[{"bbox": [72, 101, 1114, 465], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Climate Change Related Risks:<br/>-Higher temperatures combined with long lasting heatwaves resulting in a negative water balance.<br/>-Negative impact on soil due to intensity of heavy rains or long-lasting dry spells.<br/>-Irregular weather leads to outbreaks of agricultural diseases and pests.<br/>-increased evaporation, can likely reduce future access to water.</td><td>H</td><td>M</td><td>Sustainable management technologies will be developed for the private sector. The project will potentially undertake a piloting of some of the developed practices and techniques in one of its identified priority sectors. Water conserving irrigation technologies will be part of the service packages developed for the private sector.<br/>The project will not work on the topic of forest management as another GIZ project on \"Biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction through community-based management of walnut forests and pastures in the South of Kyrgyzstan\" is already working in this direction. The project will nevertheless closely work with this initiative in view exploring possibilities to make the Walnut value chain more competitive by fostering synergies and complement approaches.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [72, 467, 1114, 769], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Corruption risks</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Corruption and bureaucracy are manifested differently at different levels. Investors, company owners and farmers may be further discouraged to invest or continue to do business, because of the business-disabling environment.</td><td>H</td><td>H</td><td>Creation of a more business-friendly environment is one of the key areas of intervention of the Project.<br/>Particular focus will be put on identifying the focal points of corruption and addressing them in a systemic manner, through more efficient procedures, increased transparency measures and increased accountability mechanisms. A systemic approach is based on introduction of institutional solutions, which decrease opportunities for corruption to flourish.</td></tr><tr><td>Weak control mechanisms for safety and environmental standards.</td><td>H</td><td>M</td><td>Consumer awareness raising; increasing the level of recognition of safe products; promoting transparency through digitisation (Tunduk and similar national digitalisation initiatives of the Government)</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [79, 798, 239, 821], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Lessons Learnt:**"}, {"bbox": [79, 824, 1146, 901], "category": "Text", "text": "The Programme draws from the lessons learnt from previous interventions in the sector and the proposed intervention builds on the momentum of existing initiatives for which evaluations have shown good results to date and provide extensive lessons and recommendations."}, {"bbox": [79, 929, 1148, 1168], "category": "Text", "text": "One key lesson learnt from past interventions in the sector is the need to adopt a cross-cutting approach in order to create the conditions at the policy level in which a green economy is feasible. One of the preconditions for the success of the new programme is the continued commitment of Kyrgyzstan towards its transition to a green economy, this implies that it is highly important for the proposed programme to continue to intensify policy dialogues with the relevant stakeholders, relevant entities of Ministry of Economy and Commerce, relevant financial institutions, private sector associations and the relevant department of different line ministries in charge of green economy. The programme will also have to anticipate the economic consequences of the COVID-pandemic and Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, which are having impacts on the livelihoods of farmers, producers and consumers. See Risk Analysis (Annex 5)"}, {"bbox": [79, 1195, 1146, 1245], "category": "Text", "text": "The following are lessons learnt and implications from the GESPSD programme, its predecessor programme as well as the EU- and BMZ-funded IRDP:"}, {"bbox": [79, 1248, 1146, 1300], "category": "Text", "text": "* Prior interventions have shown that establishing market-based mechanisms, such as paid advisory services by brigadiers have the greatest potentials to achieve sustainability beyond the duration of the programme."}, {"bbox": [79, 1302, 1146, 1457], "category": "Text", "text": "* When supporting the needed access to financial resources, the Programme needs to employ market and private sector-based solutions such as revolving funds with community contributions and to encourage independent service providers to develop financial products that are closer to the needs of the beneficiaries of the Programme. Where possible, the programme will provide linkages to existing credit lines or other complementary support measures (from international donors such as World Bank, FAO, KfW Development Bank/European Investment Bank) related to the access to finance"}, {"bbox": [79, 1460, 1146, 1592], "category": "Text", "text": "* For supporting the MoEC in updating its current National Green Economy Programme it will be important to ensure an active participation and ownership by the private sector and civil society in the process. Also, it will be important to include the relevant evidence-based green policy measures into the Programme Plan. It is learnt that undertaking extensive data-based research is considered cumbersome therefore a simplified approach will be needed together with academic institution and local trainers. Additionally, policy advice for the update of the National Green Economy"}, {"bbox": [1039, 1636, 1157, 1660], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 33"}]