[{"bbox": [96, 151, 1132, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "services, fair levying of fees and taxes for OSR and the development and execution of actions on inclusion and addressing marginalisation at county level. Alignment and complementarity will be sought with existing and future actions funded under the NDICI CSO Country allocation, which are also relevant to this action to the extent that they empower CSOs and CBOs from the counties to be covered under this action as actors of governance and key providers of basic services as covered under outcomes 1 and 3."}, {"bbox": [96, 311, 193, 338], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disability"}, {"bbox": [96, 338, 1132, 417], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as D1. This implies that the Action will specifically address the special needs and promote political inclusion of people living with disabilities (PWDs)."}, {"bbox": [96, 448, 341, 475], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 475, 1132, 556], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will target to provide support to the CRA and the Equalisation Fund Advisory Board in the formulation of the marginalisation policy and in its implementation. The action will also undertake actions aimed at reducing regional disparities and promoting service provision in marginalised areas."}, {"bbox": [96, 587, 209, 613], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Democracy"}, {"bbox": [96, 613, 1128, 693], "category": "Text", "text": "Through the 2010 Constitution citizens anticipated tangible benefits from a democratic government at the county level. This action seeks to strengthen county systems in the provision of services and will target to create an accountability relationship between rights holder and duty bearers at Local Government Level."}, {"bbox": [96, 724, 491, 751], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Conflict sensitivity, peace, and resilience"}, {"bbox": [96, 751, 1132, 858], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will support the system of devolved governance in Kenya. Devolution has brought government and services much closer to the people, paving the way for improved quality and better tailored services to meet the needs of citizens. It has also helped lower the country's fragility index significantly. Objective three directly addresses marginalisation and reduction of regional disparities through service delivery."}, {"bbox": [96, 862, 335, 887], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [96, 888, 1132, 942], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will aim to support county systems to deliver devolved services, among these, is strengthening county long and medium-term planning and it is expected that the plans will be responsive to disaster risk reduction."}, {"bbox": [85, 961, 422, 989], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [85, 1002, 1167, 1659], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood</td><td>Impact</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Risk 1: Change of government at both levels leading to change of priorities of the beneficiary institutions following the 2022 general elections</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>EU as well as many donors engage with project support and in political dialogue at both levels of Government to promote consolidation of the new government, in alignment with the action's objectives.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Risk 2: Security in marginalised areas which are in medium to high-risk counties</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>There are security risks in some of the target counties. Failing to address the disparities in these areas would further increase insecurity and contribute to marginalisation. EU will continue supporting initiatives in the field of security, notably on preventing and countering violent extremism.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Risk 3: Failure of the technical assistance to align with the government planning, budgeting, and budget execution cycle. Hence the missed opportunity to provide</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>EU will prioritize rolling out the technical assistance not later than September 2023 which will already be one year into the new governments.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 24"}]