[{"bbox": [72, 106, 578, 140], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 169, 493, 202], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.1. Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [83, 240, 1145, 294], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to contribute to the green recovery and transition of the Sri Lanka economy and society."}, {"bbox": [83, 319, 616, 347], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objective(s) (Outcomes) of this action are to"}, {"bbox": [195, 346, 1145, 399], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Support the development and implementation of inclusive national green, blue and sustainable public policies, with participation of women and men in all their diversity"}, {"bbox": [195, 399, 1145, 452], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Improve the business and investment climate in view of promoting an inclusive circular economy (both green and blue)"}, {"bbox": [195, 452, 872, 478], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Increase accessibility and availability to green and sustainable finance"}, {"bbox": [83, 504, 1108, 532], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are"}, {"bbox": [83, 558, 595, 585], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1)"}, {"bbox": [122, 585, 1148, 664], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1. Inclusive policy dialogue established for the implementation of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) on the green recovery of the Sri Lankan economy and society and prepared all related future EU funded interventions under the MIP with participation of CSO's, particularly women's organisations;"}, {"bbox": [122, 664, 1148, 770], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2. Public policies fostered in selected sectors (e.g. e.g. industrial, water management, waste, energy, transport infrastructure, biodiversity and forestry) for an enabling regulatory environment to promote sustainable consumption and production and a low-carbon economy with a strong cross-cutting focus on technical and vocational education and training."}, {"bbox": [122, 770, 1148, 876], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3. Climate Change (NDC) Secretariat and other relevant agencies supported in evidence-based policy monitoring of the climate change mitigation commitments and/or impacts (incl. actual GHG emissions) and advice on adjustments and possible improvements in selected sectors (e.g. water, industrial, waste, energy, transport and forestry) under the NDCs;"}, {"bbox": [83, 902, 595, 929], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2)"}, {"bbox": [122, 929, 1148, 1009], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1. Conducive business and investment environment enabled through an enhanced EU-Sri Lanka Investor Dialogue and key reforms that would facilitate sustainable business operations and green investments promoted;"}, {"bbox": [122, 1009, 1148, 1113], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.2. Transition supported towards a circular economy (e.g. with the Global Alliance for Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency) and regulatory and voluntary tools and incentives to facilitate sustainable production patterns in industries and MSMEs promoted, with particular focus on inclusion of women and women-led MSMEs¹¹;"}, {"bbox": [122, 1113, 1148, 1203], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.3. Digital solutions promoted to enhance efficiency, transparency, gender-responsiveness (to meet needs of women, men, girls and boys in all their diversity) and innovation in sustainable production, consumption and supply chains."}, {"bbox": [83, 1237, 595, 1264], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. contributing to Outcome 3 (or Specific Objective 3)"}, {"bbox": [122, 1264, 1148, 1317], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.1. Policy and regulatory framework for green and sustainable Finance (Taxonomy, Green bonds, monitoring and accountability framework, etc...) developed;"}, {"bbox": [122, 1317, 1148, 1369], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.2. Structuring of actual Green Finance operations (bonds issuance, credit line, equity investments) with the Government / Central bank and/or local financial institutions and enterprises supported;"}, {"bbox": [122, 1369, 1148, 1423], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.3. Policy advocacy for the adoption of innovative financing for nature based solutions such as carbon credit schemes for the protection, conservation and restoration of terrestrial and marine biodiversity facilitated."}, {"bbox": [83, 1448, 1148, 1529], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU Facility will mainly build on ongoing and past initiatives and enhance multi-stakeholder policy dialogue in order to promote the external dimensions of the European Green Diplomacy including exchange with EU public expertise, such as TAIEX and Twinning."}, {"bbox": [72, 1614, 1157, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ the Facility will also support the coordination and preparation of interventions under regional and global programmes such as GCCA+, SWITCH"}, {"bbox": [1051, 1663, 1158, 1688], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 23"}]