[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "and moving up in the sanitation ladder. The baseline survey will include sex disaggregated data and will take into account gender aspects (i.e. women will be consulted by women surveyor)."}, {"bbox": [97, 218, 1134, 457], "category": "Text", "text": "3.2 Increase population's awareness and motivation to improve sanitation and create demand through sanitation promotion activities with a gender sensitive approach - Strengthening sanitation marketing and reinforcing Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the sustainable management, operation and maintenance of sanitation facilities. Mechanisms to overcome financial barriers both on demand and supply side will be put in place. For instance, to overcome previously identified financial barriers to make the initial investment of acquiring a household connection, a revolving fund will be implemented, which will allow the establishment of payment facilities thus an easier access to the water service. Other measures to be implemented are: rolling out of community savings groups known as \"Xitique\", training of sanitation entrepreneurs and artisans, establishment of an Association of Entrepreneurs including a saving and credit rotational system."}, {"bbox": [97, 469, 1134, 629], "category": "Text", "text": "3.3. Rehabilitation and construction of WASH infrastructures in minimum 15 schools and 10 health-care facilities\n- Specific sites will be identified with the government partners. The construction will be undertaken by private firms and supervision of works through an independent firm. To maintain a high level of sustained functionality, gender and human rights approach, institutional capacity to manage water and sanitation infrastructure will be strengthened, contributing to improve health and nutrition outcomes while the work in schools will provide a clean and healthy learning environment, especially for girls. Hygiene-promotion practices will be conducted."}, {"bbox": [97, 640, 1134, 747], "category": "Text", "text": "The commitment of the EU's contribution to the Team Europe Initiative foreseen under this action plan will be complemented by other contributions from Team Europe partners. It is subject to the formal confirmation of each respective partners' meaningful contribution as early as possible. In the event that the TEIs and/or these contributions do not materialise the EU action may continue outside a TEI framework."}, {"bbox": [86, 775, 311, 805], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [97, 821, 542, 847], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [97, 873, 762, 900], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening"}, {"bbox": [97, 900, 1134, 1162], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) screening classified the action as Category B (for which an EIA will be undertaken). The action will be aligned with the country's environmental legislation, ensuring negative impacts over the environment are minimized and mitigation actions are put in place. However, the existing water and sanitation systems have become outdated and are unable to withstand extreme weather events. Therefore, to protect the water infrastructures from future disasters and to ensure that beneficiaries have access to basic services, feasibility studies will adopt more climate-resilient construction standards such as using high-quality pipes in the water network, repairing water tanks and providing operational training to operators. In addition, to protect sanitation infrastructure against the impact of heavy rains caused by cyclones, climate-resilient infrastructure needs to be developed such as ensuring that the facilities are raised above the ground and not located in flood-prone areas."}, {"bbox": [97, 1192, 668, 1218], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening"}, {"bbox": [97, 1218, 1134, 1324], "category": "Text", "text": "The Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening concluded that this action is low risk. The action is indeed related to a sensitive sector and implemented in a location potentially exposed to climate change. Therefore, the action will engage in a deeper reflection on potential impacts, risks and realistic mitigation activities at the stage of feasibility studies."}, {"bbox": [97, 1357, 636, 1383], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [97, 1394, 1134, 1474], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that this action will aim to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their participation in the development of their communities by:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1488, 1134, 1566], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Encouraging and supporting female participation in decision-making processes for planning and implementation of WASH services, including their engagement as personnel in various components of the action."}, {"bbox": [135, 1569, 1084, 1596], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Arranging for appropriate facilities in schools and health care facilities to meet the needs of women;"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 26"}]