[{"bbox": [93, 152, 1164, 446], "category": "Text", "text": "would help to improve resource efficiency and decarbonisation of production at a larger scale and provide good cases for further scaling up. The EU and its MS are leading efforts on green transition and many policies adopted by the EU have already impacted or will have impacts on the Vietnamese export sector and other local producers that are participating in the related value chains. Working with the local private sector, which has strong linkages with the EU market, would be a win-win solution, contributing to green transition process of both sides.\n\nFurther experience shows that innovation and digitalization can be a game-changer in circular economy and therefore should be supported. Nonetheless, this should be done with due consideration of the corresponding investment in infrastructure, facilities and equipment, and human resources by both the public and the private sector.\n\nAs a lesson learned, competence of the contractors/implementing partners is the key success factor of the Action, which in turn demonstrate the quality and credibility of the EU technical cooperation. Therefore, it is important that the contractors/implementing partners are selected on the basis of their technical capacity to deliver the Action."}, {"bbox": [174, 458, 487, 490], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [97, 505, 1164, 640], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is that IF the policy and regulatory framework is improved to support the uptake of responsible, circular economy (RCE) practices (outcome 1) and IF feasible RCE projects are identified and implemented by businesses in the agriculture sector (outcome 2), THEN it will help to improve economic, social and environmental performance of the sector and contribute to the development of a climate-neutral, responsible and circular economy in Viet Nam (impact)."}, {"bbox": [97, 649, 1164, 759], "category": "Text", "text": "IF the policy bottlenecks preventing effective implementation of RCE projects in the targeted sector are identified and informed to regulators (output 1.1) and IF the capacity of relevant public bodies (as duty bearers) are strengthened (output 1.2), THEN they will improve policies and regulations to create a more enabling environment for the implementation of RCE projects in the targeted sector (outcome 1)."}, {"bbox": [97, 768, 1164, 1036], "category": "Text", "text": "IF assessments using evidence based analytical work are conducted, including on those emerged during the actual implementation of RCE projects at business level, and IF discussions and dialogues are supported, THEN policy bottlenecks hindering the development of RCE will be identified. IF public agencies are provided with relevant peer experiences and good international and national practices; in-depth discussions among relevant stakeholders and public-private dialogues are facilitated and technical advices on regulatory framework are provided to the public authorities, THEN they will have a better understanding of RCE, bottlenecks and implementation issues faced by businesses and practitioners, and would advocate for more enabling regulations and business environment. The intervention logic is based on the assumption that the government remains committed to green growth, sustainable development and inclusive and there will be concerted efforts and coordination across ministries and public agencies to remove multiple challenges that are blocking the implementation of circular economy practices."}, {"bbox": [97, 1045, 1164, 1231], "category": "Text", "text": "IF (i) businesses in the agriculture sector are selected and their performance are assessed using structured method and objective criteria (output 2.1), (ii) their knowledge and capacity on RCE are strengthened (output 2.2), and (iii) the implementation of RCE by selected businesses are supported, including through mainstreaming digitalization (output 2.3 and 2.4), THEN the circularity in the agriculture sector (outcome 2) will be improved. This intervention logic is based on the assumption that (i) the central and local government support RCE (ii) businesses commit to implement RCE projects (iii) service organizations, including financial institutions, has sufficient capacity to provide services to businesses as needed."}, {"bbox": [97, 1243, 1164, 1535], "category": "Text", "text": "To improve the circularity in the agriculture sector, the Action will build capacity of a number of businesses and relevant stakeholders and help them to identify and implement feasible RCE projects. Those businesses/actors will be selected based on assessments using a structured framework and other objective criteria (output 2.1). A scoping mission will be organized as the first step to allow collection of information to be used for an objective assessment against the set criteria. Based on the assessment results and the validation of relevant stakeholders, a number of businesses and value chains will be selected for further technical support. Periodic assessments will be conducted in order to track the development and improvement of these beneficiaries towards the national and international requirements and against their own RCE targets. This activity will also allow identifying gaps and RCE opportunities to improve their performance, specifically for the criteria that are not initially fulfilled. The Action will also take stock of lessons learnt and good RCE practices in selected agriculture value chains and disseminate to a wider group of stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [97, 1549, 1164, 1656], "category": "Text", "text": "Awareness raising, training, peer-to-peer learning and other relevant activities will be organized to build capacity of related stakeholders (output 2.2). Trainings on international and national frameworks (i.e. sustainable production and consumption), responsible business conduct and practices, and other relevant requirements will be provided so that they understand the requirements, associated cost and benefits and would voluntarily choose to apply. Trainings on"}, {"bbox": [1023, 1677, 1144, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 26"}]