[{"bbox": [82, 129, 1147, 533], "category": "Text", "text": "Prosperity, inclusive growth and decent work, labour migration are key issues for the sustainable development of Thailand, increasingly characterised by inequality and increasing pockets of poverty. Finally, Thailand is a key partner in a number of multi-lateral fora including ASEAN as well as in connection to multilateral agreements and international conventions on labour rights, sustainable development and biodiversity. Thailand has a **Gender Inequality Index** (GII) value of 0.710, ranking it 79 out of 156 countries in the 2021 Index. This reflects that only 15.8 per cent of parliamentary seats are currently held by women, while 77.5 per cent of adult women have reached at least a secondary level of education compared to 77 per cent of their male counterparts. What is striking in the case of Thailand, is that while there is a strong improvement in terms of health and survival, women's political empowerment has deteriorated compared to 2006. In rural areas, many women in Thailand remain affected by poverty, discrimination and exploitation. Women are largely concentrated in insecure and vulnerable jobs in the informal sector, including in agriculture. Women also often work on their own account and contribute as family workers. Only a small minority of women hold senior positions. According to the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women, discriminatory practices against women still exist in many rural areas in Thailand such as employment practices, unfair treatment of women workers, and access to resources. More specifically, there is a lack of policy to promote economic empowerment and access to financial services to disadvantaged groups of women¹²."}, {"bbox": [82, 555, 1147, 610], "category": "Text", "text": "Several human rights issues and challenges persist and human rights reforms should be promoted to be up to standards with international human rights treaties and commitments."}, {"bbox": [82, 673, 1147, 731], "category": "Text", "text": "**Identification of main stakeholders** and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [82, 740, 1147, 820], "category": "Text", "text": "The facility will be able to respond to requests for support from a variety of stakeholders including the Government of Thailand at national and local level (eg Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Labour etc)."}, {"bbox": [82, 831, 1147, 888], "category": "Text", "text": "International Financing Institutions, in particular European development financial institutions (DFIs) are not currently active in Thailand but it is expected that they will be more closely involved in the coming years."}, {"bbox": [82, 898, 1147, 1007], "category": "Text", "text": "Other key stakeholders include civil society organisations in Thailand especially those involved in work on policies of EU interests, global challenges or fundamental values of the EU, as well as Thai and European, the private sector, which will play a key role across all priority areas. The Cooperation Facility will maintain an open approach to engage and benefit a wide range of stakeholders as appropriate."}, {"bbox": [82, 1016, 1147, 1167], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will support an enabling environment for civil society in line with the civil society roadmap and the country level implementation plan (CLIP) for gender equality. Strengthening the capacity of civil society and ensuring meaning full dialogue and engagement will be sought through different components of the action. Thai civil society views the relation with the EU favourably and positively. Support will focus on capacity building, outreach and inclusion of the most marginalised in society. A specific focus will be placed on Youth and Women."}, {"bbox": [72, 1210, 580, 1245], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [100, 1273, 510, 1307], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1. Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [82, 1344, 927, 1373], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to **enhance the EU-Thailand partnership**."}, {"bbox": [82, 1395, 608, 1423], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives (Outcomes) of this action are to:"}, {"bbox": [121, 1424, 780, 1452], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Continue and reinforce EU-Thailand relations and policy dialogues;"}, {"bbox": [121, 1450, 1147, 1530], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Promote an increased alignment between EU-Thailand interests, principles, policies and values, including human rights and gender equality, with a particular focus on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);"}, {"bbox": [121, 1529, 1079, 1557], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Build increased understanding and visibility of the EU and its role in the region and the world scene."}, {"bbox": [72, 1634, 540, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹² https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/countries/thailand"}, {"bbox": [1144, 1662, 1159, 1684], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "7"}]