[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 230], "category": "Text", "text": "electoral body responsible for conducting elections and referenda, supervision of the voter registration and civic and voter education. It is an independent body. **GTAPE** is responsible for voter registration and related civic education."}, {"bbox": [97, 243, 1134, 324], "category": "Text", "text": "Other institutions, such as the **Supreme Court** are involved in the elections in vetting and certificating the candidates and handling the judicial appeals. The **Ministry of Foreign Affairs** takes care of the electoral activities in the diaspora, including elections and voter registration."}, {"bbox": [97, 336, 1134, 443], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Group of Civil Society Organisations for Elections (GOSCE)** is an umbrella organisation linking over 20 local civil society groups; it was created in 2012 following the *coup d'état*, with the objective to contribute to re-establishing the democratic order, supporting the transitional Government and the new electoral process. It includes organisations with different missions and covering various groups, including women and youth."}, {"bbox": [97, 455, 1134, 535], "category": "Text", "text": "**International community:** Government had formally requested the **UN** to provide support, via a basket fund, for the preparation of the 2018 and 2019 elections, to which the EU has contributed. A request for support has been formulated for the 2023 legislative elections as well."}, {"bbox": [97, 547, 1134, 652], "category": "Text", "text": "The **final beneficiaries** will be the citizens of Guinea-Bissau considered in an inclusive manner. Particular emphasis will be placed on women, youth of voting age and vulnerable people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), both in terms of their participation in the electoral process and their representation as elected officials."}, {"bbox": [86, 694, 603, 726], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 760, 507, 791], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 806, 1134, 860], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective** of this Action is to strengthen democratic governance to guarantee social and political stability in the country."}, {"bbox": [97, 885, 1134, 939], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objective** is to contribute to enhancing credibility, inclusivity, legitimacy and transparency of 2023-2025 electoral cycles, in line with the domestic legislation and international standards."}, {"bbox": [97, 966, 394, 992], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1005, 947, 1031], "category": "Text", "text": "1. Key public bodies of the electoral process are credible, efficient, transparent and inclusive."}, {"bbox": [97, 1044, 1134, 1097], "category": "Text", "text": "2. Awareness of population, including youth, women and vulnerable groups, is raised on active citizenship and citizens' contribution to good electoral governance."}, {"bbox": [86, 1151, 366, 1178], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [97, 1198, 1134, 1248], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities related to Output 1 - Key public bodies for the electoral process are credible, efficient, transparent and inclusive**"}, {"bbox": [136, 1276, 1134, 1379], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Supporting the CNE's Gender and Social Inclusion Unit in the implementation of a continuous outreach and training for **gender mainstreaming and social inclusion towards stronger political participation** of women, youth, people with disabilities, rural populations, the elderly, and other social groups at risk of exclusion."}, {"bbox": [136, 1382, 1134, 1435], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Improving **GTAPE's communication to the public**, particularly on the importance of registering to vote and information on the progress of voter registration activities."}, {"bbox": [136, 1436, 1134, 1489], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Supporting the required **assessment of the Parity Law** and sharing successful experiences from other countries in implementing similar legislation."}, {"bbox": [136, 1490, 1134, 1569], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Supporting the CNE in the introduction of innovative measures to increase transparency, notably on the **digitalisation and publication of results, individual polling station by polling station**, on the official CNE website, including **gender-disaggregated** data."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 19"}]