[{"bbox": [85, 147, 1140, 630], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>awareness on the benefits of sustainable agriculture could be reinforced through the mobilisation of another decision.</td></tr><tr><td>4 (Legality and regularity aspects)</td><td>Risk 6: Difficulties integrating a gender approach into the implementation of the programme.</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td><ul><li>Gender expertise will be brought in to conduct a sectoral gender analysis during the formulation of the Strategic Action Plan for Sustainable Agriculture that will be supported by Technical Assistance.</li><li>Relevant stakeholders acting in favour of gender equality, as well as women's organisations will be involved in the process.</li></ul></td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [95, 632, 256, 656], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [95, 674, 1132, 834], "category": "Text", "text": "The most relevant lesson learnt from the past cooperation is the continued need for additional capacity within the Government of Sint Eustatius for the implementation of policies and programmes in general. In addition to structurally strengthening the capacity of the implementing partner, ensuring additional capacity through technical assistance is essential for an effective sector reform. As a first step in strengthening local capacities in the management of EU budget support, Sint Eustatius benefited from training sessions (from the technical assistance provided on the formulation phase of its territorial programme 2021-2027)."}, {"bbox": [95, 839, 1132, 919], "category": "Text", "text": "Secondly, learning from the implementation of the energy sector reform supported under the 11th EDF, the envisaged policy dialogue is a key ingredient of policy reform. Policy dialogue events need to be specifically included in the Action's logical framework."}, {"bbox": [95, 925, 1132, 1164], "category": "Text", "text": "Thirdly, whilst previous support programmes were ultimately concluded successfully, budget support implementation experienced severe delays in the technical implementation. The final fixed tranches for both 10th and 11th EDF budget support were approved and disbursed before all planned activities were fully completed. A mitigating measure for this budget support programme will be to introduce variable tranches to reinforce its performance. Furthermore, the extension of the implementation and the execution period was due to the delays in the finalisation of the terms of reference for communication and visibility. Strong attention on visibility and communication of the impact of the Action by Sint Eustatius will have to be ensured, as it is also a lesson-learnt from our past cooperation. It is foreseen to further enhance the understanding of the EU and the promotion of the EU-OCT partnership (please refer to the section 6)."}, {"bbox": [95, 1170, 1132, 1303], "category": "Text", "text": "Lastly, to achieve sustainable agriculture production, the Action will promote the use of sustainable and renewable energy sources, building on the results of the 11th EDF budget support programme. Sustainable energy also continues to be supported through the 11th EDF regional OCT programme, Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity (RESEMBID)¹⁴, as well as the OCT thematic programme Green Overseas (GO). Lessons-learnt from these programmes will be taken into account in the implementation of this Action."}, {"bbox": [85, 1619, 285, 1644], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ https://resembid.org/"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1656, 1142, 1680], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 24"}]