[{"bbox": [92, 114, 322, 140], "category": "Text", "text": "Key cross-cutting issues:"}, {"bbox": [92, 153, 1161, 337], "category": "List-item", "text": "(a) Climate change: The MIP contains a priority area on Green Transition, which aims at the reduction of GHG emissions in El Salvador through the increased share of renewable energy in the energy mix and reduction of emissions in urban public transport in alignment to El Salvador's INDCs (currently being updated). This will require important investment and this action can provide TA to assess the feasibility of specific interventions. EU public diplomacy and communication efforts will have a particular focus on promoting our common global goal of fighting the scourge climate change, in line with the Council Conclusions on Climate and Energy Diplomacy (2021)."}, {"bbox": [92, 351, 1161, 483], "category": "List-item", "text": "(b) Environmental protection: Environmental protection is indirectly included in the MIP and TEI. Investments financed under EFSD+ mechanism will be object to EIAs, and interventions aimed at private sector development will include environmental, social and human rights considerations (TA could be financed for this purpose under this decision). Under regional programmes El Salvador will continue benefitting from actions for biodiversity conservation, reforestation, waste and water management"}, {"bbox": [92, 496, 1161, 576], "category": "List-item", "text": "(c) Gender equality: Gender equality is a crosscutting objective in El Salvador. Interventions in the MIP and TEI will be assessed for their impact on gender equality. Specific studies under this action can be considered as necessary for new interventions, in particular EFSD+, to include analyses on the impact on gender."}, {"bbox": [92, 588, 1161, 668], "category": "List-item", "text": "(d) Conflict risks and fragility: El Salvador is currently undergoing a conflict and fragility assessment, which will provide input to all interventions under the MIP, including this one, and will raise some key recommendations about Do-No-Harm approaches."}, {"bbox": [92, 699, 1161, 751], "category": "Text", "text": "Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organizational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [92, 764, 1161, 814], "category": "Text", "text": "This intervention is aimed at supporting the implementation of the MIP 2021-2027 and the TEI. The main stakeholders are:"}, {"bbox": [130, 830, 1161, 963], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **EU Delegation:** the action will support the EU Delegation in three core tasks; (1) strategic communication activities, including large scale public campaigns, designed to reach new audiences; (2) public diplomacy: funds will be set aside for the perusal of the Head of Delegation for specific events and activities that can build and strengthen networks and promote EU interests, for instance in areas related to trade; (3) TA to support implementation of the MIP and TEI;"}, {"bbox": [130, 977, 1161, 1057], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Team Europe Members:** The action aims, among other objectives, to support the implementation of the TEI, both in providing visibility and increasing awareness and understanding of Team Europe, but also with the possibility of financing studies on feasible interventions or on improved coordination."}, {"bbox": [130, 1071, 1161, 1150], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **ESCO:** while the action does not foresee the signature of a financing agreement, specific actions under the TA component can be coordinated with the main government counterpart, ESCO (*Agencia de El Salvador de la Cooperación*);"}]