[{"bbox": [81, 145, 1140, 903], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Private sector involvement</td><td>Weak participatory mechanisms to ensure active representation of the private sector, producer organisations and civil society</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td><td>The Program includes the active participation of the private sector, individual farmers and communities, to mobilise support and impacts.</td></tr><tr><td>Gender equity</td><td>Perpetuating gender inequalities</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Design of gender-focused actions for women's empowerment and gender transformative change, in line with the EU's GAP III. Formulation and implementation of a methodology to record information disaggregated by sex, as well as to make women's participation as agents of change in actions visible. Disbursements associated to gender participation included. Participation of women in all areas, especially in decision-making bodies.</td></tr><tr><td>Human rights</td><td>Difficulties in the enforcement of human rights</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>The Program includes the protection, promotion and fulfillment of human rights through capacity-building of duty-bearers at the forefront of national, regional and local institutions. Likewise, the capacities of leaders and organisations are strengthened, so that on the spaces of participation they can make agreements and advance the fulfillment of their rights</td></tr><tr><td>TEI</td><td>Tensions between Team Europe Initiative members</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td><td>This action has been formulated in close consultation with EU Member States and there exists overall consensus on its relevance. Regular meetings at Heads of Mission and Heads of Cooperation level take place in which update of programmes on the two TEIs is provided.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 904, 253, 927], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [92, 941, 1131, 1046], "category": "Text", "text": "The need to tackle deforestation, forest degradation and the promotion of the forest economy are two of the cornerstones assumed by the government of Colombia recognising the double need to: i) achieve sustainable use of forests and ii) improve the quality of life of the communities in the forest areas in particular those affected by the internal conflict."}, {"bbox": [92, 1059, 1131, 1217], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU has a long history of supporting forest related programmes: Local Sustainable Development programme (phases I and II)³⁶, Budget Support on Green Economy³⁷, EU-FAO FLEGT³⁸, UN-REDD³⁹, EU Trust Fund for Colombia⁴⁰, Implementing the Community Forestry Model⁴¹. All share the vision that sustainable forest management is the appropriate response to the need to preserve the integrity of forests, to protect their ecosystem functions and to ensure the well-being of the local communities. Building upon this general consensus, some learnt lessons can be drawn:"}, {"bbox": [92, 1232, 1131, 1309], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The close interaction between production, consumption and environment needs to be included in the design of any environmental related programme, which is crucial for sustainable development, local and international trade."}, {"bbox": [92, 1325, 1131, 1404], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Focusing on one commodity only (timber) is not efficient is curbing deforestation (e.g. from FLEGT). This is because the main driver of deforestation and forest degradation is the expansion of agricultural land to produce commodities such as cattle, wood, palm oil, soy, cocoa or coffee (which very often is legal)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1499, 387, 1522], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁶ CRIS number: LA/2015/038-166"}, {"bbox": [85, 1523, 387, 1546], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁷ CRIS number: LA/2020/042-454"}, {"bbox": [85, 1547, 594, 1572], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁸ https://www.fao.org/in-action/eu-fao-flegt-programme/en/"}, {"bbox": [85, 1572, 1056, 1597], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁹ https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/forests-and-agriculture/combatting-tropical-deforestation-redd-initiative_en"}, {"bbox": [85, 1597, 475, 1621], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴⁰ https://www.eeas.europa.eu/node/16984_en"}, {"bbox": [85, 1621, 824, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴¹ https://euredd.efi.int/community-forestry-challenges-opportunities-colombian-forests/"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 28"}]