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The improvement of policy dialogue and the ongoing decentralization process are key opportunities to overcome these inequalities and promote social cohesion. However, this requires proper participation and representation of all fringes of society in decision-making and dialogue spaces, as well as skills and tools to ensure an effective and result-oriented participation. By supporting CSOs, citizen and public authorities the action will capacitate and promote communication and partnerships between these actors to ensure a fairer and needs-based governance model. Once equipped to fully execute their roles, these actors will be able to help overcoming structural inequalities in Mozambique."}, {"bbox": [96, 587, 209, 613], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [96, 614, 1133, 879], "category": "Text", "text": "An empowered civil society is a crucial component of any democratic system and is an asset in itself. It represents and fosters pluralism and can contribute to more effective policies, equitable and sustainable development and inclusive growth. The action supports participatory and representative democracy in Mozambique. There are different levels of participatory democracy practices (information, consultation, dialogue and partnership, and many other different models to organise participation), the main goal being to engage citizens or civil society actors in local or national decision-making processes on issues that affect their daily life. The action is designed with that in mind and aims at equipping citizens, civil society and public authorities with the means and capacities to properly conduct, engage, advocate and influence decision-making processes in the framework of decentralised governance mechanisms in Mozambique. The results achieved at local level will retro-feed dialogue at central level, giving leverage to the civil society positioning and influence on policy-making."}, {"bbox": [96, 910, 485, 937], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [96, 938, 1133, 1176], "category": "Text", "text": "Civil Society is a key actor for conflict prevention, resilience and security in fragile contexts. CSOs play a central role in supporting resilience at community level, in risk reduction and response to crisis. Support for civil society under this action is expected to further strengthen its capacity, namely on priority public policies and areas of EU engagement in Mozambique (i.e. environment, climate action, youth, education, PFM, gender equality and women empowerment, etc.). Moreover, it is expected that strengthened collaboration with public local authorities on local governance processes will help preventing and reducing conflict and promoting a peaceful environment; as will structured dialogue, including between CSOs themselves, to enhance collaboration and mitigate competition dynamics. Additionally, support will be provided to civil society actors so that they can play a strong and coordinated role in policy dialogue on relevant EU policies and initiatives."}, {"bbox": [96, 1207, 335, 1232], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [96, 1233, 1133, 1394], "category": "Text", "text": "Considering that Mozambique is a country highly prone to natural disaster, either caused by cyclones or droughts, it is expected that supported actions may address the integration of preparedness and response measures in local planning, in the frame of activities aimed at strengthening participation in policy making and monitoring, as well as capacity building activities engaging civil society and community-based organisations. Moreover, and to ensure the security and safety of stakeholders involved in the Programme, the adoption of safeguarding approaches in the activities planning and implementation will be promoted, especially taking into account seasonal risks."}, {"bbox": [96, 1424, 409, 1449], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Other considerations if relevant"}, {"bbox": [96, 1450, 140, 1474], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [84, 1492, 421, 1519], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [83, 1534, 1164, 1644], "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></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1140, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 21"}]