[{"bbox": [96, 153, 1135, 314], "category": "Text", "text": "Increased production and trade may also have certain negative or positive impacts on environment and climate change. On the one hand, more trade and investment activities can put more pressure on the environment and contribute to further climate change. On the other hand, with the revenue and income generated from the increased trade and investment in resource-efficient production and circular economy, Governments and Industry may have more financial resources to tackle environmental problems and promote the agenda for investments in sustainable development."}, {"bbox": [96, 351, 973, 378], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the SEA screening** (relevant for budget support and strategic-level interventions)"}, {"bbox": [96, 378, 1060, 406], "category": "Text", "text": "The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) screening concluded that no further action was required."}, {"bbox": [96, 430, 765, 458], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening**"}, {"bbox": [96, 458, 1133, 511], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) screening classified the action as Category B (not requiring an EIA, but for which environment aspects will be addressed during design)."}, {"bbox": [96, 536, 671, 564], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening**"}, {"bbox": [96, 564, 1134, 644], "category": "Text", "text": "The Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening concluded that this action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment). This project aims to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change, in line with regional NDCs through policy reforms, and private sector development with a focus on transition to CE."}, {"bbox": [96, 670, 639, 697], "category": "Text", "text": "**Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls**"}, {"bbox": [96, 697, 1134, 777], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that gender equality and empowerment of women is a significant objective within the action. The core elements for a G1 action are described as follows:"}, {"bbox": [135, 801, 1135, 908], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Conducting a specific gender analysis of the project and using it for designing the action. In addition, a Global Gender Gap Report was published by World Economic Forum in 2023 including detailed information on Pakistan, and the Government of Pakistan published a Climate Change Gender Action Plan in 2022. The findings from both documents are included in the present action document."}, {"bbox": [135, 908, 1135, 1012], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Gender equality objectives/expected outcomes and outputs: Specific Objective 2 and Outputs under this SO contain a special focus on empowerment of women, similarly under Specific Objective 3, participation of women in dialogue processes is focused to ensure inclusivity in addressing challenges and formulation of solutions."}, {"bbox": [135, 1013, 1135, 1069], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Indicators and data disaggregation: the indicators in the log frame are disaggregated by sex, where applicable."}, {"bbox": [135, 1068, 1135, 1121], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. Monitoring and evaluation on gender equality: the gender equality-based approach will be mainstreamed into the monitoring and evaluation of the project."}, {"bbox": [96, 1146, 1135, 1280], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action also addresses gender equality and empowerment of women on activity level. The Accelerator scheme and the seed and matching grants will have specific windows for women. The female target group of the schemes is significantly increased through inclusion of domestic service providers, mostly start-ups and SMEs with higher share of women entrepreneurs compared to SMEs in selected sectors. In the PPD formats measures will be taken, e.g. through rules of business, to increase the proportion of women and to strengthen their participation."}, {"bbox": [96, 1305, 1135, 1357], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is well-aligned with the EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III), in particular with two thematic areas:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1358, 952, 1386], "category": "List-item", "text": "i) Strengthening economic and social rights and empowering girls and women, and"}, {"bbox": [135, 1386, 1135, 1436], "category": "List-item", "text": "ii) Addressing the challenges and harnessing the opportunities offered by the green transition and digital transformation."}, {"bbox": [96, 1464, 246, 1491], "category": "Text", "text": "**Human Rights**"}, {"bbox": [96, 1491, 1135, 1572], "category": "Text", "text": "Respect for human rights, including women's rights, is a fundamental value of the European Union. The action contributes to promoting the creation of decent jobs through support of compliance with core conventions under GSP+, of which seven are focusing on human rights and eight on labour rights⁶. Interventions of the action may"}, {"bbox": [85, 1621, 350, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ https://gsphub.eu/conventions"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 31"}]