[{"bbox": [83, 106, 396, 130], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Other considerations if relevant"}, {"bbox": [83, 131, 1144, 238], "category": "Text", "text": "Youth will be a priority of the action, and youth representatives/groups will be part of the CSO Sounding Board. This will provide the opportunity for youth groups to provide input on EU-funded activities and will also assist guiding the interventions of the action, including policy dialogue. Youth and women groups will also be prioritised for capacity building activities."}, {"bbox": [83, 263, 1049, 290], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants awarded under the Grant component will include a focus on youth and women's organisations."}, {"bbox": [83, 316, 1143, 370], "category": "Text", "text": "The interventions will mainstream gender, climate change and environmental issues, and grants to be funded from the action will directly contribute to MIP targets for these areas, as detailed above."}, {"bbox": [86, 414, 367, 438], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4. Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [68, 476, 1156, 1014], "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>External environment</td><td>Risk 1<br/>The authorities do not see the benefit of involving CSOs in the policy dialogue</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td rowspan=\"3\">The action will offer different types of platforms for policy dialogue, complementary to the other programmes implemented under the MIP. Communication activities to highlight the added value of inclusive policy dialogues will also be envisaged. These will target both Government and civil society.</td></tr><tr><td>Communication and information</td><td>Risk 2<br/>Lack of interest of CSOs to be part of the Sounding Board and activities</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td></tr><tr><td>People and the organisation</td><td>Risk 3<br/>Limited utilisation / uptake of capacity building & training activities</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [80, 1016, 136, 1038], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Risks"}, {"bbox": [80, 1042, 1147, 1201], "category": "Text", "text": "The Covid-19 context has limited face to face activities. However, CSOs also face further constraints in relation to online activities, due to limited access to digital resources (tools, data and connectivity) and recurrences of electricity disruptions, which may impact on the participation of some organisations. To mitigate these risks, the EUD will ensure that the Contractor for the Technical Assistance (TA) Facility has sufficient skills and experience in facilitating participatory online processes, dialogues and trainings and will explore the possibility of low bandwidth training platforms."}, {"bbox": [80, 1228, 228, 1251], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Lessons learnt:"}, {"bbox": [80, 1258, 1146, 1337], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed action is informed by the EU's long time engagement with CSOs in South Africa, including past Calls for Proposals and a past capacity building facility that has demonstrated the need for expanding capacity development to all types of CSOs (not only recipients of EU financial support)."}, {"bbox": [80, 1363, 1146, 1469], "category": "Text", "text": "CSOs recognise the EU as an important interlocutor, in addition to the EU providing resources to CS. The EU has established strong relations with the CSOs over a period of more than 25 years and is regarded as a valuable partner. The opportunities – funding, capacity building and platforms for engagement, as well as regular consultation and interaction with CSOs – are valued by the organisations."}, {"bbox": [80, 1471, 1146, 1654], "category": "Text", "text": "The CSO Roadmap recommends strengthening CSOs' capacities in relation to the public policy cycle including in the economic space, including labour, cooperatives or employers' federations. The TA Facility will put an emphasis on engaging with various types of CSOs. The RM also recommends strengthening the sector's capacity to mobilise private and domestic resources, and addressing the digital gap within the sector. In the design of this action, recommendations of the 2017 EU-funded South Africa Mapping study of CSOs in the human rights and social justice sectors have been considered, including to support networking and alliance building at various levels (local, provincial, national and international)."}, {"bbox": [1039, 1662, 1156, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 22"}]