[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1157, 337], "category": "Text", "text": "of the ICT policy and the e-Government strategy. This Ministry supervises the ICT Regulator – the National Institute of Information Technologies (INTIC) and the National Institute of Electronic Government (INAGE). INAGE is responsible for the implementation of digital transformation programmes and will thus be a partner to this action for the Coding Girls component that will rely on INAGE's provincial infrastructures and technicians to provide most of the training to the beneficiaries. Non-ICT institutions such as the Central Bank of Mozambique and the Ministry of Economy and Finance also play different roles in the digital economy, especially for the regulation of the financial services."}, {"bbox": [97, 364, 1157, 631], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will seek active partnerships with national universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions. As per example with the ICT Centre of the Eduardo Mondlane University, a partner in supporting researchers and PhD candidates to acquire advanced programming competences, as well as in providing advanced coding courses for young women with an engineering/technical background and entrepreneurs in need of incubation services and coaching. The action will also stimulate partnerships with European universities with experience in specialised support to African institutions and technical assistance, such as the Milan-based *Polytechnic Institute* and the Rome-based *La Sapienza University*. Besides, capacity building will be provided and partnerships encouraged for universities to present proposals to both Erasmus+ capacity-building and mobility programs as well as to Horizon Europe (PE/12/2021/INIT), the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation. Regional and Global EU higher education programmes such as Intra-African mobility will also be considered under the action."}, {"bbox": [97, 656, 1157, 787], "category": "Text", "text": "Concerning the private sector, the Mozambican Association of Information Technology Professionals and Enterprises (AMPETIC) has expressed a clear willingness to work collaboratively with the National Institute of Electronic Government (INAGE) to support the development of digital government in the country. Other business associations that will be closely associated with the Action are the Confederation of economic associations (CTA) and EuroCam."}, {"bbox": [97, 814, 1157, 922], "category": "Text", "text": "Civil society organisations (CSOs) and local authorities will be involved from the identification and definition of activities to the implementation and monitoring. The Mozambican network of the persons with disabilities' associations and other organisations (such as women's CSOs) will be actively consulted and involved in the intervention. Rights-holders (women and men) will actively participate in the action."}, {"bbox": [97, 947, 1157, 1081], "category": "Text", "text": "Finally, other Development Partners active in the ICT sector such as the World Bank, UN agencies, and Member States will be regularly consulted on their actions and so will other partners like Brazil, India and People's Republic of China. In particular, the World Bank is supporting digital infrastructure development, skill development, economic linkages between micro, small and medium enterprises and consumers, as well as with upstream larger companies, support for digital public services, among other initiatives."}, {"bbox": [85, 1108, 603, 1141], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 1174, 507, 1205], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 1221, 1157, 1273], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to **contribute to Mozambique's inclusive growth focused on digital transformation**."}, {"bbox": [97, 1300, 620, 1326], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives (Outcomes) of this action are to:"}, {"bbox": [136, 1327, 931, 1354], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. **Contribute to an enabling environment for an inclusive digital transformation**"}, {"bbox": [136, 1354, 1157, 1406], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. **Enhance opportunities for youth (women and men) for decent employment, innovation and digital entrepreneurship**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1433, 1157, 1486], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are the following:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1513, 584, 1538], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1):**"}, {"bbox": [174, 1539, 840, 1565], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 Improved policy-making and regulatory capacity of the stakeholders"}, {"bbox": [174, 1566, 1116, 1592], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 Strengthened institutional capacity of the government bodies responsible for digital transformation"}, {"bbox": [174, 1593, 1157, 1645], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 Improved efficiency, quality and accessibility of private and public services to clients/citizens, with a strong focus on persons with disabilities and gender perspective"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 27"}]