[{"bbox": [344, 151, 527, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "meeting the\ndemands and needs"}, {"bbox": [739, 151, 1164, 295], "category": "Text", "text": "There will be a regular update of financial and operational execution to keep track. Whenever possible, other financial resources will be sought for carrying out studies and for supporting capacity building activities."}, {"bbox": [92, 313, 253, 337], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [92, 357, 1162, 491], "category": "Text", "text": "The TCF has been a valuable vehicle to increase effectiveness and efficiency of programmes; it has been instrumental in assisting the Government of Botswana moving forward on key policy reforms initiatives supported by the EU delegation. It remains an important tool for the Delegation in order to remain responsive to Government demands and to be able to bring sufficient expertise to fuel the policy dialogue and the implementation of Government reforms. It has also served to better design and implement EU aid as well as to finance small visibility activities."}, {"bbox": [92, 516, 1162, 624], "category": "Text", "text": "Less successful has been the implementation of the 11th EDF EU-Botswana policy dialogue facility through indirect management to the partner country. Due to the approaching D+3 deadline, the Delegation had to re-centralise the management mode and contract the implementing TA through a framework contract. For this reason, it is proposed to implement the current action through centralised management."}, {"bbox": [92, 649, 1162, 780], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU Delegation continued to provide support to various CSO activities under the CSO/LA and EIDHR thematic programmes and the EDF budget lines through grants to implement various thematic activities and programmes. There are a number of ongoing CSO projects funded by the EU in thematic sectors such as governance, gender, male involvement in GBV prevention, capacity building, child protection, environment, Human Rights, people living with disabilities and civic education."}, {"bbox": [92, 808, 1162, 915], "category": "Text", "text": "Various ad hoc CSO engagements were implemented under the previous Botswana CSO Engagement Road Map 2018-2020. The Gender Dialogue, established in 2017 is the one CSO engagement that has strengthened over the years. Engagement with other sectors and district level CSO's was more ad-hoc and mainly took place when there was need for the Delegation to consult."}, {"bbox": [92, 941, 1162, 1100], "category": "Text", "text": "Among the lessons learned from past engagement with CSOs, is that the structured dialogue involving the EU, its Member States and CSOs needs to be more predictable and regular. Also, operational support needs to include capacity development as a tool to enhance technical and operational skills of local CSOs. Although strides have been made regarding aspects of promoting gender equality and GBV prevention, there is still more that can be done at community level to ensure that gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment is better understood and monitored. Finally financial sustainability continues to be a challenge."}, {"bbox": [92, 1126, 1162, 1180], "category": "Text", "text": "This action takes into account lessons learned as described above in view to increase the relevance of engagements and the effectiveness of BW-EU cooperation."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 18"}]