[{"bbox": [97, 153, 637, 179], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [97, 180, 1134, 499], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as G1. This implies that by targeting biodiversity conservation and waste management, the Action addresses an objective important to women and will integrate a gender perspective though out its implementation. Therefore, in alignment with the EU III Gender Action Plan (in particular, thematic areas “Promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women” and “The challenges and harnessing the opportunities offered by the green transition and the digital transformation”) and the CLIP Sri Lanka, women will be encouraged to actively participate in the planning and management of activities and their viewpoints promoted and taken into account. Decent job creation and income generation activities around biodiversity and waste management will be looked into both in formal and informal sectors, they will particularly focus on the green skills development of women and will be a key priority for the proposed Action. A gender sector analysis (including an analysis of the root causes of gender inequality in the country and the impact on waste management and biodiversity) will be carried out during the inception phase which will yield specific recommendations to integrate women, in all their diversity, within the Action."}, {"bbox": [97, 529, 243, 556], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [97, 557, 1134, 767], "category": "Text", "text": "Human rights-based approach and its key principles (applying all human rights for all; meaningful and inclusive participation and access to decision-making; non-discrimination and equality; accountability and rule of law for all; and transparency and access to information supported by disaggregated data) will be integrated throughout the Action to increase access to a cleaner environment and responsible use of natural resources, thereby strengthening the resilience of communities as rights holders to climate change and reinforcing the capacities of duty bearers and other stakeholders like the private sector and civil society (including women's rights organisations and those representing the rights of youth, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities, among others living in vulnerable situations)."}, {"bbox": [97, 795, 195, 820], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disability"}, {"bbox": [97, 821, 1134, 927], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as D0. This implies that the Action is not considered directly relevant as regards the inclusion of persons with disabilities. However, in alignment with the 2021-2030 EU Disability Strategy, efforts will be made to ensure the specific need and constraints of people with disability will be factored in where possible."}, {"bbox": [97, 958, 343, 985], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 986, 1134, 1119], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action is considered relevant for inequality reduction, particularly in the context of economic empowerment of communities hard hit by the economic downturn through decent green job creation and income generation. This is in addition to the reduction of gender equalities described above as biodiversity loss disproportionately impacts women and children, ethnic minorities, etc. The project will consider the reduction of inequalities whenever possible, including in participation in stakeholder planning and management groups."}, {"bbox": [97, 1150, 210, 1176], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [97, 1177, 1134, 1283], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action commits to the use of democratic principles such as participation of all sectors of society without bias on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation, or other. The Action will make use of participatory processes including consultation, equitable feedback and safe complaints mechanisms. The Action also seeks to build participatory and local governance skills, supporting democratic processes."}, {"bbox": [97, 1313, 487, 1340], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [97, 1341, 1134, 1579], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be implemented in a country where a 25-year civil war, though ended in 2009, still haunts present relations between ethnic and religious groups and contributes to lack of confidence in government. The economic and political crisis in 2022 saw unprecedentedly high levels of anti-government sentiment and related political instability that continues to this day. In the Central Highlands, ethnic minorities (Tamil plantation worker communities) are among the most disadvantageous groups. By mobilising multiple kinds of stakeholders to work toward a common goal, the Action aims to build trust and constructive working relations across divides and economic empowerment that will build resilience. The Action implementing agency will practice conflict sensitive programme management and do-no-harm approaches, including close monitoring of the context and risks, regular risk mitigation and flexibility in approach."}, {"bbox": [97, 1583, 337, 1609], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 20"}]