[{"bbox": [84, 152, 406, 181], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [82, 187, 1167, 1577], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Category 1 - Risks related to the external environment</td><td>Risk of political tensions among key stakeholders</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>■ Stakeholders can choose between different cooperation schemes and actions do not necessarily concern all departments of the country.</td></tr><tr><td>Category 1 - Risks related to the external environment</td><td>Political instability within the beneficiary entities</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>■ Design a contingency plan to identify possible solutions.</td></tr><tr><td>Category 1 - Risks related to the external environment</td><td>Interinstitutional tensions due to lack of clarity in institutions' mandates or lack of capacity for mandates' implementation</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>■ Identify opportunities for institutional strengthening.<br>■ Coordinate with complementary Actions implemented by other partners.<br>■ Choose to create instruments only if capacity for implementation exists or is created with the Action.</td></tr><tr><td>Category 1 - Risks related to the external environment</td><td>Lack of consensus among counterparties</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>■ Facilitate smooth communications between all parties in implementing activities to promote transparency and clarity.<br>■ Emphasize dialogue and negotiation when disputes arise.</td></tr><tr><td>Category 1 - Risks related to the external environment</td><td>Lack of commitment to implement the action</td><td>Low</td><td>Medium</td><td>■ Partners can choose between different levels of partnership, and participation is voluntary.</td></tr><tr><td>Category 1 - Risks related to the external environment</td><td>Limited engagement in favor of gender equality and the empowerment of women, a human rights-based approach, by the targeted institutions and non-state actors</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>■ The project will provide adequate resources to work with institutions and non-state actors on the importance of integrating gender equality, and a human rights-based approach.</td></tr><tr><td>Category 3 - People and organizational risks</td><td>Security risk threats to citizens of CSOs (and their sources) for exposing acts of corruption or illegal activities (Outcomes 2 and 4).</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>■ Working closely with counterparts to identify acts of corruption that are not prosecutorial in nature, thereby reducing the risk of exposure to backlash as a result of reporting or otherwise uncovering such acts of corruption.<br>■ Proactively engage other initiatives that may be working on or facilitating the implementation of whistleblowing measures.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 33"}]