[{"bbox": [84, 146, 1169, 724], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td>digital entrepreneurship</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>digital skills/literacy</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>digital services</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Connectivity @</td><td>☐</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>YES</td><td>NO</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>digital connectivity</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>energy</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>transport</td><td>☐</td><td>☑</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>health</td><td>☐</td><td>☑</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>education and research</td><td>☐</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Migration @<br>(methodology for tagging under development)</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Reduction of Inequalities @<br>(methodology for marker and tagging under development)</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Covid-19</td><td>☑</td><td>☐</td><td>☐</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [491, 725, 765, 749], "category": "Section-header", "text": "BUDGET INFORMATION"}, {"bbox": [95, 771, 223, 823], "category": "Section-header", "text": "12. Amounts concerned"}, {"bbox": [336, 783, 954, 811], "category": "Text", "text": "Budget line(s) (article, item): BGUE-B2022-14.020122-C1-INTPA"}, {"bbox": [336, 829, 693, 854], "category": "Text", "text": "Total estimated cost: EUR 25 000 000"}, {"bbox": [336, 871, 875, 897], "category": "Text", "text": "Total amount of EU budget contribution: EUR 25 000 000"}, {"bbox": [402, 937, 856, 961], "category": "Section-header", "text": "MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION"}, {"bbox": [95, 988, 309, 1018], "category": "Section-header", "text": "13. Type of financing¹"}, {"bbox": [336, 988, 1136, 1041], "category": "Text", "text": "Indirect management with the entity(ies) to be selected in accordance with the criteria set out in sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2"}, {"bbox": [336, 1050, 1161, 1134], "category": "Text", "text": "This contribution to the Regional Blending Platform shall be implemented in indirect management by the entities indicated in the annex to this Action Document, in accordance with the Regional Blending Platform's award procedure."}, {"bbox": [87, 1167, 401, 1197], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.2 Summary of the Action"}, {"bbox": [95, 1213, 1132, 1399], "category": "Text", "text": "The European Union's cooperation strategy with Lesotho, the Multi-Annual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2021-2027, focusses on two priority areas: (1) green and resilient economy and (2) good governance, peaceful and just society. Under the first priority area of the Multi-Annual Indicative Plan, the EU's cooperation aims to facilitate Lesotho's move towards a circular economy that becomes increasingly sustainable and self-sufficient with regard to energy generation and consumption and that provides affordable access for all to energy, water and sanitation. Under the second priority area, EU cooperation supports the process of national reforms undertaken by Lesotho and the improvement of service delivery to the citizenry, particularly social protection."}, {"bbox": [95, 1428, 1132, 1534], "category": "Text", "text": "*Renewable Lesotho* will contribute to the first priority area by promoting energy security, access to reliable and affordable clean energy, and green growth. Its specific objectives are to increase renewable energy generation capacity and energy efficiency, promote a more equitable and gender-transformative access to clean energy, and improve Lesotho's energy sector leadership and institutional capacity."}, {"bbox": [87, 1620, 221, 1642], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ Art. 27 NDICI"}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 3 of 25"}]