[{"bbox": [74, 147, 1150, 527], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td>sustainable development.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>People and organisation</td><td>Cultural norms and traditional labour division in the household prevent the effective participation of women and young people in local development initiatives.</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>A gender transformative approach will be used to analyse the root causes and barriers to women and young people participation in each municipal context, and corresponding actions will be included in the local initiatives.</td></tr><tr><td>Legality and regularity aspects</td><td>The incomplete decentralisation regulatory framework generates uncertainties on the competencies of the municipal governments.</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Continued engagement and communication with local and national actors to support the implementation of the decentralisation regulatory framework.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [85, 530, 244, 553], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [85, 567, 1141, 620], "category": "List-item", "text": "* National led programmes evidence that low municipal capacities reduce the impact of the actions. Therefore, capacity building of municipal actors is an enabler for effective local development."}, {"bbox": [85, 621, 1141, 673], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The effectiveness of the EU funded programmes has been higher when various projects in complementary sectors have been implemented in the same territory."}, {"bbox": [85, 674, 1141, 727], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Development cooperation has limited financial resources, therefore, higher impact can be achieved if it is concentrated in a given territory."}, {"bbox": [85, 727, 1141, 832], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Experience shows that a deeper engagement of local government institutions is required to ensure sustainability. In the absence of meaningful connections between local level actions and national policies, there is an important risk that territorial development remains stranded in hyper-localised processes with marginal impact."}, {"bbox": [85, 833, 1141, 886], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Universities, and consortia of universities even more, have proven to play a key role in providing innovative solutions for the local context and can be key for human capacity development."}, {"bbox": [85, 887, 1141, 939], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Existing government structures and technical capacity continue to represent an important basis for the implementation of the cooperation programmes."}, {"bbox": [85, 940, 1141, 1018], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Import of goods and equipment represent a significant (financial) component of development cooperation programmes in Cuba, therefore, the implementing agency must master the importing procedures, including US embargo related risks."}, {"bbox": [85, 1019, 1141, 1072], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Liquidity difficulties and unfavourable local exchange rate make it advisable to operate with an international bank account in foreign currency⁸."}, {"bbox": [85, 1511, 1141, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ Cuba suffers from a significant foreign exchange deficit. The currencies that enter the country and are deposited in local accounts are used by Cuba to cover the needs of the country (fuel, food, medicines, disasters like hurricanes or gas explosions, etc). To make use of these currencies, the Central Bank of Cuba must issue a liquidity authorization letter. As there is no liquidity, the BCC cannot authorize it, the funds of the projects are blocked and cannot be used in the implementation of the project. Therefore, it is necessary to use the delegated cooperation option through an international implementing agency with a bank account abroad and not direct implementation with Cuban implementers."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1141, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 26"}]