[{"bbox": [98, 85, 1157, 172], "category": "Text", "text": "Ensuring full inclusion of young people including those with disabilities and bridging the digital gap in underserviced areas will be key to reducing inequalities. Accordingly, the development of the Action has considered key national policies including the National Youth Policy of Belize and the Belize National Digital Agenda 2022-2025."}, {"bbox": [98, 239, 213, 266], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [98, 283, 1157, 427], "category": "Text", "text": "Through its activities the Action promotes good governance and democracy in the areas related to regional cooperation, border management and prevention of cross-border threats as well as participatory democracy and decentralisation through the Local Development Planning at the level of the communities. In addition to strengthening the effectiveness of border institutions, the Action also promotes the accountability of government agencies through the monitoring role of NGOs."}, {"bbox": [98, 490, 489, 518], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [98, 536, 1157, 793], "category": "Text", "text": "A conflict sensitivity approach will be mainstreamed throughout the programme. The action directly contributes to the mitigation and resolution of the Belize-Guatemala border dispute. It builds the capabilities of border control agencies and cross-border dialogue in a dispute-sensitive manner to minimise risks and prevent escalation of conflict while the International Court of Justice ruling is pending. The action also strengthens the government's capacity for post-ruling border delimitation and demarcation, key steps in consolidating bilateral relations and implementing the court ruling in practice. The action will continue to support the OAS intervention for Peace monitoring at the Adjacency Zone with Guatemala. Lastly, the action will contribute to appeasing existing tensions between the Government institutions and the Mayan communities through a better participatory consultative process of Local Development Planning and the integration and implementation of the FPIC protocols in the action."}, {"bbox": [98, 810, 1157, 867], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will also support greater resilience of the local communities through economic development and environmental protection."}, {"bbox": [98, 934, 1157, 1163], "category": "Text", "text": "**Disaster Risk Reduction** is not identified as a significant component in this Action; even though Southern Belize faces regular natural disasters such as hurricanes, flash floods and landslides. The Action will be focused on ensuring that disaster risk management is part of the Local Development Planning process and that design criteria enable floods to be mitigated and soil is conserved through erosion prevention measures, hedges and sustainable land use methods. Land use plans will seek to protect forest covers and to minimise the use of lands prone to natural risks, applying natural hazard sensitive planning. Measures will be taken to encourage agroforestry and sustainable agricultural practices (notably varieties tolerant to floods). The programme will promote hurricane proofed technical specifications for infrastructure."}, {"bbox": [98, 1204, 438, 1232], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [82, 1246, 1167, 1633], "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>Mitigation measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Extreme weather events may impact the programme through the destruction of crops or infrastructures.</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>The programme will design local development and land use plans which seek to protect forests cover and minimize the utilization of land prone to natural risks. Measures will be taken to encourage agroforestry, reforestation and sustainable agricultural practices (use of varieties tolerant to floods, drought, soil conservation techniques). The programme will promote hurricane proofed technical specifications for infrastructures.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1039, 1666, 1157, 1690], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 27"}]