[{"bbox": [85, 152, 343, 185], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [97, 200, 1133, 254], "category": "Text", "text": "Short problem analysis: Based on the contextual analysis outlined in the section above, the proposed Action will focus on the following constraints and challenges faced by civil society actors in Sri Lanka:"}, {"bbox": [135, 279, 884, 306], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Lack of capacity of CSOs in terms of organisation, advocacy and networking."}, {"bbox": [135, 306, 731, 332], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Socio-economic challenges and poor public service delivery."}, {"bbox": [135, 332, 1133, 386], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Constrained environment for CSOs. Some CSO fear that new laws (e.g. NGO bill, online safety bill) might further increase the authority's supervision and monitoring of CSOs."}, {"bbox": [97, 411, 1133, 466], "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": [135, 490, 1133, 571], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. The main stakeholders for this Action are the sri lankan civil society organisations (including the media), which are the main target/beneficiaries, and with a particular focus on community-based/grassroots organisations, women, youth-led associations and persons with disabilities."}, {"bbox": [135, 571, 1133, 624], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. The Action will also involve the government (e.g. the NGO Secretariat) and the relevant public authorities (at provincial and local level) in order to facilitate the dialogue."}, {"bbox": [135, 624, 1133, 703], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Final beneficiaries of CSOs action are the population living in vulnerable situations (i.e women in all their diversity, youth, people with disabilities and those living in rural areas), which is affected by poor public service delivery."}, {"bbox": [135, 703, 1133, 756], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. Close coordination will be ensured with the key donors and implementing partners working with civil society organisations in Sri Lanka."}, {"bbox": [85, 784, 606, 818], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 848, 511, 882], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 896, 1133, 1001], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective of this action is to strengthen Sri Lankan civil society (in its whole diversity) as actors of governance and development, thereby contributing to the achievement of overall priorities of the EU-Sri Lanka partnership as outlined in the MIP 2021-2027, and the EU Roadmap for Engagement with Civil Society in Sri Lanka 2021 – 2024."}, {"bbox": [97, 1015, 516, 1043], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives/ of this action are to:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1053, 1133, 1134], "category": "Text", "text": "Specific Objective 1 - Enhance organisational, advocacy, networking, protection and project management capacities of civil society organisations, with a dedicated focus on local/community-based organisations operating in the most difficult environments as well as on women, youth and persons with disabilities' associations;"}, {"bbox": [97, 1146, 1133, 1227], "category": "Text", "text": "Specific Objective 2 – Implement a small grants facility in order to increase CSOs capacities (focusing on women, youth associations and persons with disabilities) to respond to socio-economic challenges and provide human-rights based service delivery."}, {"bbox": [97, 1238, 1133, 1369], "category": "Text", "text": "Specific Objective 3 - Establish and maintain an inclusive structured dialogue, in order to better analyse and monitor the enabling environment and cooperation landscape, and to feed into future EU political and policy dialogue with public authorities as well as the EU services; To increase partnership between CSOs (including women, youth and persons with disabilities' associations) and the government, incl. provincial and local authorities."}, {"bbox": [97, 1383, 1018, 1411], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1423, 327, 1451], "category": "Text", "text": "For Specific objective 1:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1461, 1133, 1516], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1.1: Enhanced understanding of local CSOs capacity needs and constraints, including those representing women, youth-led and people living in vulnerable situations (i.e. people with disabilities)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1527, 1133, 1582], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1.2: Tailor-made and accessible trainings and capacity-building designed and delivered across the country including gender, youth and persons with disabilities perspectives."}, {"bbox": [97, 1593, 327, 1621], "category": "Text", "text": "For Specific objective 2:"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1654, 1144, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 5 of 13"}]