[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [97, 232, 482, 256], "category": "Text", "text": "The main stakeholders of this actions are:"}, {"bbox": [135, 259, 1135, 470], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. The Ministry of Education, which plays a critical role in the Early Childhood Education sub-sector, through the Directorate for ECE and the devolved administrations at provincial and district level: the office of the Provincial Education Officers (PEO) and the District Education Boards, led by a District Education Board Secretary (DEBS). The Ministry and its devolved structures are also in charge of technical and vocational training curriculum in Secondary Schools, and it is expected that the new National Education Strategic Plan 2022-2026 to expand on TVET and include elements of digitalization. State schools, ECE centres and their respective administrations, under the Ministry of Education, are also a key stakeholders of the Project."}, {"bbox": [135, 471, 1135, 604], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. The Ministry of Health (MoH), through its central, provincial and district administrations (Provincial Health Directorates and District Health Offices) and service delivery units (e.g. health facilities), will play a key role in the health-related components of the proposed action, including sexual, reproductive, maternal, new-born, child, adolescent health and nutrition (SRMNCAH@N), persons with disabilities, HIV&AIDS, SGBV response, etc."}, {"bbox": [135, 604, 1135, 709], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. The Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) is also a major stakeholder in the action, given its role at community level, through Social Protection schemes. The Department for Child Development, responsible for the coordination of all child development programmes, sits within this ministry and plays a key role in child centred initiatives."}, {"bbox": [135, 710, 1135, 763], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. The Gender Division (GD) under the Office of the President and its decentralised provincial representatives, in charge tackling gender inequalities."}, {"bbox": [135, 763, 1135, 816], "category": "List-item", "text": "5. The National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) under the Office of the Vice-President, coordinating at national level nutrition activities."}, {"bbox": [135, 816, 1135, 894], "category": "List-item", "text": "6. The traditional leadership at local level, including the Chiefs and other traditional structures, which play a very important role at community level – from land ownership and management to elements of cultural and mentality transformation."}, {"bbox": [135, 895, 1135, 1054], "category": "List-item", "text": "7. The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MoLGRD) with oversight responsibilities for allocating and monitoring the performance of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The allocation of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in the 2023 National Budget has been increased from ZMW25.3 million to ZMW28.3 million per constituency (there are 156 constituencies in the country). A larger percentage (60%) of the CDF annual allocation has been set aside for infrastructure-related projects at community level, including construction of classrooms and health posts,"}, {"bbox": [135, 1054, 1135, 1185], "category": "List-item", "text": "8. UN agencies, other Cooperating Partners, including Member States that are involved in the sectors under this programme. More specifically, Germany and Sweden are active in supporting Reproductive, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMCAHN) and Ireland supports strengthening basic education, while all three support the Nutrition sector. UNICEF is very involved in ECDE and all related sectors (health, nutrition, education, etc.)."}, {"bbox": [135, 1186, 1135, 1293], "category": "List-item", "text": "9. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) at national, provincial and grass-roots level – including youth organisations, community-based organisations, parent-teachers associations (PTA), professional associations (education and health), faith-based organisations and institutions at local level, as well as women's human rights' organisations, and persons with disabilities' organisations."}, {"bbox": [135, 1293, 1135, 1400], "category": "List-item", "text": "10. Private sector, including technical assistants, private service providers in the health, water and sanitation, energy and education sectors, infrastructure-related contractors. The action would also aim to involve mining companies in North Western in supporting the ECE Centres under the project (e.g. with school feeding programs, equipment sponsorship, etc.)."}, {"bbox": [86, 1454, 606, 1486], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 1520, 511, 1551], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 1566, 1135, 1646], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective (OO)** of this action is to support the children of Zambia to reach their potential and to improve young female adolescent's resilience in alignment with Zambia's human development commitments under the Eighth National Development Plan (8NDP)."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 34"}]