[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1133, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "According to a recent inventory of Wastewater Treatment Plants carried out in Bolivia, for the segment of 2,000 to 20,000 inhabitants, only 91 localities have some type of treatment, of which only 50% are functioning properly, which represents only 14% of the population of the segment."}, {"bbox": [97, 245, 1133, 299], "category": "Text", "text": "To achieve the sustainability of services in the sector, it is an important need to update the sectoral information system and the development of activities to strengthen or generate capacities on a permanent basis."}, {"bbox": [97, 310, 1133, 417], "category": "Text", "text": "*Solid Waste Management context:* the rapid urbanisation in Bolivia directly contributes to an accelerated solid waste generation and an increase of soil and water pollution and GHG emissions. This unplanned urbanisation process directly contributes to a deterioration in the quality of life and access to public services in urban areas, affecting vulnerable groups in a more intensive manner."}, {"bbox": [97, 429, 1133, 563], "category": "Text", "text": "Solid waste management is mostly limited to recollection and deposit on illegal or unregulated landfills. Circular economy practices are still rudimentary and driven by the informal sector. The lack of infrastructure for collection, transportation, treatment, recovery/recycling and disposal of solid waste, proper solid waste management planning, insufficient financial resources, technical expertise and public attitude have made the situation extremely challenging. Therefore, environmental and health related problems are increasing."}, {"bbox": [97, 574, 1133, 708], "category": "Text", "text": "Solid waste management has a current and important political impact in Bolivia. The overall objective proposed in this Action Document will be in line with the 2025 Patriotic Agenda (pillar 9: environmental sovereignty with integral development), 2021-2025 Economic and Social Development Plan – PDES and the Law 755 - Law of Integrated Solid Waste Management (2015) and the National Policy for Integrated Development of Cities (PNDIC for its acronym in Spanish, 2021), which is yet to be adopted."}, {"bbox": [97, 720, 273, 747], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Policy Framework"}, {"bbox": [97, 758, 1133, 866], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action is fully aligned with the sectoral Bolivian policies, the EU MIP 2021-2027 for Bolivia (*Priority area 1 - Environment, Climate Change and Inclusive Economic Development: Sector 2: Water, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management*) and the Joint European Strategy 2022-25 (*Green and Resilient Development and Good governance and human rights areas*), as well as the Green and resilient development TEI Bolivia."}, {"bbox": [97, 877, 1133, 1010], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is also aligned with the Commission's priorities of the European Green Deal, the Global Gateway, the European Consensus for Development, the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation and is fully aligned with the 2030 Agenda. It will also contribute to the implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan III (2021-2025). The actions should also be consistent with the effective implementation of Bolivian international commitments including under the GSP+ scheme."}, {"bbox": [97, 1022, 1133, 1129], "category": "Text", "text": "Finally, by making use of blending in the water and sanitation sector, the Action takes on board the principle of the Addis Ababa Agenda on Financing for Development, which advocates for innovative financing instruments aiming to leverage funding from several sources in order to increase impact on final beneficiaries in a coordinated way."}, {"bbox": [85, 1156, 340, 1186], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [97, 1203, 333, 1229], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Short problem analysis:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1240, 1133, 1348], "category": "Text", "text": "*Water and Sanitation:* according to the Sector Integrated Development Plan for the development in basic sanitation 2021-2025, by 2021 drinking water coverage in urban areas reached 94.6% of the population and drinking water coverage in rural areas reached 68.7%. Regarding sanitation, by 2021, sanitation coverage in the urban area reached 70.6% of the population and 45% in the rural area."}, {"bbox": [97, 1359, 1133, 1440], "category": "Text", "text": "These figures show that there is a significant gap between rural and urban areas, especially in access to sanitation services and specifically in municipalities under 20,000 inhabitants with limited capacity to borrow financial resources in order to benefit the most disadvantaged and reduce their poverty."}, {"bbox": [97, 1451, 1133, 1531], "category": "Text", "text": "Bolivia remains the country in South America with the largest proportion of population practicing open air defecation, mainly in rural areas, with consequent negative impacts on health, education, environment and the economy, affecting mostly children and women."}, {"bbox": [97, 1543, 1133, 1624], "category": "Text", "text": "To achieve the sustainability of services in the sector, it is an important need to update the sectoral information system and the development of activities to strengthen or generate capacities on a permanent basis in different institutions of the sector, especially in Water and Sanitation Services Providers (EPSAs) that have no capacity to"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 32"}]