[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1132, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "investments, particularly EU-Angola trade, as well as strengthening the enabling environment, including skills development and economic governance."}, {"bbox": [97, 218, 1133, 537], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Action intends to contribute to the MIP's Priority Area 3 (Human Development) and Specific Objective 1 (SO1) \"To improve access, quality and relevance of TVET and Higher Education\" by adapting the workforce to market needs and employment/earning opportunities as well as improving gender equality. It is a blended operation where the Lead Finance Institution provides technical and financial assistance to modernise and equip Angola's 12 ITAs, oriented towards sector opportunities, and the EU contribution aims particularly at integrating a gender equality agenda and nutrition. To broaden training opportunities for girls and nurture their self-esteem, the EU will support the delivery of gender sensitive training and sexual and reproductive health education. It will also support the adoption of gender-aware infrastructures and organisation of work, the creation of counselling/mentoring services and citizen/association structures to deal with complaints and challenge stereotypes and social norms - including abuse of power/authority and gender-based violence - inside and outside the ITAs. In line with the Human Rights Based Approach, the Action will integrate measures to raise awareness of Human Rights including labour rights abuses, such as child labour in agriculture."}, {"bbox": [97, 549, 1133, 788], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be beneficial to EU interventions to be developed in 2023-24 to support the Government's Support Programme to the Production, Export Diversification and Import Substitution with interventions in the agricultural sector, aimed at improving Angola's competitive advantage by upgrading sustainable value chains through climate-smart agriculture that contribute to increased productivity, exports, food security and nutritional outcomes in addition to meeting the demand for work opportunities and decent jobs with a special focus on women and youth. The proposed interventions align with the strategical orientation provided by the Global Gateway by investing in education/training. They also align with the international outreach of the Farm to Fork Strategy by promoting sustainable and nutritious agricultural products adapted to climate change contributing to a \"food system transformation\" from \"food system production\"."}, {"bbox": [97, 800, 1133, 934], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will contribute to the Agenda 2030 Goals in specific to End poverty (SDG 1), Quality Education (SDG 4), Achieve Gender Equality (SDG 5), Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8), and Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development (SDG 17). The Action is in line with the EU Gender Action Plan III 2021-2025 that foresees (at least) one planned bilateral Action which has Gender Equality as the principal objective."}, {"bbox": [97, 945, 1133, 1104], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action interacts with two important domestic policies. First, it supports a \"gender aware\" approach in the ITAs (from infrastructure to curricula and school management) that improves its access and the attractiveness amongst girls and their families. Second, by increasing the number of girls and women being trained or working in the ITAs (for instance as teachers), the Action will reinforce the agriculture sector dynamism including the promotion of products adapted to climate change and nutrition as the sector will gain motivated and prepared women alongside men."}, {"bbox": [97, 1116, 1133, 1223], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is also fully aligned to the National Policy for Gender Equality, Equity¹⁰, and the National Development Plan¹¹ that proposes the full realisation of Human Rights and fundamental liberties of women and men, including equal opportunities in employment policies, such as the reduction of professional segregation and the promotion of a working-life balance."}, {"bbox": [86, 1251, 339, 1281], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [97, 1297, 333, 1324], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Short problem analysis:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1336, 1133, 1496], "category": "Text", "text": "Angola has a vast and untapped agricultural potential. The country only uses 10-15% of its agricultural land of which 92% is composed of family farms (72% is worked manually, 25% use animal traction and 3% is mechanised). Currently, only a third of smallholder farms receive any form of technical assistance, a scant 4% benefit from technological packages, and almost all land is rain fed.¹² Angola imports more than 50% of food, and rural poverty, where a third of the population lives, is acute. Child labour can be found in agriculture (farming, fishing, cattle herding and in the production of charcoal) and is largely unaddressed."}, {"bbox": [86, 1575, 480, 1599], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ Presidential Decree n.º 222/13, of 10th December."}, {"bbox": [86, 1599, 613, 1624], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ National Development Plan 2018-2022. Republic of Angola (2018)."}, {"bbox": [86, 1623, 434, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹² Draft mid-term review of FRESAN project."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 5 of 22"}]