[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1134, 302], "category": "Text", "text": "of Parliaments (MPs) from different parties work together, foment dialogue and decrease polarization. Finally, social media and information control has had, and will continue to have, a huge impact on the results of electoral processes. Given the lack of clear and consistent regulations on information and online campaigning, the **media** need to qualify about the use of specific tools and methodologies to fact-check news, fighting disinformation and hate speech."}, {"bbox": [96, 317, 1134, 437], "category": "Text", "text": "To implement the Action, the Delegation favours a combined approach: i) a *Contribution Agreement* with UNDP, with the appropriate technical expertise and experience with all stakeholders (Legislative Assembly, media and CSOs), together with ii) a “*Twinning light*” modality, which is considered essential in order to bring to El Salvador the EU example on Legislature’s good practises."}, {"bbox": [96, 464, 1134, 522], "category": "Text", "text": "The aim of this Action is to promote a more inclusive, participatory and transparent governance and strengthen\ndemocracy in El Salvador”."}, {"bbox": [96, 550, 442, 578], "category": "Text", "text": "The three components are as follows:"}, {"bbox": [103, 581, 1134, 731], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Component 1: will strengthen the electoral participation of citizens as well as inclusivity, including women, and marginalized groups (indigenous people, people with disabilities, LGBTI persons) and transparency of electoral processes through: i) promoting informed voting and the participation of all citizens, ii) enhancing the representation of under-represented groups as candidates, iii) supporting the role of civil society in monitoring and observing electoral processes (through a CfP to CSOs managed by UNDP)."}, {"bbox": [103, 734, 1134, 883], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Component 2: will improve the Legislative Assembly's performance through training and capacity building activities (i-e on negotiation techniques, communication and protocol; normative techniques and good regulatory practices, public finances, constitutional, public, international and comparative law, gender policies, climate change, human rights and minorities' inclusion). This also would be an opportunity to make MPs from different parties work together and foment dialogue. (Through Twinning)."}, {"bbox": [103, 886, 1134, 976], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Component 3: will counter disinformation and hate speech through supporting fact-checking activities: El Salvador has seen the multiplication of false, exaggerated or contradictory information in particular since the recent electoral campaigns and the Covid 19 pandemic. (Through UNDP)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1061, 323, 1094], "category": "Section-header", "text": "2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 1127, 234, 1155], "category": "Section-header", "text": "2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 1198, 1134, 1318], "category": "Text", "text": "The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant negative impact on people's lives and families' incomes, in a country where nearly 75 percent of the workforce works informally. In 2021, growth showed signs of recovery, supported by remittance-fuelled consumption and exports. El Salvador's economy is expected to grow 4 percent in 2022, but this could be hindered by the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, which is pushing inflation high."}, {"bbox": [96, 1333, 1134, 1605], "category": "Text", "text": "However, challenges, such as the need to advance in the implementation of reforms to reach fiscal and economic sustainability, persist. The decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender has added serious risks to the already unsustainable public debt and a detriment to re-establishing macroeconomic stability. Public finances stability is also at risk, partly also due to the cost of the temporary measures implemented by the government so far (rising gas subsidies, lower gasoline taxes, and lower import tariffs on certain basic foods, with the first two potentially leading to higher inequality given that they tend to benefit more medium and high-income households). In this light, the prospect of reaching an agreement with the IMF to obtain a US$ 1.3 billion extended fund facility (EFF) credit arrangement, which would cover budget shortfalls over the coming years and reducing the possibility of a default is increasingly unlikely."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1655, 1143, 1680], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 19"}]