[{"bbox": [96, 154, 1134, 209], "category": "Text", "text": "to restore their economic opportunities in the province of Cabo Delgado (outcome 3) and improving the conditions for private investments in the Mozambican energy sector, especially in the off-grid market (outcome 4)."}, {"bbox": [96, 226, 1134, 341], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will strengthen Mozambique's capacity to implement its just energy transition strategy (Impact) in directly contributing to 5 out of 8 Energy Transition Strategy's high level programmes on \"hydroelectric power development\", \"expansion and improvement of the national electricity grid\", \"solar and wind development, \"accelerating access to off-grid energy\" and \"mass dissemination of clean cooking\"."}, {"bbox": [96, 358, 1134, 471], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is embedded in the Global Gateway Strategy and specifically in the Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative and will directly contribute to the SDG 7, 13, 9 and 5. It will have a significant impact on Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls and will contribute to address the development inequalities in the country and to reduce the infrastructure gap between the North and the South."}, {"bbox": [96, 488, 1134, 574], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action will be an example of a strong Team Europe approach. Delegated cooperation, blending and European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) guarantee will be the main modalities and with funds from the European Investment Bank (EIB), France, Germany, Sweden, and the EU."}, {"bbox": [96, 591, 1134, 648], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Action intends to contribute to Priority Area 1 “Growing Green” of the MIP 2021-2027, in particular to its Specific Objective 3 “Mozambique increases its low-carbon, climate-resilient and sustainable infrastructure”."}, {"bbox": [96, 665, 1134, 800], "category": "Text", "text": "The action also will contribute to the fulfilment of the EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 GAP III³, in particular to its thematic area of engagement ‘Addressing the challenges and harnessing the opportunities offered by the green transition and the digital transformation”. Likewise, it will contribute to the implementation of the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities⁴, particularly on the commitment to supporting countries to improve accessibility of the environment and the EU’s Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024⁵."}, {"bbox": [102, 839, 523, 870], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.3 Zone benefitting from the Action"}, {"bbox": [85, 887, 957, 915], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action shall be carried out in Mozambique, country included in the list of ODA recipients."}, {"bbox": [85, 944, 325, 977], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [100, 1010, 250, 1039], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 1056, 1134, 1271], "category": "Text", "text": "Mozambique remains one of the least developed and most unequal countries in the world with a population of 33 million, an average age of 17 years and GDP per capita of USD 540 p.a. Mozambique ranks 118nd out of a total of 162 according to the UNDP Gender Inequality Index (2022). Of its population of 51% women, 72.2% live in rural areas and 24.1% are household heads⁶. The population of Mozambique is expected to double by 2050. Economic growth is expected to accelerate in the coming years largely driven by the Liquidified Natural Gas (LNG) sector. With Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of 2,1 tonnes CO2eq per capita in 2021, less than one third of global levels, Mozambique accounts for 0.01% of CO2 global emissions but is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change⁷."}, {"bbox": [96, 1296, 1134, 1438], "category": "Text", "text": "The energy sector in Mozambique plays a critical role in the country's economic development and social well-being. Mozambique is endowed with abundant energy resources, including significant hydroelectric potential, vast natural gas reserves, coal deposits, solar energy, and biomass resources. Despite these resources, access to modern energy services remains limited, particularly in rural areas. Mozambique's current energy system is dominated by primary energy⁸, largely biomass (wood and charcoal) for residential use. Electricity currently accounts for only"}, {"bbox": [85, 1477, 882, 1503], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-01/join-2020-17-final_en.pdf"}, {"bbox": [85, 1502, 752, 1526], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52021DC0101"}, {"bbox": [85, 1526, 1129, 1551], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:e9112a36-6e95-11ea-b735-01aa75ed71a1.0002.02/DOC_4&format=PDF"}, {"bbox": [85, 1550, 658, 1574], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ Gender Inequality Index | Human Development Reports (undp.org)"}, {"bbox": [85, 1573, 1144, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ Mozambique is ranked 154 out of 185 in the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) on vulnerability and readiness to climate change: 136 out of 185 for vulnerability and 173 out of 192 for readiness."}, {"bbox": [85, 1622, 738, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ Primary energy is the energy that's harvested directly from natural resources."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 5 of 33"}]