[{"bbox": [95, 151, 1132, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "higher levels of gender-based violence (GBV) and difficulties in accessing public services, social protection and employment. This is evident in the perpetuation of the feminisation of poverty.¹⁶"}, {"bbox": [95, 230, 1117, 338], "category": "Text", "text": "By choosing SMMEs, skills development and capacity building through technical assistance as the intersection, this Action will contribute to sustainable, resilient, transformative and inclusive growth, while simultaneously contributing to reducing inequalities, with a focus on women and youth., youth, persons with disabilities and those from the bottom 40% or socio-economically disadvantaged."}, {"bbox": [95, 343, 209, 370], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Democracy"}, {"bbox": [95, 370, 1132, 450], "category": "Text", "text": "By supporting the deployment of inclusive, gender responsive and sustainable interventions and infrastructure the action directly addresses climate change, environmental protection, governance, inequalities and democratic processes and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [95, 480, 485, 507], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [95, 507, 1069, 587], "category": "Text", "text": "The action does not directly address situations of conflict and crisis although both the interventions may indirectly contribute to peace, resilience and conflict prevention through employment, job creation and the reduction of inequalities."}, {"bbox": [95, 618, 335, 643], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [95, 644, 1132, 698], "category": "Text", "text": "The action does not directly address situations of disaster risk reduction however the interventions may indirectly assist with the mitigation and response to the effect of climate related disasters."}, {"bbox": [95, 730, 409, 755], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Other considerations if relevant"}, {"bbox": [95, 756, 149, 779], "category": "Text", "text": "None"}, {"bbox": [85, 797, 422, 825], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [82, 839, 1140, 1577], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Political</td><td>Precarious macro-fiscal situation, financial and technical weakness of key State Owned Enterprises and growing debt</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Risk mitigation measures include an appropriate allocation of technical assistance that can complement and transfer capacity in the institutions benefitting from the activities. Also, capacity development to address not only individuals but also institutions, and to focus on knowledge management. Further mitigation measures include working with Government of South Africa on financial stability and green financing strategies.</td></tr><tr><td>Socio-economic</td><td>Persistent inequality and unemployment</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Risk mitigation measures include support to address the gaps in SMMEs funding and in skills development essential in a carbon-neutral economy.</td></tr><tr><td>Socio-economic</td><td>Difficulty to target the most vulnerable.</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Risk mitigation measures include a Distributional Impact Assessment to be carried out ex-post analysing whether the poorest 40% have been targeted or reached, while also comparing with the share of beneficiaries that enjoy higher income or wealth</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 1579, 252, 1604], "category": "Text", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 27"}]