[{"bbox": [171, 152, 1135, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "classification as well as identifying gender equality and climate change, expenditure and revenues, and budget programme performance indicators, as well as business processes of medium-term and annual budget planning and prepare proposals for improvements;"}, {"bbox": [135, 234, 1135, 287], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Update the budget classification so that the types of activities being funded can be more clearly identified in the budget documents."}, {"bbox": [85, 328, 312, 360], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [85, 377, 532, 404], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [85, 421, 1087, 479], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [85, 496, 1128, 553], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA screening classified the action as Category B (not requiring an EIA, but for which environmental aspects will be addressed during design)."}, {"bbox": [85, 569, 1145, 770], "category": "Text", "text": "Since the Action supports Public Financial Management reform strengthening, it will further address climate change issues through gradual integration of SDGs into Mongolia's budget cycle to align budgeting with SDG priorities and indicators in (i) special protected areas, (ii) desertification, and (iii) land degradation and water resource management. The Ministry of Finance first introduced Performance Based Budgeting in the environmental sector to align policy objectives to the SDGs in the national context in 2020. As a result, an expansion of SDG-aligned environmental budgeting was designed for 2021 and 2022 with corresponding SDG budgeting methodology. The Action will continuously support the results achieved so far in climate change budget tagging as relevant to the PFM areas."}, {"bbox": [85, 786, 1119, 844], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [85, 860, 1100, 916], "category": "Text", "text": "The Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening concluded that this action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [85, 934, 1096, 1078], "category": "Text", "text": "By incorporating climate change outcomes into the budgeting process, the action aims to enhance climate risk assessment, allocate resources for risk mitigation, monitor the effectiveness of risk reduction measures, and strengthen climate risk governance. This helps ensure that climate-related risks for Mongolia are adequately considered and addressed in budgetary decisions, contributing to increased resilience and adaptation to climate change."}, {"bbox": [85, 1094, 627, 1122], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [85, 1139, 1083, 1197], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that gender equality is a significant objective."}, {"bbox": [85, 1213, 1143, 1357], "category": "Text", "text": "In line with the EU Gender Action Plan III², this action will further integrate Gender responsive budgeting and the implementation of gender-responsive policies and actions at both national and international levels. It will contribute to the achievement of the EU's commitments to gender equality, women's and girls' empowerment, and gender transformative change by ensuring that resources are allocated in a manner that reflects these goals and by promoting gender mainstreaming in all policy areas."}, {"bbox": [85, 1374, 233, 1402], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [85, 1419, 1145, 1476], "category": "Text", "text": "Beyond the specific instruments (e.g. CSO-LA, EIDHR) earmarked for promoting human rights and strengthening civil society, a human-rights-based approach will be pursued across the two priority areas as well as support and"}, {"bbox": [85, 1524, 1145, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² The Gender Action Plan III is a Joint communication by the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy which was welcomed through EU Presidency Conclusions of 16 December 2020. Drafting was led by European Commission in close consultation with EU Member States, EEAS, civil society organisations, partner governments, and international organisations (UN entities, International Finance Institutions among others). The different parties contributed to the drafting of the document through meetings and through responses to a survey conducted during the process"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 27"}]