[{"bbox": [100, 87, 1158, 141], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation and monitoring framework of the action will consider gender-disaggregated indicators. Furthermore, the activities will integrate a gender perspective that will be coherent with the EU Gender Action Plan III."}, {"bbox": [100, 152, 1159, 498], "category": "Text", "text": "Project activities with a particular gender dimension focus on promoting women economic empowerment, including to grasp green and digital opportunities, particularly: (i) community based skills development activities will promote girls' and women's participation both in the young farmers output and for the community-based facilitators, involving women more in leadership, community governance and decision-making processes; (ii) direct involvement of women networks and groups during Local Development Planning and implementation, with women and youth being part of the Local Action Groups; promotion of women run/managed/based green income generating activities, enhancing women's entrepreneurship; and (iv) gender-sensitive curricula will be developed and delivered for Integrated Border Management inter-agency training, and developing Standard Operation Protocols for joint patrol teams. Gender mainstreaming in border operations will be enhanced through training of border personnel on vulnerability identification, gender and human rights considering border dynamics. Furthermore, focal points for gender-related issues and awareness raising will be introduced at the level of the border and security agencies at border crossing points. In the design of the IBM intervention, consultations with local women, men and youth to improve understanding of their gendered security concerns will be undertaken."}, {"bbox": [100, 509, 1159, 738], "category": "Text", "text": "Beneficiary identification and targeting for the components on green growth and socio-economic development of the south will target particularly women-led businesses and MSMEs employing women. Involvement of local civil society organisations with special technical expertise on gender will be ensured in the design of the future projects that will be developed under this Action in collaboration with the EU implementing partners. The action will promote participatory methods at community level and the mainstreaming of women's and indigenous rights, involving the active participation of local and feminist Civil Society Organisations, in order to protect biodiversity and respect Mayan ancestral domain and customary land tenure of other indigenous groups (including landscape/cultural preservation)."}, {"bbox": [100, 761, 246, 788], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [100, 806, 1158, 892], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation of both components of the Action is aligned with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024 and the Human Rights and Democracy Country Strategy and upholds a human rights based approach."}, {"bbox": [100, 908, 1159, 1366], "category": "Text", "text": "With respect to the first specific objective of the Action, Local Development Planning involving the communities of Indigenous people, any decision-making process requires a high degree of intercultural community participation, avoiding any perception of benefitting the members of one village or community over the other. To avoid risks of intra- and inter-community conflicts in the distribution of the benefits of the project, it is necessary to conduct stakeholder consultations from the design stage and during the implementation of the project to ensure the inclusion of local government representation at the village level, such as but not limited to the leaders under the Alcalde System as well as a balanced and broad representation of women, youth, persons living with disability and other groups to ensure inclusion and equal opportunities and benefits for all under the project. Subsequently, once these communities have been identified, it is important to carry out an internal process to determine the specific family/association/cooperative beneficiaries by consensus. Political affinity is always perceived as a risk factor on the part of community members; however, the project can mitigate this risk by following the broad community participatory process, consulting with the village leaders (Alcaldes), with Commissioner of Indigenous People's Affairs under the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous People's Affairs and ensuring proper implementation of the FPIC principles, protocol and process. It is suggested that the consultations promote and ensure the participation and voice of women, including more vulnerable groups such as widows, single women, the elderly and young women, LGBTI persons and persons with disabilities."}, {"bbox": [100, 1382, 1158, 1583], "category": "Text", "text": "The second specific objective of the Action strengthens good governance in border management and regional integration, including the promotion of the rule of law, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. The project will promote and advocate for professionalisation of border management in line with best EU practices, thus building an increasingly service-oriented and accountable administration based on professional and ethical standards with respect to human rights. Effective and accountable border management and customs controls allow better compliance with human rights standards, notably protection of victims of trafficking and other crimes, migrants, as well as other vulnerable and at risk groups."}, {"bbox": [1040, 1667, 1158, 1691], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 27"}]