[{"bbox": [85, 152, 1146, 352], "category": "Text", "text": "standards and procedures; 6) high transportation and logistics costs; 7) limited business skills, especially technical-administrative management; etc. Evidence suggests that a high percentage of women operate micro and small enterprises in the informal economy. Women constitute up to 60% of non-agricultural employment in the informal economy. This high percentage of women's participation in the informal economy means that they remain marginalised and invisible in the framework of public policies¹³. Self-employment accounts for about 36% of women's employment¹⁴. They are often owners or employers in micro, small or medium-sized enterprises and rarely in large enterprises¹⁵."}, {"bbox": [85, 364, 1146, 507], "category": "Text", "text": "Although the pandemic accelerated the use of digital tools to help MSMEs survive, most MSMEs do not have a digital strategy. The lack of knowledge and high costs linked to mistrust and poor connectivity have been identified as the main factors that prevent digitalisation. 6 out of 10 SMEs obtain 50% of their income from digital sales but 46% have no option for their customers to make direct payments digitally. Around 10.7% of MSMEs do not have a budget earmarked for innovation, while 35.2% report that they allocate 1 to 5% for that purpose."}, {"bbox": [85, 520, 1146, 949], "category": "Text", "text": "As such, a new economic model based on circular business models and greening of key value chains with the potential of creating decent jobs will be key to fostering inclusive growth, in particular in the agricultural value chains selected i.e. coffee and cacao where a high number of micro and small scale producers will be supported. The first findings reveal that the participation of women in the total number of coffee farmers in Guatemala varies between 19 and 22%¹⁶. The intervention will contribute to a more environmentally friendly and circular approach of the selected industries in Guatemala, working at enterprise, policy, and academic level to introduce environmental and circularity solutions for each sector. This includes improving resource and energy efficiency, introducing clean and renewable sources of energy, managing waste, and treating wastewater that will benefit disadvantaged population and will create new opportunities for them to access to formal employment. Besides measures to phase out fossil fuels and decarbonise the economy, scaling up the circular economy and reducing material consumption in high income countries will make a decisive contribution to delivering on global climate (both mitigation and adaptation) and biodiversity commitments and decoupling economic growth from resource use, while leaving no one behind. Among the national policies that will be supported by the intervention are: National Policy for Comprehensive Rural Development, National Policy on Disability, Public Policy for Coexistence and the Elimination of Racism and Racial Discrimination, National Youth Policy and National Policy for the Promotion and Comprehensive Development of Women."}, {"bbox": [85, 962, 1146, 1248], "category": "Text", "text": "It has been identified that the agricultural, pharmaceutical, textile and clothing, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sectors require support to digitalise and innovate processes, and reduce their environmental footprint through improvements in resource efficiency and waste management, to increase their efficiency and to benefit from new and sustainable trade opportunities that in return will create job opportunities for vulnerable populations (women, indigenous communities, youth, internally displaced people (IDPs), returned migrants, disabled people) through enhanced digitalisation, inclusiveness and corporate sustainability due diligence. The work on these value chains is key to reducing inequalities. The beneficiaries will be defined by the agricultural area of production of the agricultural value chains, prioritising small and medium producers and the involvement of women and indigenous communities. In this context, the gender approach is fundamental, since it is common for women to have the least qualified jobs, of lower social and economic value in addition to suffering greater job insecurity¹⁷."}, {"bbox": [85, 1260, 1146, 1374], "category": "Text", "text": "For the other value chains, a number of MSMEs will be targeted with a focus on increasing the number of jobs offered to vulnerable population, women and youth. For example, in the case of the apparel and textile sector, which is the major exporting sector in Guatemala (14% of total exports), constituting 8.9% of the GDP. The sector generates 180 000 direct and indirect jobs, 45% of which are performed by women who can have access to a formal employment."}, {"bbox": [85, 1387, 1146, 1502], "category": "Text", "text": "Moreover, it is crucial to provide producers and companies with cutting-edge technologies to improve competitiveness and productivity, and help them meet the increasing international demands for compliance with environmental and human rights standards. The EU sustainable trade regulations in the framework of the European Green Deal pose a significant challenge for Guatemalan agricultural producers, particularly in terms of understanding"}, {"bbox": [85, 1543, 1049, 1565], "category": "Footnote", "text": "13 Programa \"Mujer, economía local y territorio\". Diagnóstico de situación de los CAM y ADEL del territorio del Trifinio. J.C. Arita. RIMISP."}, {"bbox": [85, 1564, 750, 1583], "category": "Footnote", "text": "14 Vínculos entre comercio y género: Un análisis de Centroamérica. Manual didáctico. UNCTAD."}, {"bbox": [85, 1582, 1143, 1623], "category": "Footnote", "text": "15 La vinculación del comercio y el género con miras al desarrollo sostenible. Un marco de análisis. UN. 2023. https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/ditc2022d1_es.pdf"}, {"bbox": [85, 1622, 963, 1642], "category": "Footnote", "text": "16 Vínculos entre comercio y género: Un análisis de Centroamérica. Un análisis de Centroamérica. Manual didáctico. UNCTAD."}, {"bbox": [85, 1641, 774, 1661], "category": "Footnote", "text": "17 El empoderamiento de las mujeres en las cadenas de valor. CATIE. Real Embajada Noruega. 2012."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 39"}]