[{"bbox": [86, 153, 399, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [96, 203, 1133, 284], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention logic of the Action is to support sustainable agriculture in Sint Eustatius through the development of a sustainable food system for enhanced food security, food safety and food quality, whilst strengthening social, economic and climate resilience and biodiversity (Impact)."}, {"bbox": [96, 288, 1134, 448], "category": "Text", "text": "The delivery of this budget support programme with the technical assistance, complemented by the central Dutch government support, will allow the organisational restructuring of the sector and strengthen local capacities, which in turn will enable the Government of Sint Eustatius to provide improved agricultural services (Outputs). In addition, it will allow the deployment of additional capacity to develop a water resources management plan and to set up an effective regulatory framework (Outputs). These outputs will result in a strengthened governance of Sint Eustatius's agriculture sector (Outcome 1)."}, {"bbox": [96, 453, 1134, 560], "category": "Text", "text": "The organisational and financial support will promote sustainable agriculture practices resulting in enhanced capacities and new opportunities in the sustainable agriculture sector, especially for women and youths, thereby holistically addressing biodiversity, climate change and gender equality (Outputs). These outputs will result in the creation of a conducive environment for sustainable agriculture in Sint Eustatius (Outcome 2)."}, {"bbox": [96, 566, 1134, 673], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU will engage in a strong policy dialogue with the stakeholders as part of the budget support programme. The policy dialogue will be an essential tool to exchange information on the progress of the implementation and to strengthen coordination. Regular exchanges will allow to anticipate and foster a common understanding of difficulties in order to adjust expectations accordingly."}, {"bbox": [96, 678, 1134, 839], "category": "Text", "text": "Finally, further synergies would be sought with the on-going thematic and regional programmes, with the future DOAG regional programme on biodiversity as well as with the grant scheme for OCTs of the LIFE programme 2021-2027,¹⁵ dedicated to environmental and climate objectives. Further synergies would also be sought with the ‘Interreg Caribbean Cooperation Programme for 2021-2027’,¹⁶ which will fund actions between the Outermost Regions and their neighbours in the Caribbean region, notably Overseas Countries and Territories, dedicated to renewable energy and disaster risk management objectives."}, {"bbox": [96, 843, 1133, 898], "category": "Text", "text": "Complementary to this Action, where appropriate, the TAIEX facility could also be envisaged to promote public sector expertise in the sustainable agriculture sector."}, {"bbox": [86, 1597, 497, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "15 https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/life_en"}, {"bbox": [86, 1621, 964, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/cooperation/european-territorial/cooperation-outermost/"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1657, 1144, 1681], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 24"}]