[{"bbox": [82, 147, 1167, 689], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Gender Equality</td><td>Lack of political will among partners to prioritise gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment in their policies and actions.</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Knowledge and tools of gender mainstreaming are available.<br/>Raising awareness of the benefits of applying HRBA, including gender equality.<br/>Gender-sensitive monitoring, use of sex-disaggregated data, and gender-sensitive indicators.<br/>Gender mainstreaming is applied in all phases of the support services.</td></tr><tr><td>Communication and Information</td><td>Risk 5: Perception that the Action only serves EU interest or contributed to mineral exploitation in Uganda and the Great Lakes Region</td><td>M</td><td>H</td><td>Pro-active use of communication tools to communicate the Action's objective to various stakeholders, underlining the approach based on mutually beneficial partnerships.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [93, 736, 252, 760], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [93, 781, 1161, 895], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action's integrative approach focusing on improving investment conditions, supporting ASM formalization and value addition, and promoting responsible mining practices, draws on lessons learnt from the design and implementation of similar Actions implemented with EU funding in Rwanda and the African Great Lakes Region, as well as the EU-ACP Development Minerals Programme."}, {"bbox": [93, 909, 1161, 1079], "category": "Text", "text": "For instance, lessons learnt from Phases 1 and II of the EU-ACP Development Minerals Programme and the consensus that emerged under the Mosi-oa-Tunya Declaration have emphasised the need to provide capacity development support to Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (ASMs), sector associations, public institutions and social stakeholders that operate along the mineral value chains. As such, this Action will support capacity building in public institutions like DGSM, as well as sector associations like the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP). The Action will also directly support ASMs and other social stakeholders, including women and youths in the mining sector."}, {"bbox": [93, 1093, 1161, 1435], "category": "Text", "text": "The project \"Sustainable Development of the Mining Sector in Rwanda\" (NDICI AFRICA/2021/43254) currently tackles the issues of i. adherence to international standards for responsible sourcing, ii. TVET, iii. digitalisation, and iv. occupational health, safety and environmental protection. In close cooperation with partners from the Rwanda Mines, Gas and Petroleum Board (RMB), as well as Rwanda Polytechnic and the Rutongo Mining School, this holistic approach has proven successful in terms of harmonizing various work streams which all contribute to enhancing the international recognition and business-friendliness of the Rwandan mining sector. Similarly, the Rwandan mining sector faces challenges comparable to those in Uganda, such as a high prevalence of ASM connected to low usage of modern technology to draw the highest benefit from mining and contribute to sustainable economic and social development. Thirdly, this project is aware of its regional embeddedness in efforts to streamline approaches among the countries of the Great Lakes Region, which is why it ensures coordination with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to strengthen synergies with regional projects supported by the EU. All these considerations have informed the proposed design of the Action in Uganda."}, {"bbox": [93, 1449, 1161, 1619], "category": "Text", "text": "At the regional level, the Action furthermore draws on lessons learned from the Regional Project on Peace and Security for Stability in the Great Lakes Region under the 11th EDF (FED/2018/396225), which has increased the visibility and credibility of the ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM). The Action has reduced the implementation costs of the RCM, provided clarity on the requirements, and strengthened better alignment of the RCM with the OECD standards. Lessons learnt include the strong need for national digital traceability systems to inform an upcoming regional ICGLR data base. Since it has proven to be difficult and length to establish such a data base on the regional"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 25"}]