[{"bbox": [96, 153, 1134, 367], "category": "Text", "text": "(ICT good and services; ICT connectivity) that are crucial in safeguarding citizens' digital rights. The EU, including if needed through the proposed action, will continue to advocate for and support the Government in putting forward legislative initiatives on data protection and digital matters in line with international and European standards. The EUD has been actively advocating for the improvement of the draft Data Protection Act (DPA), alongside major international development partners. In this regard, the EUD has submitted analysis and recommendations for the alignment of both the first and second drafts of the DPA, in October 2022 and April 2023 respectively, with EU standards, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Declaration on European Digital Rights and Principles."}, {"bbox": [96, 389, 1134, 499], "category": "Text", "text": "A Human Rights-based approach by the respect of the working principles will be in all phases applied. The working principles are: i) respect all human rights, ii) participation, iii) non-discrimination, iv) transparency v) accountability and vi) personal data protection. The action will reinforce the capacities of the duty bearers/public institutions, the rights-holders and their representatives (CSO) and the private sector (ITES system developers)."}, {"bbox": [96, 526, 196, 554], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disability"}, {"bbox": [96, 554, 1134, 661], "category": "Text", "text": "The re-engineering and simplification of public service delivery cycle will imply easier, faster and cost-effective public services. The Action will ensure that rights of persons with disabilities will be respected, and the planned activities are disability-responsive and inclusive. The Action will invite to attend to organisations representing people with disabilities."}, {"bbox": [96, 685, 343, 712], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 712, 1134, 951], "category": "Text", "text": "Bangladesh has been increasingly centralised and rural people continue to move in to major urban centres in search of employment or better jobs, better education, medical services and, ultimately, better living conditions. This results in growing income disparities and digital divide between urban and rural populations. According to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the monthly income per household in urban areas was about 70% higher than the household income in rural areas. Consequently, the incidence of poverty is also higher in rural areas compared to urban ones. At the same time, the proportion of people living below the lower poverty line was about 50% higher in rural than in urban areas. Greater Dhaka, the capital city, accounts for about 34% of the country's GDP and 60% of the country's industrial and service-sector employment."}, {"bbox": [96, 974, 1134, 1056], "category": "Text", "text": "Evenly distributed and well designed, internet connectivity and new technologies can drive future development; create a more inclusive society; bring new opportunities to women, young, marginalised and in vulnerable situation people; and enhance the quality of life for those who have access to them."}, {"bbox": [96, 1079, 1134, 1160], "category": "Text", "text": "Smart (e-) government can act as an enabler for economic development, reduce inequalities and abuses and enable citizens to benefit from simplified, effective and efficient public service delivery. Digitalisation of public services resides on the premises of equal treatment and non-discrimination."}, {"bbox": [96, 1184, 1134, 1239], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the Inequality Marker, the proposed action is labelled as I-1. The proposed action is designed in a way to implement directly the concept of digital public goods as a solution for reducing inequalities."}, {"bbox": [96, 1262, 211, 1289], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [96, 1289, 1134, 1528], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed action is directly linked to promotion of democracy, as the overall objective is to improve the transparency, responsiveness, integrity and accountability in public service delivery through enhanced use of e-government tools and processes based on a human-centric approach. Under this objective, the proposed action aims to strengthen public institutions by working directly with primary duty-bearers and improve their accountability and transparency. In addition, the proposed action places special emphasis on the reduction of corruption, which hampers democratic standards. Finally, the proposed action will empower citizens by improving their participation in the design of public service delivery through consultation mechanisms such as surveys and studies and enable them to better raise grievances through efficient and transparent feedback loops if services are not properly provided."}, {"bbox": [96, 1554, 487, 1581], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [96, 1581, 1134, 1634], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed action is designed in line with the Government's strategic vision on the Bangladesh's digital transformation through \"Digital Bangladesh 2021\" and \"Smart Bangladesh 2041\" with \"smart citizens\", \"smart"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 36"}]