementation in Tigray has been suspended due to the conflict. Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz are not target regions."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 3 of 22"}]