[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1165, 212], "category": "Text", "text": "mainstreaming gender, climate change and disaster in all policies and programmes. The 12th FYP identified seventeen National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) to address these key priorities."}, {"bbox": [97, 237, 1165, 471], "category": "Text", "text": "In the 12th FYP, while priorities under a 'just society' includes strengthening democracy and decentralisation, improving quality of education and skills, reducing poverty and inequality, reducing corruption and promoting gender equality, among others, priorities under a 'harmonious society' includes: ensuring liveability, safety and sustainability of human settlements and 'sustainable society' includes: ensuring macro-economic stability, improving efficiency and effectiveness of public service delivery, among others. A major approach is to strengthen decentralized governance both in terms of roles and responsibilities of the local governments as well as through increased fiscal decentralisation for sustainable development."}, {"bbox": [97, 498, 1165, 761], "category": "Text", "text": "The Bhutanese Constitution provides the premise, vision and mandate for local governments (LGs). The local government Act of Bhutan 2009 (and amendment Act of 2014) reinforced the concept of democratic and decentralized governance, enshrined in the Constitution. It further brought the two separate legal frameworks for the rural and urban areas, respectively, together into one legislation, defining LGs to include the 20 Dzongkhags (Districts), 205 Gewogs (Blocks) and 4 Thromdes (Municipalities) under one common legal framework. Besides this, the local government Members Entitlement Act was enacted in 2015. A new LG Bill is currently under discussion along with the Decentralisation Policy. In addition, LG rules and regulations (2012) and LG Members Entitlements rules and regulations (2018), local government Planning Manual, Annual grant guidelines for local governments and Gup handbook have been published."}, {"bbox": [97, 788, 1165, 1104], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Action will build upon the EU Budget Support programme under the previous MIP, which supported the local government sector's 11th and 12th Five Year Plans priorities. RGoB's execution of the previous budget support operation in the sector has delivered successful development outcomes. Policy level discussions on support for local governance in the past few years focussed among others on implementation of Local Governance reforms, approval of a new Decentralisation policy and the local government Bill, government's plans to improve 'local revenue mobilisation', mainstreaming gender and climate into local government planning process, expand the number of business initiatives undertaken through promotion of green economic development. The 13th FYP concept note highlights that 'LGs will be encouraged to identity unique and focused Local Governments Key Result Areas (LGKRAs)/indicators reflecting area specific economic potential, strength and focus areas to promote creativity, objectivity and returns of investments at the local level.'"}, {"bbox": [97, 1133, 1165, 1512], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the 12th FYP, the National Key Result Area on vibrant democracy and decentralisation “aims to strengthen democracy and governance through decentralisation of decision-making, administrative and financial authority with greater accountability”. The plan further states that “these will be achieved through encouraging people's participation in electoral processes, increased allocation of financial and human resources to the local governments (LGs), and developing clear roles and responsibilities between central agencies and the LGs”. There are 10 LGKRAs for 10 Dzongkhags and 4 Thromdes and 11 LGKRAs for 10 Dzongkhags with an additional LGKRA, “Improved and sustained livelihood of highlanders.” These include, gainful employment created and local economy enhanced, quality of education and skills improved, liveability, safety and sustainability of human settlements improved, transparent, effective and efficient public service delivery enhanced, democracy and decentralisation strengthened, gender equality promoted, women and girls empowered, carbon neutral, climate and disaster resilient development enhanced, food and nutrition security enhanced, community health enhanced and water security ensured and finally, culture and traditions preserved and promoted."}, {"bbox": [97, 1540, 1165, 1628], "category": "Text", "text": "The Constitution of Bhutan requires the State to provide education to improve and increase knowledge, values and skills of the entire population for full development of the human personality. It also mandates the provision of free education to all children of school going age up to tenth standard and ensure that"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 39"}]