[{"bbox": [82, 147, 1167, 425], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Internal</td><td>The lack of information and data for targeting vulnerable groups might reduce the capacity of the Action to correctly address inequalities.</td><td>High</td><td>Medium</td><td>The possibility to use the Distributional Impact Assessment, when starting the implementation, to help target the most vulnerable, can be considered.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 427, 1163, 541], "category": "Text", "text": "**Lessons Learnt:** This action is developed by stocktaking of two EU funded activities through SWITCH-Asia: development of an action plan for green housing and promoting sustainable building in Bangladesh. In addition, other sector relevant projects financed by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank have been taken into consideration. The following lessons learnt were derived from these:"}, {"bbox": [92, 558, 1163, 670], "category": "Text", "text": "**The use of dedicated financial products for brick producers needs to be explored.** Transitioning to less polluting production methods for bricks requires access to capital. However, the sector is largely informal, traditional brick producers have very little collateral (few fixed assets, rented land), meaning that traditional financial services (green loans, SME finance) are out of reach for them."}, {"bbox": [92, 689, 1163, 832], "category": "Text", "text": "**The need to bridge the gap between the informal and formal sector** acting through local organisations and structures and seeking linkages with alternative livelihoods generating activities and technical and vocational training providers as part of the Team Europe Initiative on decent work. One important reason why the traditional sector has been able to escape government regulation is that sector operates mostly on an informal basis, protected by local elites and communities as these operators do generate income for communities, however harmful the operations."}, {"bbox": [92, 849, 1163, 962], "category": "Text", "text": "Another lesson is that **the construction sector and brick manufacturers (alternative and traditional both) itself will need to be directly involved.** One reason why alternative bricks so far have been unable to gain a substantial market share is because brick manufacturers, construction companies and workers are unfamiliar with the product and therefore refuse to produce or buy them."}, {"bbox": [92, 980, 1163, 1194], "category": "Text", "text": "**Seeking complementarity within the wider construction sector.** In terms of policy/regulatory framework and livelihoods development, a few donors (GIZ, WB, ADB, EU) are engaged in TA/Capacity building in the relevant sectors. Germany through GIZ is conducting a multi-phase programme on Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development covering areas of climate financing and NAP/NDC, advisory, climate risk assessments, climate resilient and inclusive urban planning, livelihood and community development, sustainable construction, and urban environmental management. The proposed Action will profit from lessons learned out of these projects and is meant to complement and create synergies with other GIZ TC projects. Therefore, the proposed actions will be implemented in synergies with the current projects of TEI member states."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 30"}]