[{"bbox": [56, 100, 1145, 1117], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Political/operational</td><td>US sanctions imposed during the project's implementation period.</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Redesign the project if necessary, but within the confines of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 (Blocking Statute), which prohibits compliance by persons under EU jurisdiction with certain US sanctions laws against Iran.</td></tr><tr><td>Operational</td><td>Mitigation measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 prevent certain activities and monitoring to be conducted</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Create capacity to deliver project activities virtually. All activities will have the safety and security of the staff and beneficiaries as priority, health protocol to prevent from COVID-19 transmission will be systematically put in place, including design of remote alternatives to in-person activities where possible.</td></tr><tr><td>Operational</td><td>Interference in programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Continuous engagement and negotiations with authorities to ascertain implementing partners' independence and mandate; establishment of Government Liaison unit; establishment of M&E unit with capacity to monitor and evaluate.</td></tr><tr><td>Operational</td><td>Functions and content of the digital platform constitutes duplication of functions and contents of the European Enterprise Network</td><td>Low</td><td>Low</td><td>Iran is not a member of the European Enterprise Network but does hope to join. Although results related to SO2 could overlap with the functions and content of the European Enterprise Network it is very unlikely they would double them as these results would be specifically related on trade between the EU and Iran.</td></tr><tr><td>Operational</td><td>Green transition and gender aspect of the Action not implementable due to different priorities of the new Government of Iran</td><td>Medium</td><td>Low</td><td>Gender sector analysis</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [67, 1119, 227, 1141], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [67, 1156, 1136, 1396], "category": "Text", "text": "This action is a next phase of the ongoing EUR 8 million project implemented by International Trade Centre (MIDEAST/2018/403-302 'EU-Iran Trade Development'; duration: December 2018 – December 2023) and financed under the Decision 041-032 (2018 Special Measure in favour of Iran). The project has assisted the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade in developing its comprehensive National Export Strategy and is assisting with the implementation. Furthermore, the project has successfully delivered the Europe-Iran Business Forum, which was held virtually in March 2021. The event witnessed participation of more than 2000 SMEs and enterprises, 159 B2B meetings and 32 capacity-building sessions. The Action described in this Action Document is to a large degree based on the success of the Europe-Iran Business Forum and the lessons learnt gathered from the Iranian and European SMEs and enterprises."}, {"bbox": [1039, 1662, 1157, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 20"}]