[{"bbox": [93, 129, 1163, 179], "category": "Text", "text": "and conflict-sensitive (\"do no harm\") approaches will be employed to ensure that interventions do not place any of these populations at greater risk."}, {"bbox": [93, 189, 1163, 287], "category": "Text", "text": "**L6** The BARMM is an autonomous region but issues related to governance and socio-economic development including the normalization process often entail working across borders in other parts of Mindanao and the Philippines. Based on lessons learnt, interventions should not be limited to a geographic location. For example, programmes and interventions related to normalization may need to extend beyond the boundaries of the recognised camps."}, {"bbox": [93, 299, 1163, 373], "category": "Text", "text": "**L7** Lack of empirical data makes it difficult to make informed decisions and contributes to misinformation and disinformation. To ensure that decisions are made based on empirical data the EU's implementing partners for this Action will monitor the context regularly which will also assist in ensuring gender and conflict sensitivity."}, {"bbox": [100, 399, 429, 430], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [93, 447, 1163, 608], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is to **consolidate and sustain peace gains, increase resiliency and reduce sources of conflict and instability in Mindanao**. This Action includes three interconnected and multi-sector priority areas for intervention including ongoing support to the peace process with a focus on supporting the political (inclusive democratic governance) and the normalization (socio-economic) tracks, and the application of the HDP nexus approach to increase resiliency and address horizontal conflict drivers and other sources of instability. The intervention logic for this Action is as follows."}, {"bbox": [93, 618, 1163, 886], "category": "Text", "text": "**SO1 - Good Governance: IF** the capacity, accountability and legitimacy of key BG ministries, commissions, and LGUs is strengthened in the areas of public administration including PFM, environment-, climate- and gender-responsive planning and budgeting, gender- and conflict-sensitive local service delivery, including administration of a multi-faceted justice system, via the **indicative activities** provided in section 3.2, and linkages are made with programmes focused on civil society engagement and capacity building, and the assumptions hold true, **THEN** peace gains made under the political track will be consolidated and sustained. **Assumptions underpinning the change process for SO1 include** that the peace process remains intact and the GPH and the MILF maintain their commitments; the elections are held in 2025 and they are not contested; the security situation remains stable after the elections; and official and unofficial power players and other potential spoilers do not disrupt the newly elected government's operations and challenge its legitimacy."}, {"bbox": [93, 896, 1163, 1110], "category": "Text", "text": "**Mainstreaming:** A fundamental purpose of SO1 is to promote democratic principles and efficient, transparent and accountable public administration including PFM and justice system. It is also paramount for reducing inequalities and safeguarding the equal human rights of all citizens living in the BARMM including women, youth, IPs, IDPs, PWDs, and other marginalised groups and people living in vulnerable situations. Gender and conflict sensitivity will be applied in all interventions and the relevant implementing partner staff and government officials involved in the program will receive training on how to apply gender and conflict sensitivity in their work. Furthermore, the empowerment of women and girls, environmental protection, climate change, and disaster risk reduction will be cross-cutting themes that are embedded in all capacity-building activities."}, {"bbox": [84, 1127, 1163, 1528], "category": "Text", "text": "**SO2 - Normalisation/Implementation of Peace Agreement: IF** the capacity of key stakeholders to gradually normalise conflict-affected areas and their transformation into peaceful and progressive communities is enhanced via the indicative activities provided in section 3.2 and **IF** the confidence in the benefits of peace is increased among target populations especially women, youth, IPs, PWDs, IDPs and other marginalised and vulnerable groups via indicative activities provided in section 3.2 and the assumptions hold true, **THEN** peace gains made under the Normalisation Track will be consolidated. **Assumptions underpinning the change process for SO2 include:** Similar to SO1, primary assumptions underpinning SO1 is that the peace process remains intact and the GPH and the MILF maintain their commitments, including adequate human and financial resources; the 2025 elections are held and not contested; the security situation remains stable after the elections; and official and unofficial power players and other potential spoilers do not disrupt the normalization process. Additional assumptions include that national, regional, and BG officials remain committed to the full completion of normalization; conflicts over land and natural resources are resolved or can be managed enough to allow normalization activities to proceed with limited disruptions; marginalised groups and people living in vulnerable situations can be accessed and supported including widows, IDPs, IPs, ex-combatants living outside of the official MILF camps including outside of the BARMM, and members of the BIWAB."}, {"bbox": [84, 1541, 1163, 1599], "category": "Text", "text": "**Mainstreaming:** To avoid unintentional negative outcomes and to maximise positive impacts interventions supported by this Action will be implemented with a gender- and conflict-sensitive lens. Support to normalization initiatives will"}, {"bbox": [983, 1636, 1100, 1661], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 28"}]