[{"bbox": [107, 151, 1135, 337], "category": "Text", "text": "**ProAzul** (the Blue Economy Fund) is an organisation of MIMAIP established in 2019. While it has a broad blue economy mandate, its current activities are strongly focussed on fisheries and in managing research and matching grant funds provided by donors. It will play a particularly important role in the programme, with the Action serving to strengthen ProAzul and build its capacity to fulfil its full blue economy-related mandate. The institutional housing of the Blue Economy Observatory (Component 1) within ProAzul and MIMAIP structure will ensure good linkages with the blue economy strategy under the leadership of the Ministry in line with its mandate."}, {"bbox": [107, 349, 1135, 459], "category": "Text", "text": "Also important for the coordination between blue economy sectors which the programme will support, will be the **inter-Ministerial bodies**. These include both the Inter-ministerial working group developing the blue economy strategy and the more permanent Council of the Sea (Conselho do Mar). In addition, gender focal points at central and local level maybe also actively involved and consulted if available."}, {"bbox": [85, 527, 604, 562], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 580, 509, 612], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [107, 614, 1135, 670], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective** of this action is to \"enhance Mozambique's climate smart, resilient and inclusive economic growth through the promotion of a sustainable blue economy\"."}, {"bbox": [107, 679, 634, 708], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objectives** (Outcomes) of this action are to"}, {"bbox": [146, 719, 885, 748], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Specific Objective 1: Increased investments in the sustainable blue economy."}, {"bbox": [146, 758, 1110, 787], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Specific Objective 2: More inclusive, efficient and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture value-chains."}, {"bbox": [146, 798, 982, 826], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Specific Objective 3: Sustainably managed and resilient marine and coastal ecosystems."}, {"bbox": [107, 836, 1135, 942], "category": "Text", "text": "The three specific objectives are mutually re-enforcing with horizontal linkages between them, because the marine environment is the basis on which private sector activities depend and the economic and social contributions they generate, and because the private sector and economic incentives can play a key role in marine conservation and restoration."}, {"bbox": [107, 954, 1037, 984], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Outputs** to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are:"}, {"bbox": [107, 994, 1115, 1023], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 contributing to Specific Objective 1: A blue economy observatory established and functioning effectively."}, {"bbox": [107, 1033, 1135, 1089], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 contributing to Specific Objective 2: Sustainable, inclusive and gender-responsive fisheries and aquaculture value chains upgrading strategies developed and implemented."}, {"bbox": [107, 1098, 1135, 1154], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 contributing to Specific Objective 3: Sustainably financed community-led initiatives for marine and coastal habitats conservation and restoration implemented."}, {"bbox": [107, 1164, 1135, 1299], "category": "Text", "text": "The outputs of the Action will have strong linkages between them, for example with the blue economy observatory show-casing investment opportunities that may be identified in the value chain upgrading strategies, and value chains' environmental improvements including marine conservation and restoration activities. These horizontal linkages and the integrated approach to implementation of many interventions within the three components, mean that individual outputs contribute to more than one specific objective."}, {"bbox": [107, 1309, 1056, 1338], "category": "Text", "text": "The specific objectives will be achieved because the outputs will bring about intermediate outcomes of:"}, {"bbox": [146, 1349, 1008, 1378], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. A supportive and enabling environment for private sector-led blue economy development."}, {"bbox": [146, 1388, 968, 1417], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Improved governance of blue economy maritime sectors and the marine environment."}, {"bbox": [85, 1477, 375, 1507], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [107, 1511, 1135, 1627], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities relating to Output 1.1 – A blue economy observatory established and functioning effectively.** The main activities are related to the development of national capacities for the generation of investment information and sectoral knowledge) and the actual promotion of sustainable inclusive and gender responsive blue economy investments through the establishment of a multi-stakeholder hub within ProAzul."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1680, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 25"}]