[{"bbox": [87, 153, 399, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [96, 198, 1161, 712], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this Action is twofold. First, the policy environment and capacity of national and regional stakeholders is addressed. While Kenya remains among the countries in the region with a more restrictive policy framework, the national Government, but especially the refugee hosting counties (local government) have shown initiative and taken several steps into pragmatically supporting a more enabling environment for refugees. In line with these developments, the Action, under output 1.1, foresees continued support to the new Department of Refugee Services, including on capacity-building and aligning the department according to the new provisions of the 2021 Refugee Act. Activities may contribute to enhanced refugee status determination (RSD), issuance of identification cards and linking refugees to the huduma namba system. Output 1.2 incorporates national policies, plans and practice, with the aim of better integration of refugees. Specific sectors to be targeted may include education through contributing to aligning the sector to national government regulations and health through continued expansion of the national health insurance fund (NHIF) in refugee hosting areas. At sub-national level (output 1.3), it is planned to enable counties to lead on the model of area-based approaches (municipalities). Counties will be supported to develop inclusive policies, notably relating to specific sectors such as water and energy, as well as to better manage, further develop and monitor area-based approaches (such as KISEDP) and implement recommendations from previously developed spatial assessments. The support at policy development and management level is crucial to ensure refugee issues are not excluded from policy making and as a result mainstreamed in various Government levels and sectors. This is a pre-requisite to attain the desired impact: a policy environment in which refugees are not discriminated against and self-reliance is feasible."}, {"bbox": [96, 730, 1160, 872], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1.4 is derived from key lessons learnt in the past and integrates both conflict sensitivity and gender equality. Social cohesion among the targeted beneficiaries is necessary to reach the desired specific objectives and overall objective. Attention will be drawn to potential conflict between and within refugee and host communities, SGBV and other forms of discrimination against those living in the most vulnerable situations. The latter may include women, children, members of the LGBITQ community and persons with disability."}, {"bbox": [96, 890, 1161, 1289], "category": "Text", "text": "Second, sector-specific interventions are foreseen in the components targeting Turkana and Garissa Counties. Based-on previous programmes, the selected outputs under 2.1/2.2 and 3.1/3.2 focus on education (vocational skills) and follow-up mentorship, agri-business, business development and entrepreneurship. While previous EU-funded interventions were broader in scope, this Action is more targeted, building on infrastructure already developed (e.g. roads, markets, water pans, irrigation schemes in Kalobeyei). In Turkana, key activities will include maintenance and handing-over of infrastructure to authorities, continue support to farmer groups and support to the County on developing selected agricultural value-chains. In Dadaab, similarly, it is proposed to continue the currently implemented approach, including both elements of education and support to the business environment. The intervention logic implies that if the activities are undertaken, access to education and skills development as well as support to MSMEs, including in agribusiness is improved, assuming that assumptions hold true. At an impact level, it is expected that the outputs can contribute to a higher percentage of refugees and host communities being engaged in the labour market (formal and informal employment). Therefore it is expected that with increased access to self-reliance opportunities, refugees and hosts will be able to sustain themselves with little to no dependence on humanitarian assistance, thereby fostering their common socio-economic inclusion."}, {"bbox": [96, 1307, 1138, 1494], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is aligned with the TEI on the Green Deal (supported a.o. by DE, DK, EE, FI, FR, IE, IT, NL, PT, SE, SK, SI, EIB) and the TEI on Digitalisation (supported a.o. by BE, DE, EE, FR, IE, NL, SE, SK, EIB). With the impacts of climate changing already threatening the livelihood of host communities and impacting income-generating initiatives for refugees, capacity building on DRR will be supported as well as closer links established with Kenya's National Drought Management Authority, also supported by the EU. Digital skills trainings will feature as part of output 3.1 and additional connections to the Digitalisation TEI will be developed during the implementation stage."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1681, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 24"}]