[{"bbox": [83, 105, 906, 132], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Output 3: Contribute to inclusive and improved policy, legal and institutional frameworks"}, {"bbox": [100, 144, 1147, 278], "category": "List-item", "text": "i. Support the participatory and inclusive formulation, implementation, review and alignment of policies, legal and institutional frameworks, including relevant laws and regulations, including accessibility standards of digital technology to align the strategic direction of the digitalization and other processes. Where relevant, changes to land use planning policies involve encouragements towards environmental conservation and DRR, in line with national and county level policies and strategic documents and plans"}, {"bbox": [100, 278, 1147, 330], "category": "List-item", "text": "ii. Identify policy/legislative barriers which limit the scalability of land based investments by all and provide advice towards policy/legislative solutions"}, {"bbox": [96, 331, 1147, 408], "category": "List-item", "text": "iii. Provide and promote a participatory forum for land sector actors to meet relevant government officials and other stakeholders to discuss/review key bottlenecks and enhance coordination (ensuring inclusiveness of the forum for all)"}, {"bbox": [96, 409, 1147, 463], "category": "List-item", "text": "iv. Support the formulation of gender and youth sensitive and inclusive procedures, policies and legislations for Sustainable Land Management"}, {"bbox": [100, 463, 1147, 516], "category": "List-item", "text": "v. Support identification of gaps and opportunities through research and assessments at various levels to support inclusion and mainstreaming, guidance and development of policy, legal and institutional frameworks"}, {"bbox": [96, 516, 1147, 569], "category": "List-item", "text": "vi. Support communication, public education, awareness and change management training of stakeholders on land sector reforms including digitalization"}, {"bbox": [87, 626, 297, 657], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3. Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [83, 696, 1147, 751], "category": "Text", "text": "This action significantly targets gender, resilience and conflict sensitivity, environment and climate change and human rights as well as inclusion of persons with disabilities in the scope of the action."}, {"bbox": [83, 777, 530, 805], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [83, 830, 1147, 884], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will target the improvement of natural resources management, climate change mitigation and adaptation through improved land planning, administration and management."}, {"bbox": [83, 884, 1147, 1122], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1 of the action will contribute to environmental and biodiversity conservation by assisting in mapping of ecologically sensitive areas and biodiversity hotspots like lakes, wetlands, riparian areas, forests, wildlife conservation areas, including those habited by endangered species, conservancies, parks, and encourage preservation, protection, restoration and sustainable utilization. Assistance to counties in developing integrated management plans of the identified resources will be developed, including an environmental management plan detailing how the potential negative impacts will be mitigated. Where necessary, interventions will be subjected to environmental and social impact assessments to either prevent, minimise or mitigate against potential negative impacts, in line with relevant guidelines and legislations and institutions in land, water, forestry and environment e.g. Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA)."}, {"bbox": [83, 1122, 1147, 1282], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will also encourage environmentally friendly livelihoods ventures, both for income and food and nutrition security. Community groups will be linked to relevant government entities and partners for support. Interventions to combat desertification and land degradation such as reforestation and sustainable land management will be encouraged. The aim is to either preserve or enhance provision of ecosystem services through the interventions and livelihood ventures such as eco-tourism, sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products and other bio-enterprises"}, {"bbox": [83, 1313, 625, 1340], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [83, 1340, 1147, 1473], "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 (SDG-5) is one of the primary sustainable goals to be met by this project's implementation as it is outlined as one of the numerous challenges that impede sustainable administration and management of land in Kenya. The action is aligned with the EU's Gender Action Plan III (in particular its objective: Increased access for women in all their diversity to financial services and products, and productive resources)."}, {"bbox": [83, 1473, 1147, 1658], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 3: Support will be given to the formulation of gender sensitive and inclusive procedures and drafting of land regulations for sustainable governance of land and natural resources. While supporting formulation, review and implementation of policies, legislations, guidelines and institutional frameworks, the programme will take cognisance of the inequalities on women, youth and other marginalised groups (indigenous, persons with disabilities and others) in access, use and ownership of land. Reference will be made to the Constitution of Kenya, laws, draft land sector gender policy and their provisions on gender equity and equality in the land sector, and promote compliance. Further, greater security in access to land rights to women and the marginalized people (including displaced persons),"}, {"bbox": [1050, 1663, 1158, 1687], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 26"}]