[{"bbox": [96, 179, 1134, 420], "category": "Text", "text": "An improved business and investment climate will further result in the restoration of income and markets for MSMEs, create jobs, especially for youth and women, and enable financial institutions to serve the MSMEs more effectively. A variety of constraints, which range from creative technology and services that reduce women's time burden and improve their ability to formalize and access necessary capital, skills and markets to grow, are some of the constraints that, if removed, can help women equally participate and benefit from opportunities in the private entrepreneurship⁵ These would contribute to national economic recovery and overall societal rehabilitation and will therefore provide a concrete contribution to Ethiopia's Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF). It will further make an important contribution to the peacebuilding processes and ensuring stability in post-conflict Ethiopia."}, {"bbox": [96, 445, 1062, 500], "category": "Text", "text": "Identification of main stakeholders(duty bearers and right holders) and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [96, 524, 557, 551], "category": "Text", "text": "The main stakeholders of the proposed action are:"}, {"bbox": [135, 553, 1134, 739], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Duty bearers:** Government Regulatory Bodies: Ministry of Revenues, Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration, Ethiopian Customs Commission, Ethiopian Tax Appeals Commission, Ministry of Transport and Logistics, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labor and Skills, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, National Bank of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Capital Markets Authority, Ethiopian Securities Exchange, Accounting and Auditing Board of Ethiopia, Ministry of Finance and Ethiopian Investment Commission; Various Regional Bureaus."}, {"bbox": [135, 741, 1134, 873], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Business Membership Organizations (BMOs):** European Chamber in Ethiopia (EUROCHAM), Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (ECCSA), Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association, Ethiopian Coffee Association, Coffee producer Primary Cooperatives and Cooperative Unions, Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporter Association (EHPEA), other sectoral associations in other key-value-chains"}, {"bbox": [135, 875, 592, 901], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **EU Member States including NL, DE and FR**"}, {"bbox": [135, 903, 1134, 956], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Civil Society Organizations and Thinktanks:** Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA), women and youth associations (Ethiopian center for disability and development)"}, {"bbox": [85, 1013, 606, 1045], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 1078, 509, 1109], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [96, 1125, 1134, 1179], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall objective** of the action is to support green, sustainable and resilient economic development in Ethiopia enabled by a strong private sector participation in key value chains including coffee and horticulture."}, {"bbox": [96, 1204, 1134, 1337], "category": "Text", "text": "These value chains entail immense opportunities for growth and could be used as springboards to trigger positive changes elsewhere. The support to private sector ecosystems in general and MSMEs in particular will contribute to the recovery of the local economy in its current post-conflict setting, the creation and preservation of decent and green jobs, and an overall strengthening of cash flow to the private sector, enabling entrepreneurs and businesses to meet their capital needs in a context of economic instability."}, {"bbox": [96, 1362, 517, 1391], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objectives** of this action are to:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1415, 1134, 1494], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Enhance transparent, proactive and accountable domestic tax administration systems and auditing practices in Ethiopia with better understanding and service to private sector operators in critical value chains"}, {"bbox": [135, 1521, 1134, 1576], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Enhance cross-border trade facilitation through optimized electronic customs management and valuation systems and efficient customs services that leverage digital means"}, {"bbox": [85, 1620, 632, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ ethiopia_countryGender_profile-web.pdf (unwomen.org)"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 27"}]