[{"bbox": [146, 151, 485, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [146, 193, 1080, 1613], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood</td><td>Impact</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Political disruptions and loss of political commitment fuelled by the 2025 elections, taking away the focus on jobs creation</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td><td>Maintain sound political dialogue and engagement with government officials at the highest level</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Political interference affecting the operations of the CSOs and the involvement of the private sector.</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Maintain political dialogue to address external influence.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>The challenging macroeconomic situation not only fails to improve, but also continues to deteriorate, further weakening the business environment. This may have severe repercussions, potentially undermining the private sector's capacity to invest in skills development and expand their workforce</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Maintain sound political dialogue and engagement with government officials and the private sector at the highest level. Ensure sound monitoring of activities.</td></tr><tr><td>Planning, processes and systems</td><td>Limited interest from CSOs in those areas targeted by the Action.</td><td>Low</td><td>High</td><td>Draft clear and comprehensive guidelines for the call for proposal. Organise engaging question and answer sessions to address at an early stage CSOs concerns and raise their interest.</td></tr><tr><td>Planning, processes and systems</td><td>Private Sector, demonstrates little interest to establish partnerships with CSOs and Government</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Establish and maintain sound dialogue and engagement with private sectors stakeholders at any level throughout the process.</td></tr><tr><td>Planning, processes and systems</td><td>Small intake of youth</td><td>Low</td><td>High</td><td>CSOs will be asked to include large scale awareness campaigns as part of their proposals to inform youth about the opportunities offered by the Action.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Mismatch between TVET curriculum and private sector needs</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Greater dialogue and engagement with the private sector and TEVET.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Risk of climate shocks that would jeopardise EU project investments</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Inclusion of crisis modifiers in the selected projects to support response actions</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [965, 1681, 1080, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 16"}]