[{"bbox": [95, 151, 1134, 338], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as D1. Access to affordable energy has an important impact on persons with disabilities as they tend to have higher energy needs. For instance, they have a greater demand for electricity to operate assistive technologies that help them to become more self-sufficient. Since persons with mobility difficulties also tend to spend more time at home, their energy bills are higher than for households without persons with disabilities and often they have fewer financial resources available to pay their energy bills. The key to overcoming the energy challenges faced by people with disabilities lies chiefly in increasing access to affordable electricity, which is one of the objectives of this project."}, {"bbox": [97, 369, 209, 396], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Democracy"}, {"bbox": [95, 395, 1134, 502], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will improve transparency and equality between regions in the supply of electricity, allowing decision-making based on scientific data collected by an automated system. It will also improve Mozambique's sovereignty to strategically control and monitor the use of its own energy resources. It will allow to improve general access to energy, sharing the country's energy richness with Mozambicans in a more inclusive and sustainable way."}, {"bbox": [97, 533, 485, 561], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [95, 560, 1134, 667], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is conflict sensitive and peace oriented addressing drivers of the conflict in the North of Mozambique, such as unequal access to infrastructure and services which increases the likelihood of some groups resorting to violence. Securing energy supply in the North will also improve livelihood opportunities, including for IDPs, and will foster the overall socio-economic development of the region."}, {"bbox": [97, 697, 335, 723], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [95, 723, 1134, 830], "category": "Text", "text": "The action does not specifically target disaster risk reduction. However, attention will be paid that all infrastructure to be built through this action will be climate-resilient. The action also foresees a principal and a back-up National Control Centre as well as a redundant telecommunication system to be able to continue providing electricity to the whole country in case of natural disaster."}, {"bbox": [97, 861, 230, 888], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Digitalisation"}, {"bbox": [95, 888, 1134, 1075], "category": "Text", "text": "One of the outcomes of the action is to contribute to the modernisation and the digitalisation of the energy sector in Mozambique. Main activities of the project will include the installation of Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition/Energy Management Systems, as well as of Remote Telecommunication Units in electricity substations. The Action will also increase the number of transmission lines retrofitted with optic fibre, which will allow better control and monitoring of the transport and supply of electricity in all regions of the country. This will contribute to making the national power utility, EDM, smarter and more performant, one of the main objectives of its strategy 2018-2028."}, {"bbox": [85, 1127, 423, 1155], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [82, 1170, 1167, 1597], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>People and organisation</td><td>Technology Risk – EDM will not have the required skills and expertise to fully develop, execute and operationalise the National Control Centre</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>The NCC is clearly a complex undertaking and its implementation will challenge EDM. However, adequate resources have been allocated towards recruiting a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and a supervising engineer (women and men). The operational risk is significantly reduced in the first 5 years after commissioning by concluding a service and maintenance contract, which is part of the project.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1679, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 25"}]