[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1134, 256], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU has funded in the recent past and is continuing to support various water supply projects for secondary cities especially through institutional technical assistance. In particular, various projects have been carried out in the city of Bafatá and are now in progress in the city of Mansoa and as regards the archipelago of Bijagós, in Bolama."}, {"bbox": [97, 260, 1032, 314], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the Action:**"}, {"bbox": [97, 313, 479, 337], "category": "Text", "text": "The main stakeholders of the Action, are:"}, {"bbox": [135, 353, 1134, 486], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Duty-bearers, having the obligation to respect, protect and realise the right to an adequate housing and an adequate standard of living under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the derived rights such as access to safe drinking water and sanitation or the right to electricity. Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Power (MATPL), responsible for local authorities and regions and in particular for the Municipality of Bissau/CMB;"}, {"bbox": [135, 487, 1134, 593], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Urbanism (MOPHU), the national government institution responsible for the formulation, coordination and implementation of infrastructure and urban development policies, as well as territorial planning (except for the sector of Bissau, where it shares the responsibility with CMB);"}, {"bbox": [135, 595, 1134, 728], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Bissau Municipality (CMB), despite its autonomy is limited at the legislative and financial level and its president is appointed and under the control of the MATPL, has a key function, for the city of Bissau, in urban planning and management and, in particular, it is responsible for waste management. It will therefore be one of the key institutions for this Action, both as a beneficiary and as part of the implementation, with the aim of creating a model on how to strengthen the role of local authorities;"}, {"bbox": [135, 730, 1134, 783], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Ministry of Environment and Biodiversity (MAB), for its mandate on environmental issues related in particular to the management of solid and liquid waste:"}, {"bbox": [135, 784, 970, 811], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Ministry of Natural Resources (MRN), responsible for the water and sanitation sectors;"}, {"bbox": [135, 812, 1134, 865], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Ministry of Health, important for its role in controlling the effects of waste management on citizens' health, as well as for the quality of water resources and their suitability for human use;"}, {"bbox": [135, 866, 1134, 920], "category": "List-item", "text": "* UN-Habitat, coordinating agency, within the United Nations system, of urban development issues and with an active and recognised presence in Guinea Bissau;"}, {"bbox": [135, 921, 830, 949], "category": "List-item", "text": "* CSOs, with demonstrated capacities in the sectors targets of the Action:"}, {"bbox": [135, 950, 1040, 977], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Resident population and the private sector, partecipanting in the implementation of the Action;"}, {"bbox": [135, 978, 1134, 1085], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The European Investment Bank (EIB), who in follow-up of a high-level mission in 2021 to the country, has validated the application by CMB for the EIB/COPIP (Clean Ocean Programme), namely for a project on waste management, for which a faisability study is to be launched shortly in view of assessing possible future financing, together with the EU."}, {"bbox": [135, 1086, 1106, 1113], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Other donors (World Bank, AfdB, etc.) with actions complementary to those envisaged in this Action."}, {"bbox": [135, 1114, 1134, 1167], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The private sector, involved in a management of public services under PPP schemes, that the Action wants to improve."}, {"bbox": [86, 1207, 607, 1240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 1273, 511, 1305], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 1319, 1134, 1371], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this Action is to improve the living conditions of urban populations in Guinea-Bissau."}, {"bbox": [97, 1373, 527, 1400], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objectives (SO - Outcome)** are:"}, {"bbox": [144, 1399, 1134, 1453], "category": "Text", "text": "1. To strengthen urban sector governance and the framework for dialogue on inclusive and climate-resilient urban development;"}, {"bbox": [144, 1452, 928, 1479], "category": "Text", "text": "2. To reduce the volume of unsorted solid waste (especially plastic waste) in Bissau;"}, {"bbox": [144, 1478, 1134, 1530], "category": "Text", "text": "3. To improve sustainable access to drinking water and basic sanitation services for secondary cities in Guinea-Bissau."}, {"bbox": [97, 1557, 995, 1585], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Outputs** to be delivered by this Action contributing to the corresponding SOs (Outcome) are:"}, {"bbox": [144, 1585, 736, 1612], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1. Policy development and monitoring mechanisms are set up"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 27"}]