[{"bbox": [95, 151, 1133, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "society”, “smart economy” and “smart government” at the heart of a prosperous and resilient democracy. Within this framework of action, the proposed Action helps maximise the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of e-government, which is key to achieve “Smart Bangladesh” by 2041. Sustainable digitalised and centralised service delivery and appropriate monitoring and feedback systems in place as well as public awareness on e-service delivery will help reduce the digital divide and appease societal tensions."}, {"bbox": [95, 311, 335, 336], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Disaster Risk Reduction**"}, {"bbox": [95, 338, 1133, 391], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Action will increase availability and use of public services by citizens and strengthen the Government's ability to share data and information in the context of disasters."}, {"bbox": [95, 417, 409, 442], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Other considerations if relevant**"}, {"bbox": [95, 444, 1133, 498], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed action will ensure that all undertaken interventions are mainstreamed and sustained by the government's regulatory, policy and operational frameworks, upon completion."}, {"bbox": [84, 584, 405, 612], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [70, 626, 1140, 1604], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Lack of data protection and risks of political control of sensitive data</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>The Digital Security Act gives authorities very wide-ranging powers and has become a tool to target political opponents. In this context, the EU risks being associated with Bangladesh's digital legislation, which is not in line with international standards and EU's own standards on human rights and data protection. The EU will take the opportunity of this Action to actively promote its standards, principles and values through continuous political and policy dialogue with line authorities, leading to an inclusive and fair digital transformation and reducing the impact of the inherent challenges and threats of digital transformation, including on data protection.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Connectivity</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>Optical fibre connectivity covers district, upazila and union levels but not ward (village) level with citizens still not connected through broadband internet and mobile data affordable to a few. Efforts by the Government and development partners to expand connectivity are ongoing. The proposed Action will pursue partnership</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 36"}]