[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1132, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [97, 206, 1132, 259], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA screening classified the Technical Assistance and Capacity Building components of the action as Category C (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [97, 285, 1132, 366], "category": "Text", "text": "The specific interventions to be carried in the pilot sites may be Category A (EIA will be undertaken), Category B (for which an EIA will be undertaken) or Category B (not requiring an EIA, but for which environment aspects will be addressed during design). This will be assessed and addressed during implementation."}, {"bbox": [97, 391, 1132, 445], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcome of the Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [97, 445, 1132, 497], "category": "Text", "text": "The CRA screening concluded that the Technical Assistance and Capacity Building components of the action are at no or low risk (no need for further assessment)"}, {"bbox": [97, 523, 638, 550], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls**"}, {"bbox": [97, 551, 1132, 762], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that the Action includes specific technical assistance and capacity building measures to ensure the interventions are inclusive and gender responsive. The action will contribute to the implementation of the Gender Action Plan III, in particular to the achievement of its thematic objective related to increasing the participation of women and girls in all their diversity in decision-making processes on environment and climate change issues and promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women. Sex-disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators will be privileged, including GAP III indicators to ensure that the contribution to the Gender Action Plan can be effectively measured."}, {"bbox": [97, 768, 244, 794], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Human Rights**"}, {"bbox": [97, 794, 1132, 954], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will assist and ensure the integration and realisation of human rights throughout interventions. The Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA), will be promoted as a working methodology, ensuring all human rights, meaningful and inclusive participation, non-discrimination and equality as well as accountability and transparency. The intervention will be aligned with the EU commitment to leave no one behind, ensuring that groups with specific needs (women, persons with disabilities, among other groups) will take an active part in decision-making processes related to the Action."}, {"bbox": [97, 958, 195, 984], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Disability**"}, {"bbox": [97, 985, 1132, 1143], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as D1. This implies that the Action is considered relevant for the inclusions of persons with disabilities. The contribution to the realisation of human rights of persons living with disabilities will be monitored using disaggregated data by disability status whenever possible. Therefore, attention will be paid to ensure and enable the participation of persons with disabilities in the activities (accessibility of actions, consulting with disabilities organizations and encourage inclusive communication)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1144, 1132, 1197], "category": "Text", "text": "Article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) requires governments to include persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in policy planning."}, {"bbox": [97, 1198, 1132, 1250], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be in line with the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, and the EU Guidance Note Disability inclusion in EU external action."}, {"bbox": [97, 1282, 344, 1308], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Reduction of inequalities**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1309, 1132, 1548], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the Inequality Marker, this Action Document has been labelled as an I-2 following the Inequality Marker. Whilst South Africa is one of Africa's largest economies, it is also the most unequal country in the world, with extreme levels of unemployment, inequality and poverty. The legacy of colonialism and apartheid, rooted in racial and spatial segregation, continues to reinforce inequality. Officially, the unemployment rate currently stands at 32,9%, though the numbers go up to over 40% if one includes people who have given up seeking employment. Youth unemployment (18–29 years old) is over 50%. Socio-economic rights, as guaranteed in the Constitution, remain inaccessible for the majority of women, girls, people with disabilities, gender-non-conforming people and the greater LGBTQIA+ community¹⁸. The prevalence of patriarchal cultural customs and norms means that both their right to physical integrity and their socio-economic rights are structurally violated. On average, they face"}, {"bbox": [86, 1606, 576, 1628], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁸ Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and others."}, {"bbox": [86, 1626, 229, 1644], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ CLIP South Africa"}, {"bbox": [1028, 1682, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 27"}]