[{"bbox": [96, 129, 1167, 183], "category": "Text", "text": "application of the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus approach to increase resilience and address\nhorizontal conflict drivers and other sources of instability including human-made and natural disasters."}, {"bbox": [96, 194, 1167, 250], "category": "Text", "text": "The overall objective of this Action is to **consolidate and sustain peace gains, increase resilience and reduce sources of conflict and instability in Mindanao**. The Specific Objectives (SO) include:"}, {"bbox": [96, 259, 1167, 341], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. **Good Governance:** Consolidate peace gains by strengthening the capacity, accountability, and legitimacy of the first elected BG in public administration including public financial management (PFM), gender-responsive planning and budgeting, and gender- and conflict-sensitive local service delivery."}, {"bbox": [96, 341, 1167, 420], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. **Normalisation/Implementation of Peace Agreement:** Consolidate peace gains by addressing gaps in the implementation of the Normalisation Track of the peace process and complete commitments in the signed peace agreement."}, {"bbox": [96, 420, 1167, 527], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. **Human Security / HDP Nexus:** Foster an enabling environment for sustainable peace and development by reducing sources of conflict and instability and increasing the resilience of vulnerable populations to human-made and natural disasters targeting women, youth, Indigenous Peoples (IPs), people with disabilities (PWDs), internally displaced people (IDPs) and other marginalised populations."}, {"bbox": [96, 538, 1167, 696], "category": "Text", "text": "The action builds on the “EU’s historic support to the Mindanao Peace Process and continued efforts to strengthen the Rule of Law” in the Philippines by expanding the scope of the actions implemented under the previous MIP 2017-2020. The action is directly based on the 2021-2027 MIP’s *Specific Objective (SO) 4: Consolidation of the Peace Process: Peace gains in Mindanao are consolidated and sustained and the humanitarian-development-peace and development triplenexus is strengthened in EU interventions* and it reflects fully the Expected Results (ER) of the MIP."}, {"bbox": [96, 710, 1167, 871], "category": "Text", "text": "In terms of mainstreaming, this action is particularly attentive to the needs, rights and challenges faced by people living in vulnerable situations including women, children and youth, IPs, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or questioning(LGBTIQ)³ people, PWDs, IDPs, the poor, especially extremely poor and in long-term poverty and persons living in conflict-affected areas. Furthermore, the action focuses on the intersectionality of these vulnerable groups including, for example, women in poverty, women and youth with disabilities and indigenous women and youth."}, {"bbox": [96, 882, 1167, 1042], "category": "Text", "text": "This action contributes primarily to SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions by *promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development; providing access to justice for all; and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels*. It also contributes to SDG 1 and SDG 2 aimed respectively at “Ending poverty” and “Zero hunger” as well as SDG 3 “Good health and well being”, SDG 5 “Gender Equality”, SDG 6 “Clean water and Sanitation”, SDG 8 “Decent Work and Economic Growth”; SDG 10 “Reduced Inequalities”, SDG 13 “Climate Action”, and SDG 17 “Partnerships for the Goals”."}, {"bbox": [85, 1070, 322, 1101], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [123, 1136, 248, 1163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 1182, 1150, 1528], "category": "Text", "text": "President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s administration is open to foster investment, trade, and the promotion of an open economy resulting in job creation and economic growth. The recent instruction to allow foreign investors in the area of renewable energy showcases the openness of the Philippines. The GPH is also emerging as a key partner in the region for addressing global challenges. For example, it has taken a coherent stance with China on the South China Sea while remaining open to Chinese business; and it is one of the ASEAN countries which reaffirmed support to the Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. President Marcos Jr. has already visited Europe twice (EU-ASEAN Summit and at the Davos World Economic Forum); and in 2022 and 2023, the EU-Philippines Joint Committee under the Partnership Cooperation Agreement convened, which illustrates the Philippines renewed willingness to engage with the EU, including on topics such as democracy, rule of law, and human rights, while also persuading commitments under trade relations including the renewal of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) and the delivery of the twin transition. The Philippine Development Plan (PDP) for 2023-2028 aims to reduce the deficit-to-GDP ratio to pre-pandemic rates, reduce vulnerability and bring down poverty incidences – paving the way for the country to achieve upper-middle-income economy status by 2027. The Philippine’s country"}, {"bbox": [85, 1565, 1099, 1616], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ European Commission LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025, https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2020-11/lgbtiq_strategy_2020-2025_en.pdf"}, {"bbox": [993, 1636, 1099, 1661], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 28"}]