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and smart technologies), for improved municipal capacities and capabilities"}, {"bbox": [133, 739, 1133, 818], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific technical assistance, research and implementation support to pilot municipalities -including on available digital and smart solutions and nature-based approaches for inclusive and efficient, technical and managerial implementation support;"}, {"bbox": [133, 819, 984, 846], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Support the creation and consolidation of equipment for local development management."}, {"bbox": [133, 847, 1130, 873], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Advisory support on digitalisation of services, notably artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance, etc."}, {"bbox": [133, 874, 1133, 926], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Support to e-governance solutions to improve urban management, local revenue mobilisation and service delivery are operationalized taking into consideration the digital divide and disability aspects"}, {"bbox": [97, 951, 1097, 1005], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities relating to Output 2.1: Improved knowledge of and capacity to access socially and environmentally sustainable and innovative financing ecosystems and opportunities available to municipalities"}, {"bbox": [133, 1006, 1133, 1111], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Advise on the preparation of and inform on diversified options for sustainable financing approaches for cities to increase access to public and private funds including facilitating links between potential projects and investment institutions; providing guidance to prepare bankable proposals; attracting long term investment to scale up the pilot actions for instance by organising matchmaking sessions with investors."}, {"bbox": [133, 1112, 1133, 1165], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Implementation of exchange of good smart and environmental service management and provision practices from the EU and/or within South Africa;"}, {"bbox": [133, 1166, 1133, 1219], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific technical assistance to address climate change and stimulate the green economy through policy development, research, awareness-raising and demonstration/pilot projects;"}, {"bbox": [133, 1220, 1133, 1299], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific technical assistance to address social rights issue, including gender equality and labour rights abuses, and stimulate the social economy through policy development, research, awareness-raising and demonstration/pilot projects;"}, {"bbox": [97, 1350, 1097, 1404], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities relating to Output 2.2: Investment attraction support to municipalities for the development of green and social projects, investments and programmes"}, {"bbox": [133, 1405, 1133, 1458], "category": "List-item", "text": "- TA to support unlocking access to finance through blending with Development finance institutions (DFI) loans (including South African)"}, {"bbox": [133, 1459, 1133, 1512], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Support green and social investment through provision of investment grants, innovative and blended finance or use of budgetary guarantees"}, {"bbox": [97, 1538, 930, 1565], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities relating to Output 3.1: Improved green and social awareness and comprehension"}, {"bbox": [133, 1566, 1133, 1645], "category": "List-item", "text": "- awareness raising and empowerment of local authorities and technicians facilitating processes with a gender and social equity approach incl. through inclusive and accessible communication strategy, workshops;"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 25"}]