[{"bbox": [134, 154, 1132, 207], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The Gambia Police Force provides improved security that complies with norms and good practices, including human rights and gender equality;"}, {"bbox": [134, 209, 882, 233], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Internal and external accountability of security sector actors are strengthened;"}, {"bbox": [134, 234, 1096, 260], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Migration management, namely border management and countering migrant smuggling, is enhanced;"}, {"bbox": [134, 261, 1132, 310], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The capacity and effectiveness of selected Gambian police stations outside Greater Banjul and their police staff are enhanced."}, {"bbox": [97, 326, 1081, 353], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is directly linked to two specific objectives of the multi-annual indicative programming, namely:"}, {"bbox": [134, 366, 1134, 418], "category": "List-item", "text": "- To build trust in The Gambia's security apparatus and to increase its alignment with the population's national security needs. (S.O. 1.2)."}, {"bbox": [134, 420, 1134, 498], "category": "List-item", "text": "- To enhance migration governance and management, with a focus on protecting those in need, and strengthening national systems for readmission and reintegration, in full respect of fundamental values and human rights. (S.O. 1.3)."}, {"bbox": [97, 511, 1134, 564], "category": "Text", "text": "The action contributes to the Team Europe Initiative on Governance in The Gambia, with the possible participation of Germany."}, {"bbox": [97, 577, 1134, 683], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is in line with the EU's strategic objective of deepening the migration partnership with The Gambia, which covers all aspects of migration governance and management. By tackling border management and countering migrant smuggling, it will complement and reinforce the political dialogue around the migration partnership."}, {"bbox": [97, 695, 1134, 830], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will contribute to SDG 16 \"Peace, justice and strong institutions\" as well as SDG 5 \"Gender equality\". Moreover, this action is part of the Team Europe Initiative on Good Governance. It is in line with the 2030 Agenda for sustainable Development², the European Consensus for Development³, the Gender Action Plan III (GAP III, 2021-2025)⁴, the EU's Human Rights and Democracy Country Strategy for The Gambia 2021-2024 and the Communication on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum⁵."}, {"bbox": [97, 837, 1134, 915], "category": "Text", "text": "Furthermore, the action intends to capitalise and expand on the preliminary achievements under the current European Development Fund (EDF) programme (2021-2023) implemented by GIZ and DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance."}, {"bbox": [85, 944, 323, 975], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 1010, 234, 1036], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [97, 1056, 1134, 1296], "category": "Text", "text": "The Gambia embarked on a democratic transition in late 2016, putting an end to 22 years of dictatorship. This transition saw the launching of a series of reforms and processes to uphold good governance and the rule of law and foster development. These initiatives have covered constitutional reform transitional justice, and security sector reform (SSR). A Constitution Review Commission (CRC) was set up and worked in a very participative way for about two years in order to present a draft Constitution to the President in 2020. The constitutional review process has, however, been stalled since the rejection by Parliament of the draft Constitution in September 2020. Gambia is ranked 16 over 54 African countries analysed in the Ibrahim Index of Governance⁶. Gambia has a score of 55,9/100 and is the most improved country (+9.2), driven by improvements in Accountability & Transparency and its participatory environment."}, {"bbox": [97, 1334, 1134, 1467], "category": "Text", "text": "Substantive progress was achieved in the field of transitional justice and human rights. A National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established, with the mandate, among others, to monitor and report on the human rights situation, including alleged offenses committed by security personnel. The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) released its final report in late 2021, which calls for prosecution of alleged perpetrators of human rights violations committed during the dictatorship - many of whom being former or standing members of"}, {"bbox": [85, 1508, 359, 1532], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda"}, {"bbox": [85, 1533, 290, 1556], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ OJ C 210 of 30.6.2017"}, {"bbox": [85, 1573, 652, 1597], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_20_2184"}, {"bbox": [85, 1598, 775, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0609"}, {"bbox": [85, 1622, 726, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ Mo Ibrahim Foundation (2020), Ibrahim Index of African Governance. link"}, {"bbox": [1130, 1655, 1144, 1676], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "4"}]