[{"bbox": [108, 118, 433, 148], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.4. Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [67, 184, 1157, 822], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inadequate quality of Technical Assistance</td><td>Risk 1</td><td>L</td><td>L</td><td>Regular follow-up of beneficiaries on the service support provided; Adequate monitoring activities.</td></tr><tr><td>Lack of commitment and ownership from the country may lead to limited and inadequate support to the action.</td><td>Risk 2</td><td>L</td><td>L</td><td>Ensure diligent stakeholders consultation and involvement along the preparation and implementation period.</td></tr><tr><td>Delay in implementation</td><td>Risk 3</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Procedures and timelines for implementation of the programme estimate and direct implementation will be put in place by the EU and the Government of Jamaica.</td></tr><tr><td>Low absorption of technical assistance component</td><td>Risk 4</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>This will be mitigated by raising awareness among key stakeholders on the availability of Cooperation Facility funds.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [78, 822, 239, 846], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Lessons Learnt:**"}, {"bbox": [78, 847, 1149, 955], "category": "Text", "text": "This is the seventh co-operation Facility project to be provided under the EU-Jamaica cooperation programmes. Over the years, this Facility has been instrumental in assisting the Government of Jamaica to advance key policy reform initiatives supported by the EU. It remains an important tool for the EU in order to remain responsive to Government's demands and needs and to be able to bring sufficient expertise and experience."}, {"bbox": [78, 979, 1149, 1192], "category": "Text", "text": "The previous cooperation facility projects under the 10th and 11th EDF have been useful to the Government in assisting with technical expertise for work not covered by a programme. In this context, a result-oriented monitoring mission (ROM) carried out in July 2020 on the 11th EDF Technical Cooperation Facility VI (TCF VI) found that the facility was relevant as it addressed the needs and rights of the beneficiaries. The mission report also stated that 11th EDF TCF VI was well suited to the government's institutional, financial and human resource capacities. The ROM stressed that outputs resulting from the TCF VI implementation were of high quality and that the intervention will most likely reach its intended outcome. The mission also suggested that there was a total complementarity between the TCF VI and the other interventions funded by the EU in Jamaica."}, {"bbox": [78, 1192, 1149, 1270], "category": "Text", "text": "Through the TCF VI, local stakeholders were able to benefit from training programmes, participation in technical conferences and thematic interventions with the view to improving the efficiency of implementation of the 11th EDF interventions."}, {"bbox": [1050, 1660, 1157, 1684], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 12"}]