[{"bbox": [72, 147, 1169, 614], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Connectivity @</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td>digital connectivity</td><td>YES</td><td>NO</td><td rowspan=\"5\"></td></tr><tr><td>energy</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td>transport</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td>health</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td>education and research</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td>Migration @<br>(methodology for tagging under development)</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td>Reduction of Inequalities @<br>(methodology for marker and tagging under development)</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td>Covid-19</td><td>☒</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [485, 615, 760, 640], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## BUDGET INFORMATION"}, {"bbox": [72, 650, 1169, 787], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>12. concerned</td><td>Amounts</td><td>Budget line(s) (article, item): BGUE-B2022-14 02 01 21-C1-INTPA<br>Total estimated cost: EUR 39 500 000.<br>Total amount of EU budget contribution: EUR 39 500 000.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [396, 787, 852, 811], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION"}, {"bbox": [72, 821, 1169, 964], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>13. Type of financing¹</td><td>Direct management through:<br/>- Grants<br/>Indirect management with the entities to be selected in accordance with the criteria set out in section 4.4.2.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [87, 978, 401, 1009], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.2 Summary of the Action"}, {"bbox": [95, 1021, 1146, 1156], "category": "Text", "text": "Since November 2020, Ethiopia has been engulfed in a civil war. While the conflict is mainly affecting Ethiopia's northern regions, spill over effects and smaller pockets of interrelated conflicts increased significantly the geographical area with population affected by the conflict. This has disturbed significantly the education of children, in particular girls, as has been seen by decreasing enrolment rates, increasing dropout rates, and a significant number of destroyed or damaged schools."}, {"bbox": [95, 1167, 1146, 1247], "category": "Text", "text": "The present Action aims at contributing to improve the provision of education specifically for conflict affected children in Ethiopia. Ensuring access to quality education for children in a crisis situation, and reducing dropout rates in primary and secondary education in conflict affected areas will be the two specific objectives of this Action."}, {"bbox": [95, 1258, 1146, 1314], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action has a budget of EUR 39 500 000, and will have a duration of 36 months. It will be implemented through indirect, and direct management."}, {"bbox": [95, 1324, 1146, 1404], "category": "Text", "text": "The main beneficiaries of this Action will be children of school-age living in conflict affected areas, mainly in the northern regions (Tigray, Amhara and Afar) as well as other conflict affected areas. Their families and the communities in which they live and study will as well be key stakeholders, and will benefit from parts of this Action."}, {"bbox": [95, 1416, 1146, 1498], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action is the first of its kind in the education sector to be funded by the EU in Ethiopia. It will benefit from synergies with the Action on Health under the same Individual Measure, in particular with what relates to youth's awareness raising on sexual and reproductive health and family planning."}, {"bbox": [87, 1620, 221, 1643], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ Art. 27 NDICI"}, {"bbox": [1037, 1680, 1143, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 3 of 19"}]