[{"bbox": [87, 153, 399, 184], "category": "Section-header", "text": "3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [97, 199, 605, 226], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is that:"}, {"bbox": [97, 237, 1160, 372], "category": "Text", "text": "IF government authorities as well as local communities improve competence, knowledge and effectiveness (output level) AND have the willingness to effect change (assumption) -possibly induced by public opinion, THEN they will be able to act to reduce the country's carbon footprint and vulnerability to natural disasters, while protecting and conserving natural resources including water and forests (outcome level), BECAUSE in the long-term this will generate significant (economic and environmental) benefit for state and society (impact)."}, {"bbox": [97, 382, 1160, 570], "category": "Text", "text": "Forests and water (focus of the outcome level) are important natural resources that determine Bolivia's capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change (impact level). Forests are important carbon sink but also regulate climate and preserve water. On the other, water (management and regulation) is the main factor determining the resilience of both rural and urban populations to increasingly variable weather conditions, impacting both life and livelihoods. The action hence seeks to strengthen both forest and water management and protection. Additionally, a governance component aims at making the environmental and economic benefits of natural resources equitably accessible to the different groups of the population, regardeless of ethnic or gender."}, {"bbox": [97, 580, 1161, 847], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will enhance capacity and awareness about sustainable resource use and participatory forest and biodiversity conservation among authorities, CSOs, and local communities, as well as these organizations' ability to coordinate, implement and monitor environmental performance. Local groups will be strengthened to make their voices heard and have their rights respected. Alternative sustainable models for economic development will be showcased in the Amazon and other areas of high ecosystemic value (e.g. Chiquitania-Chaco-Pantanal). Women, especially representing rural and indigenous communities, will be crucial for an equitative and sustainable transition. This will lead to increased forest areas under conservation, more effective protection and sustainable management of natural resources, and decreased deforestation rate – contributing to climate change mitigation. Continued support to the national water policy will focus on water resources planning for different uses, as well as improvements in water quality and water-related natural disasters resilience – leading to climate change adaptation."}, {"bbox": [97, 858, 1161, 1072], "category": "Text", "text": "Policy dialogue will be at the core of the budget support component, but it will also be carried out through joint actions/demarches with EU Member States in a Team Europe approach. It will focus on the implementation of sector plans and programmes, implementation of international agreements (for example the Paris and Escazú agreements, ILO 169 Convention), increased transparency in decision-making (including better data and monitoring), increased contribution to gender equality within sector programme implementation, and adequate visibility of EU support. The identification of specific priorities and topics for policy dialogue will come from both internal EU/ Team Europe analysis and inputs from civil society organisations in the framework of consultations under the Roadmap for Engagement with CSO and shadow reports."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1655, 1143, 1679], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 35"}]