[{"bbox": [83, 106, 881, 134], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Work-stream 3. Support reforms to improve the business and investment climate"}, {"bbox": [83, 143, 1147, 226], "category": "Text", "text": "This work-stream will focus on identifying regulatory barriers that constrain the business and investment enabling environment, developing reform proposals to improve pro-business approaches by public state actors, and supporting the implementation and awareness of these policies."}, {"bbox": [83, 236, 1147, 291], "category": "Text", "text": "The work-streams will have gender, migration and forced displacement, disability, inclusivity, sustainability and climate change considerations mainstreamed across all approaches."}, {"bbox": [83, 301, 1147, 409], "category": "Text", "text": "The commitment of the EU's contribution to the Team Europe Initiative to which this action refers, will be complemented by other contributions made in a Team Europe approach. It is subject to the formal confirmation of each contribution as early as possible. In the event that the TEI and/or these contributions do not materialise, the EU action may continue outside a TEI framework."}, {"bbox": [87, 439, 298, 471], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3. Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [71, 482, 1160, 722], "category": "Text", "text": "Youth empowerment and gender perspectives will be integrated throughout the Programme cycle from the design to its implementation since the aim is to improve the participation of youth and women in the economy. A gender sector analysis will be conducted at the inception phase of the programme to identify specific barriers for women's participation, including intersecting inequalities, and guide mainstreaming efforts. The Action will promote climate-smart agricultural practices and environmental protection. It will be done through the work with agri-businesses, smallholder farmers, and agri-TVET. The Action will furthermore contribute to conflict prevention and resilience, by creating livelihood and employment opportunities. It will also target the root causes of irregular migration through policy dialogue, advocacy and targeted opportunities for decent jobs, entrepreneurship and skills development for potential migrants, as well as returnees where relevant."}, {"bbox": [83, 735, 530, 763], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [83, 773, 1147, 829], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [83, 838, 1147, 1079], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) screening classified the action as Category B (not requiring an EIA, but for which environment aspects will be addressed during design. Agriculture is both a victim and a perpetrator of climate change and biodegradation. This is why the action will focus strictly on climate-smart agriculture, introducing new and innovative solutions in addressing climate change and environmental degradation, enhancing biodiversity and combating deforestation and desertification; integrated pest-management solutions; clean charcoal production and cooking; non-timber forest products; improved livestock feeding and breeding solutions for the reduction of methane emissions; clean energy transition; etc. Interventions will take into account land usages, and potential pressures on natural resources. Specific value chains on which the Action is to concentrate will be selected based on strict criteria, including among others the climate and biodiversity impact considerations."}, {"bbox": [83, 1090, 625, 1119], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [83, 1129, 1147, 1290], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that interventions allow significant opportunities to promote and achieve equitable gender outcomes. All stakeholders will be supported to develop investment strategies capitalising on the economic potential of pro-active gender reforms. Enterprises offering significant opportunity for gender solutions delivering economic empowerment will be promoted with emphasis on marginalised communities and impoverished rural areas in anticipation of better livelihoods. Gender equality and other inclusivity considerations will be fully mainstreamed across all interventions."}, {"bbox": [83, 1321, 182, 1349], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disability"}, {"bbox": [83, 1358, 1147, 1573], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will not directly target persons with disabilities. At the same time, expanding equitable opportunities is at the heart of interventions of this action to build sustainable and inclusive communities that will contribute to reduction of poverty and increase incomes. In that sense, the action, wherever possible, will pay attention to the opportunities to include persons with disabilities in its interventions. This will also include influencing policies framework that will promote inclusion of vulnerable groups, such as women, youth and persons with disabilities through public-private dialogue and advocacy. Interventions will also ensure that any technological innovation and/or digital development are accessible and disability sensitive, including through the use of universal design and accessibility standards such as farming equipment, access to irrigation system, etc."}, {"bbox": [83, 1604, 198, 1632], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Democracy"}, {"bbox": [1040, 1663, 1159, 1688], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 23"}]