[{"bbox": [87, 154, 402, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.2 Summary of the Action"}, {"bbox": [96, 200, 1134, 385], "category": "Text", "text": "Since, 2004, the European Union (EU) and India have agreed to an EU-India Strategic Partnership, implemented through successive action plans and roadmaps, of which the latest is the EU-India Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025. In 2018 the EU adopted its EU-India Strategy. In 2021 and 2022, the partnership was further strengthened through the signature of an EU-India Connectivity Partnership and then the creation of an EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC), the latter being implemented through three high-level, political dialogue Working Groups: (i) Strategic technologies, digital governance and digital connectivity; (ii) Green & clean energy technologies and (iii) Trade, investment and resilient value chains."}, {"bbox": [96, 396, 1134, 531], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU is engaging strategically and cooperating with an actor that will, in all likelihood, have a greater singular impact to determine the fate of the SDGs and Paris Agreement than any other, and is likely to have an increasing influence with the “Global South”. This is in line with the creation of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), which demonstrate India’s desire to be an international player on sustainability issues."}, {"bbox": [96, 557, 1134, 663], "category": "Text", "text": "Trilateral cooperation between the EU and India has been a long-standing objective between the two parties, reflected in the Roadmap and Connectivity Partnership. It enables the EU to support India to be a greater player in delivering the multilateral sustainability agenda, and helps to deliver Global Gateway priorities (particularly in the energy sector) and in a Team Europe approach."}, {"bbox": [96, 689, 1134, 1035], "category": "Text", "text": "Under this Action, both the EU and India will jointly support trilateral cooperation (with India contributing in kind, e.g. technical know-how), identifying, designing and enabling the implementation of activities of common interest addressing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement, in line with in-country or regional EU, Indian and third country priorities. As per good international practice in trilateral cooperation, it will be guided by the principles of ensuring the interests and development priorities of the beneficiary countries and implemented in close consultation and cooperation with them. The Action will focus on strengthening trilateral cooperation partnership, with a particular focus on transport, energy, digital and green transition. It will also aim to support the International Solar Alliance (ISA)² through strengthening its Solar Technology Application Research Centre (STAR-C)³ programme in third countries. This Action will also help to deliver trilateral cooperation objectives from the TTC with regard to Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and interoperability between EU and Indian solutions in DPI. The Action will build on the ongoing programmes being supported by EU MS, i.e. Germany, active in trilateral cooperation in India, and France, supporting the ISA STAR-C programme."}, {"bbox": [87, 1076, 505, 1105], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.3 Zone benefitting from the Action"}, {"bbox": [85, 1120, 1144, 1262], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action is envisaged to be implemented with India and benefit mutually agreed partner countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Indo-Pacific region, including South and South East Asia. India has provided a list of indicative projects in third countries⁴ that would play a role in guiding selection, yet the list is not exclusive and the EU may suggest or support other countries in the above-mentioned three regions and propose priorities in terms of sequencing."}, {"bbox": [85, 1291, 322, 1322], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 1356, 234, 1383], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 1404, 1134, 1459], "category": "Text", "text": "India is a key strategic partner for the EU and its Member States. A mutual commitment to sustainability in third countries, is a key dimension in promoting Global Gateway externally and considered mutually beneficial."}, {"bbox": [85, 1501, 307, 1525], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² https://isolaralliance.org/"}, {"bbox": [85, 1525, 301, 1549], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ https://starc-project.org/"}, {"bbox": [85, 1549, 1144, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ Africa: Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Cameroon, Angola, DR Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal, Liberia, Djibouti, Egypt; Latin America/Caribbean: Belize, Suriname, Argentina, Guyana; Indo-Pacific/Southeast Asia: Indonesia; South Asia: Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1655, 1144, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 19"}]