[{"bbox": [82, 147, 1167, 1308], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td>the teaching profession</td><td></td><td></td><td><ul><li>Applied research (i.e. PAR) at local levels to generate evidence-based results and support community participation and sustainability of outcomes</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>Risk 2: Government and institutional weaknesses at systems levels, including data management, monitoring and reporting, constrain progress of the intervention</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td><ul><li>Government (MoBSE, MoHERST) responsibilities for monitoring and data management are clarified with institutional capacities strengthened</li><li>MoBSE EMIS is strengthened to provide reliable data and information used for decision making and acceptance of girls (and their families/communities) to pursue education</li><li>MoHERST and MoBSE analytical and research capacities are strengthened</li><li>Government (MoBSE, MoHERST) will be fully involved in the implementation of the programme to identify institutional weaknesses and take corrective measures.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>Risk 3: Limited government funding for recurrent cost and maintenance of equipment</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td><ul><li>Innovative solutions and community participation at local levels</li><li>Embedding considerations for sustainability and scalability in programming will be a key criteria for the provision of equipment.</li><li>The issue of budgetary allocations and spending in education could also be part of the policy dialogue with Government in the context of the State Resilience Building Contract 4.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td>Risk 4: Crisis stemming from global and domestic factors, including climate-related ones, poses threats to the disruption of children's education</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td><td><ul><li>Strengthening digitalisation of teaching and learning</li><li>Enhancing community-level mechanisms through green school strategies</li><li>Raised awareness at local levels of threats and mitigation capacities strengthened.</li></ul></td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 1310, 252, 1334], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Lessons Learnt:**"}, {"bbox": [92, 1336, 1162, 1496], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is informed by key general lessons from other programmes¹⁹, such as: i) the need to have clear overall management arrangements, for effective coordination between the Government, implementing partners and the EU; ii) the need to ensure multi-stakeholders engagement to ensure effectiveness; this also entails working with civil society, traditional and religious leaders at community levels; iii) need to promote dialogue to ensure that budgetary allocations sustain the national policy goals; and iv) the importance of strengthening the institutional capacities of regional authorities and of schools to guarantee the education supply."}, {"bbox": [92, 1521, 1161, 1574], "category": "Text", "text": "Experience in other sectors highlight the importance of data for decision making. The action will not only support action oriented research, but also the support to strengthen the EMIS (Education Management Information System) –"}, {"bbox": [85, 1620, 594, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁹ Education is a new priority area for the EU in The Gambia."}, {"bbox": [1120, 1653, 1143, 1675], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "17"}]