[{"bbox": [81, 145, 1200, 1227], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td>modalities, lack of transparency in public procurement and the permanency of public functionaries.</td><td></td><td></td><td><ul><li>Promoting the meaningful participation of local representatives and leadership.</li><li>Building-up of capacities of government authorities and implementing partners to carry out programme implementation, data gathering and document developments on the ground.</li><li>Enhance self-funding capacity of municipalities (tax collection, fines and penalties).</li><li>Improve salaries and secondary job conditions for public administration.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Political Instability<sup>13</sup></td><td>Increased intensity of conflicts, sustained periods of increased insecurity in Petén resulting in direct threat to the programme implementation.</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td><ul><li>Structured and regular meetings and coordination with other donors and UN agencies to properly assess crisis situations (OCHA, ACNUR, US, and others).</li><li>Incorporating of related arrangements for implementing partners.</li><li>Strong data gathering and documentation of conflicts and security incidents.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Economic/Social/ Cultural<sup>14</sup></td><td>Dissatisfaction of citizens, local governments or ministries with the impact of the proposed activities, notably of those not targeted by the Programme.</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td><td><ul><li>Consultations held at the inception with different stakeholders in order to manage expectations.</li><li>Meetings with development partners working on similar projects and identification of synergies.</li><li>Giving special attention to the effects of gender-sensitive activities specific to context of this project applying participatory approaches.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Programme & Operational Risk<sup>15</sup></td><td>The implementation of this action does not take advantage of the TEI as mode of implementation.</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td><td><ul><li>Structured and regular meetings and coordination with MS and European CSOs.</li><li>Joint monitoring system in place to follow up the whole programme.</li></ul></td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [93, 1228, 212, 1254], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Assumption:"}, {"bbox": [93, 1272, 1190, 1351], "category": "Text", "text": "The new authorities (governor and mayors will be elected in July 2023 and starting their mandate in January 2024) share the vision that the EU initiative for a green transition of Petén will be instrumental for the construction of an inclusive and sustainable development and overcome the identified bottlenecks."}, {"bbox": [93, 1363, 1190, 1449], "category": "Text", "text": "Guatemalan stakeholders at local, regional and central governance level must demonstrate both political vision and technical capacity to deliver on commitments in line with the SDGs, and continue to be engaged and committed with their own development processes."}, {"bbox": [93, 1466, 1190, 1522], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU and International Community remain committed to support the Green Transition of Petén at political and operational level and ready to take the necessary political and financial risks."}, {"bbox": [85, 1571, 451, 1596], "category": "Footnote", "text": "13 Category 1 Risk – External Environment"}, {"bbox": [85, 1596, 854, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "14 Category 2 Risk - External Environment, & Category 3 Risk – People & the Organisation"}, {"bbox": [85, 1621, 296, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "15 Category 1 and 2 Risk"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 30"}]