[{"bbox": [159, 154, 1135, 329], "category": "List-item", "text": "* El Salvador Agency for International Cooperation (ESCO) is the body responsible for optimizing opportunities and possibilities for international cooperation for the economic and social development of El Salvador through new and efficient forms of international linkage with the country. As such, and together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it follows all actions supported by international cooperation and is responsible for the mechanisms / instances of dialogue and coordination foreseen between the GOES and international partners."}, {"bbox": [97, 356, 1133, 416], "category": "Text", "text": "The coordination of institutions and citizens' efforts is key to recover the control of the territories reclaimed, in order to generate opportunities for people and better living conditions."}, {"bbox": [97, 444, 1133, 590], "category": "Text", "text": "The programme's beneficiaries are the 70% of the Salvadoran population who live in the municipalities prioritised in the education policy. overall, it is expected that more than 250,000 youths will be employed (48% of which will be women) and 300,000 youths will remain and return to schools. During 2021, more than 55,000 students reincorporated into school; 800,000 pupils with better scholar environment and psychosocial attention; 40,000 youths with vocational training and jobs."}, {"bbox": [85, 631, 852, 661], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.3 Additional Areas of Assessment [No Longer Valid -Already executed]"}, {"bbox": [85, 675, 1066, 704], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 2.3.1 Pre-condition on Fundamental Values [For a Sustainable Development Goals Contract only]"}, {"bbox": [97, 720, 1133, 805], "category": "Text", "text": "The original Decision included an initial budget support allocation of EUR 53 million and EUR 1 million for complementary support that included technical assistance to the government institutions (EUR 0.6 million) as well as M&E (EUR 0.4 million)."}, {"bbox": [97, 835, 1133, 919], "category": "Text", "text": "The first fixed tranche disbursement of EUR 14 million was disbursed in 2018. The mixed disbursement for EUR16 million (variable/fixed tranches respective to implementation in 2018) was executed in 2019, as foreseen."}, {"bbox": [97, 951, 1133, 1126], "category": "Text", "text": "In June 2019 a Compliance Verification Mission 2018 commitments took place; the Mission confirmed the achievement of the objectives for the first year of implementation (2018) in quantitative terms. The targets for the 8 indicators were achieved. While the achievement of the targets was verified, with all its qualitative elements, the verification process also yielded a series of recommendations aimed at improving performance for the following measurements. Not all recommendations were implemented by the government."}, {"bbox": [97, 1154, 1133, 1382], "category": "Text", "text": "In 2020, EUR 6 million were disbursed as a fixed tranche through an accelerated procedure, but the variable tranche of EUR million was put on hold pending a verification mission, which eventually took place in 2021, when confinement and travel restrictions had been lifted. The verification report concluded that the government did not achieve the objectives for the second year of implementation (2019). However, the targets set for 5 of the 8 indicators were met (the No 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7); four of these indicators were under execution by MINEDUCYT. During the mission it was not possible to establish compliance with the other indicators (Nº 5, 6 and 8). Therefore, the recommendation for disbursement amounted to EUR4.8 million of the EUR8 Million foreseen."}, {"bbox": [97, 1414, 1133, 1472], "category": "Text", "text": "However, in 2021, the eligibility criteria for budget support was negatively assessed due to non compliance with general budget support eligibility criteria."}, {"bbox": [97, 1500, 1133, 1558], "category": "Text", "text": "At this date, EUR 17,000,000 million for budget support and EUR 717,180 for Technical Assistance thus remain available and are the subject of the tabled substantial addendum."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 29"}]