[{"bbox": [135, 154, 1134, 208], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 3.1** – Organise **awareness raising events and workshops** related to WTO, ASEAN and EU Pacific EPA negotiations and accession, both in the capital and in the regions of Timor-Leste."}, {"bbox": [135, 209, 1134, 342], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 3.2** – Undertake a **mapping of business organisations**, including women owned associations, workers organisations and human rights organisations, to **analyze their capacity to contribute to the agreements negotiations and to the domestic and legislative reforms** associated with the WTO, ASEAN and EU-EPA negotiations and accession and to **undertake capacity building** workshops based on the mapping."}, {"bbox": [135, 343, 1134, 397], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 3.3** – Undertake **workshops on business advocacy and provide support to develop position papers** to the private sector to be able to contribute to ongoing agreement negotiations."}, {"bbox": [135, 398, 1134, 478], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 3.4** – Draft **explanatory guides on trade policy/regulatory related areas** targeted for business organisations, Parliament, civil society and other stakeholders (ASEAN, WTO, EU Pacific EPA, EU EBA, EU GSP, sector specific, topic specific (e.g. ROO), etc.)"}, {"bbox": [135, 478, 1134, 559], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 3.5** – Develop **special broadcast of videos and interviews of experts in local media channels** (TV channels, radio stations, newspapers, social media, etc.) to raise public awareness on trade policy matters, accession negotiations and their implications."}, {"bbox": [135, 559, 1134, 614], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 3.6** – Identify the **increased green and sustainable export and investment opportunities of ASEAN, WTO and EU-EPA, specifically for women, youth and rural communities.**"}, {"bbox": [86, 645, 311, 675], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [98, 692, 542, 719], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [97, 730, 1134, 967], "category": "Text", "text": "Increased international trade may have certain negative or positive impacts on environment and climate change. On the one hand, more trade and investment activities can put more pressure on the environment (land, air, water, coastal area, fisheries, etc.) and cause the climate change. On the other hand, with the revenue and income generated from the increased trade and investment, the Government of Timor-Leste may have more financial resources to tackle the environmental problems. Overall, the memberships in ASEAN and WTO and the negotiations of EU-EPA will improve the trade and investment environment, and it is not expected to generate substantial trade and investment flow immediately. Therefore, the Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and the Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) shall not apply to the proposed Action."}, {"bbox": [97, 981, 1134, 1115], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, there are some provisions embodied in WTO and ASEAN agreements to protect the environment. There is also a linkage between international trade agreements (such as WTO) and multilateral environmental agreements. The EPA also requires Timor-Leste to comply with some conditions on environmental standards and other social and labour conditions. Therefore, the proposed Action will not generate negative environmental impacts and will create awareness and suggest proposals to generate more green and circular business."}, {"bbox": [98, 1126, 637, 1154], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [97, 1165, 1134, 1378], "category": "Text", "text": "Both the EU and Timor-Leste attach great importance to gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. The proposed Action focuses on technical assistance and capacity building for the preparation of agreement negotiations and accession to ASEAN, WTO and EPA, and will contribute to increasing the participation of women's and women's organisations in the process. With the memberships in those major agreements, it is expected that Timor-Leste will eventually increase its international trade and investment and generate more job opportunities for both men and women. In particular, women are traditionally employed in the sectors such as agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and other labour-intensive industries. These sectors are expected to have more job opportunities after Timor-Leste joins the ASEAN, WTO and EPA."}, {"bbox": [97, 1390, 1134, 1576], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Action also intends to raise public awareness and understanding of the benefits and challenges of memberships in ASEAN, WTO and EPA. Women-led businesses and/or business associations will be the target for the training and information sharing under the project. It is important to build the capacity and advocacy skills of women to ensure that domestic regulatory framework and the business environment stemming from these agreement negotiations are conducive for this cohort to protect their rights as consumers, workers and entrepreneurs, and to increase job opportunities for women as well as other people in disadvantaged situations in the society."}, {"bbox": [97, 1588, 1134, 1642], "category": "Text", "text": "In this sense, and as per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that the action will target gender equality as a specific objective. The action will contribute to the"}, {"bbox": [1028, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 22"}]