[{"bbox": [116, 153, 1159, 234], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Establish a Youth Sounding Board, with representatives of each county, which will be networking closely with the Members of the Parliament, CSOs and other interest groups with a responsibility for the youth in Liberia aligned with the principle of leaving no one behind."}, {"bbox": [116, 245, 1159, 297], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Launch the procurement of equipment and furniture to support the work of CSOs, including disability-inclusive infrastructure and materials."}, {"bbox": [86, 338, 311, 368], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [98, 395, 546, 422], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental protection and climate change"}, {"bbox": [98, 433, 1159, 487], "category": "Text", "text": "Outcomes of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening: The EIA screening classified the Action as Category C (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [98, 498, 1159, 551], "category": "Text", "text": "Outcomes of the Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening: The CRA screening concluded that this Action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [98, 564, 1159, 645], "category": "Text", "text": "As environment issues have a transversal character within our cooperation with Liberia and considering the ambitions of the EU Green Deal, this Action could finance environmental impact studies or climate risk related, depending on the implementation needs of the programmes financed by the EU."}, {"bbox": [98, 660, 636, 688], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [98, 699, 1159, 833], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as G1. This implies that gender equality is a significant objective of the proposed Action. Therefore, the intervention contributes to the EU Gender Action Plan⁵ (GAP) III's commitment to applying a gender transformative approach as well as conducting and using updated gender analyses to inform decision-making on future action and integrating these into all relevant dialogues, policies, strategies, programmes and operations."}, {"bbox": [98, 848, 237, 874], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Human rights"}, {"bbox": [98, 885, 1159, 967], "category": "Text", "text": "Human rights will be at the heart of our communication and public diplomacy in promoting EU's fundamental values. This Action will apply a human rights-based approach throughout the design and implementation of the EU-Liberia cooperation programme, as well as an intersectionality approach."}, {"bbox": [98, 978, 1159, 1112], "category": "Text", "text": "In accordance with the international and regional human rights normative frameworks, Liberia has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1984); the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2008); the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2012); the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1993); and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."}, {"bbox": [98, 1123, 1159, 1204], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action is not targeting vulnerable groups directly, but it will address challenges of people living in vulnerable and marginalised situations (including marginalised communities, minorities, the poorest, PWD, people living in severe poverty, vulnerable women, children, and youth)."}, {"bbox": [98, 1219, 194, 1245], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disability"}, {"bbox": [98, 1258, 1159, 1365], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as D1. This implies that the Action - even if it does not specifically target inclusion of PWD - whenever appropriate may support marginalised, including disabled groups. In particular, it may support the design of activities addressing people living in vulnerable and marginalised indigenous communities, focussing on women, children, and youth."}, {"bbox": [98, 1376, 1159, 1457], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will ensure that rights of PWD will be respected, and the planned activities related with formulation of projects, evaluations and other activities are disability inclusive. The Action will encourage partners and programme participants to take the initiative to protect PWD and invite organisations representing PWD."}, {"bbox": [98, 1468, 1159, 1522], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be in line with the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030⁶, and the guidance note on disability inclusion in EU external action."}, {"bbox": [86, 1597, 885, 1623], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-01/join-2020-17-final_en.pdf."}, {"bbox": [86, 1622, 859, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=8376&furtherPubs=yes."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 16"}]