[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 205], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Non-Government Organisations (NGO), International Organisations (IOs) and International Financial Institutions (IFI)"}, {"bbox": [97, 229, 1134, 442], "category": "Text", "text": "Civil society organisations are representing the rights of different right-holder groups in the action. A number of International NGOs as well as national Faith Based Organisation are supporting WaSH in Bougainville, including World Vision, Plan International, Water for Women and Save the Children. Most of them have ongoing working relations with community based organisations to deliver WaSH services. The only IO currently involved in the sector, mostly with EU funding, is UNICEF, currently implementing two EDF 11 funded \"Support to the National WASH Policy 2015-2030\" actions, with part 1 focusing on rural WASH in 4 target districts (including Central Bougainville) and part 2 focusing on urban WASH in district towns. The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are the only IFI involved in WaSH in PNG, though not in Bougainville."}, {"bbox": [86, 483, 603, 515], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 549, 507, 580], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 595, 1134, 728], "category": "Text", "text": "This programme is relevant for the Agenda 2030. It contributes primarily to the progressive achievement of SDG6: 'Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all', but also promotes progress towards SDG3: 'Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages' and SDG5: 'Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls'. The Action is in line with SDG13: 'Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts' through enhancing adaptive capacity to climate related hazards."}, {"bbox": [97, 740, 1134, 793], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) is to improve gender-responsive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) services and practices in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB)."}, {"bbox": [97, 804, 594, 831], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives (Outcomes) of this action are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 843, 1134, 919], "category": "Text", "text": "SO1: To increase the use and maintenance of equitable, safe, adequate and sustainable water and sanitation and hygiene supply and practices in places of human agglomeration in rural areas of South Bougainville District of AROB."}, {"bbox": [97, 935, 1134, 989], "category": "Text", "text": "SO2: To improve governance and institutional capacities of mandated authorities for WaSH service delivery in Bougainville."}, {"bbox": [97, 1001, 570, 1025], "category": "Text", "text": "Covid-19 awareness will be included at both levels."}, {"bbox": [97, 1039, 1134, 1093], "category": "Text", "text": "The intended outputs of this action will contribute to human development in AROB based on two complementary pillars:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1119, 1134, 1200], "category": "Text", "text": "1. Delivering WaSH services to under-served rural communities in the South Bougainville District through a participatory, bottom up community-empowering and -mobilizing approach will provide access to WaSH, a key human right, precondition for human development and essential to address the current COVID-19 pandemic."}, {"bbox": [97, 1211, 1134, 1288], "category": "Text", "text": "2. Building institutional support and capacities, including data and digital technology, of the ABG (starting to take over WaSH policy responsibilities from GoPNG), will enable in the medium term the authorities to fulfil their role and mandate in the sector."}, {"bbox": [97, 1317, 1116, 1345], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objective (Outcome) are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1356, 1134, 1436], "category": "Text", "text": "**Output 1.1:** Improved provision of safe, adequate, equitable and sustainable WASH facilities in places of human agglomeration (including menstrual hygiene facilities for adolescent girls in schools) in rural areas of South Bougainville District (SBD)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1448, 1134, 1502], "category": "Text", "text": "**Output 1.2:** Increased number of communities in SBD with improved WaSH awareness and practices, including ending open defecation."}, {"bbox": [97, 1514, 1134, 1568], "category": "Text", "text": "**Output 1.3:** Increased employment opportunities for young women and men in WaSH provision and maintenance through a community based and participatory approach."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 19"}]