[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1134, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU has been supporting the fight against organized crime and drugs trafficking in Peru through political and policy dialogue and cooperation programmes aligned with both national policies and joint priorities with relevant results as the reform of the different the Rule of Law training schools and the recent constitution of specialized multidisciplinary teams to combat environmental crimes, human trafficking and the murder of leaders of native communities through the inter-institutional commitment of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prosecutor's."}, {"bbox": [96, 298, 1134, 511], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action builds on the results achieved but also on the challenges remaining to tackle the emerging threats with the need to consolidate the different dynamics launched through a more result-oriented intervention in strict coordination with EUMS and others actions on going at regional level in order to increase impact and EU support coherence through governance mechanisms including all stakeholders of criminal investigation with a more robust national coordination. The action also is a encompassed in the EU-LAC and EU-Peru strategic partnership and mechanisms for dialogue aiming a structured cooperation and exchange of information on justice and security matters enhanced – privileging the establishment of direct relations with the EU institutions concerned by the area of the action through a peer to peer support."}, {"bbox": [96, 521, 1134, 682], "category": "Text", "text": "Aligned with the EU strategies on drugs and organised crime⁵ and the recently approved EU roadmap to fight drug trafficking and organised crime⁶, the Action is aiming to fight illicit drugs trafficking and organized crime in the framework of the EU-Peru strategic partnership through the (i) strengthening the design, implementation and monitoring of comprehensive and effective national policies against drugs and organized crime (ii) enhancing the capacity and capability to fight and to dismantle organised crime networks and financial basis and (iii) reinforcement of the control of illicit drug production and supply (mainly maritime trafficking)."}, {"bbox": [96, 694, 1134, 773], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will contribute to the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and SDG 15: Life on land."}, {"bbox": [96, 785, 1134, 867], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, the Action is aligned with the EU Gender Action Plan III 2021-2025⁷ in particular to its thematic area of engagement “Ensuring freedom from all forms of gender-based violence” and likewise, it will contribute to the EU's Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024⁸."}, {"bbox": [86, 897, 506, 928], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.3 Zone benefitting from the Action"}, {"bbox": [86, 943, 877, 971], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action shall be carried out in Peru, country included in the list of ODA recipients."}, {"bbox": [86, 997, 322, 1030], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [86, 1063, 234, 1090], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [86, 1108, 519, 1136], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Peru's instability and institutional weakness"}, {"bbox": [86, 1153, 1144, 1349], "category": "Text", "text": "Macroeconomic stability, trade openness, and a favourable international environment allowed Peru to become an upper-middle-income economy. Nevertheless, following an average economic growth rate of 4.8% over the last 20 years, Peru has recently entered a period of relatively low growth with GDP figures of 2,3% for 2024 and 2,8% for 2026. Furthermore, major efforts remain to be done for improving governance, aligning with OECD standards. Political instability, institutional weaknesses, deficient infrastructures, high inequalities and a growing insecurity in some regions have shaken citizen's confidence in the system and reduced the country attractiveness for international investors."}, {"bbox": [86, 1368, 419, 1395], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Organised crime situation in Peru"}, {"bbox": [86, 1413, 1144, 1471], "category": "Text", "text": "According to official data⁹, between July and August 2023, crime reports increased by 27% in comparison to 2022 and 52.5% in comparison to 2021. Due to the country geographic extension, difficult landscape and insufficiently"}, {"bbox": [86, 1503, 1144, 1552], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ EU Drugs Strategy 2021-2025 (https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-14178-2020-INIT/en/pdf) & EU Strategy to tackle Organised Crime 2021-2025 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021DC0170)"}, {"bbox": [86, 1552, 794, 1576], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52023DC0641"}, {"bbox": [86, 1576, 899, 1600], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-01/join-2020-17-final_en.pdf"}, {"bbox": [86, 1600, 1056, 1624], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/eu_action_plan_on_humanRights_andDemocracy_2020-2024.pdf"}, {"bbox": [86, 1624, 811, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ https://m.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/boletines/informe-de-seguridad-oct-dic2023.pdf"}, {"bbox": [1034, 1680, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 30"}]