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INSPIRE - Incubator Space for Promoting Information Right and Freedom of Expression <p>The Overall Objective of the project is to contribute to the enhancement of democracy and human rights in Sri Lanka. Its Specific Objective is to promote an increased understanding and respect of freedom of expression and information, by empowering a community of youth to creatively express and advocate for the focus areas of (i) gender-sensitive freedom of expression and (ii) ethical and socially responsible media expressions.</p>
Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative for Towns (SHIFT) project in Sri Lanka. <p>The programme will support the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) in developing its activities in sewerage. It will be divided in two phases SHIFT 1 and SHIFT 2. SHIFT 1 will comprise three components: -Studies & works for Negombo: Negombo is a touristic town and surround a Lagoon polluted by untreated wastewater. This component will cover the implementation of all preparatory studies and the construction of an entire wastewater management scheme, comprising 70 km of pipes</p>
Stronger media through enhanced Freedom of Expression and Right to Information <p>Overall objective  Stronger media through enhanced Freedom of Expression and Right to Information Specific objectives: 1. Quality of journalism is improved by strengthening investigative journalism, media education and online media literacy. 2. Stronger, robust enjoyment of Freedom of Expression, supported by independent, pluralist media, strengthening democratic values including transparent and open government is established by mainstreaming Right to Information </p>
Promoting and protecting freedom of association and assembly for young  industrial workers in Sri Lanka to ensure decent work in the private sector The overall objective of the programme is as follows: ''Young industrial workers in Sri Lanka are able to freely pursue decent work through association and assembly as stipulated by Article 14 of the Sri Lankan constitution''.
Strengthening Transformation, Reconciliation and  Inclusive Democratic Engagement (STRIDE) Contribute to building democratic governance and dialogue at lower levels of government to bring back at those level a sense of normalcy  to indirectly contribute to reconciliation and rebuilding the social fabric of a more egalitarian society.
Support to Small and Medium Enterprises in the Organic 
Agricultural Sector of Sri Lanka Contract related to: Support to Small and Medium Enterprises in the Organic Agricultural Sector of Sri Lanka - The overall objective is to contribute to a more productive, sustainable, diversified, climate-resilient, market-oriented and inclusive agriculture in Sri Lanka.
Activity under preparation Strategic Communication The Overall Objective of this action is to position the EU as a partner of reference for Sri Lanka among selected target audiences.The Specific Objective (Outcome) of this action is to measurably increase awareness, understanding, perception and support for the EU values and priorities that underpin the EU¿s external actions.¿The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objective (Outcome) are: to support EU Delegation to communicate more strategically and in an impactful manner.
Trade Related Assistance in Sri Lanka The overall objective of the proposed EU action is trade related assistance in order to contribute to Sri Lanka's inclusive trade-led growth and regional integration. Further information can be found in the Action Document.
Ex-post Evaluation of Developmental Housing Reconstruction Support for Sri Lankan IDPs Contract related to: Ex-post Evaluation of Developmental Housing Reconstruction Support for Sri Lankan IDPs - The Support Measures and Cooperation Facility for Asia and the Pacific 2021 provides the European Commission the possibility to finance small-scale activities that are needed for the achievement of the objectives of the NDICI.
COVID-19 EU Response towards the Revitalization of the Tourism Industry in Sri Lanka and the Maldives Support to counter the economic slowdown of Sri Lanka and the Maldives as a result of COVID-19 to help the recovery of the tourism industry being a vital contributor to both Sri Lankan and Maldivian economies
Inside Justice: Empowering human rights defenders in addressing domestic violence against women in Sri Lanka <p>The <strong>Overall Objective</strong> of this 24 months Action is to empower women and men human rights defenders (HRDs) and rights holders to address domestic violence (DV) and thereby encourage women¿s active leadership and productive engagement in civic spaces without the fear of stigma, intimidation or violence.</p><p>The Action entails three main <strong>Outcomes</strong> :</p><p>Outcome 1: Human rights defenders (HRDs) are empowered and protected to respond confidently and collectively to address domestic violence (DV).</p><p>Outcome 2: Rights holders are aware of their basic rights and are supported by HRDs to take positive action towards claiming these rights through available remedies and support services for domestic violence at the community level.</p><p>Outcome 3: Civic space is informed with timely and accurate knowledge to influence progressive structural change and accountability for cases of domestic violence at the national level.</p>
Support measure 2017-2019 in favour of Sri Lanka (2019) This support measure is a flexible instrument giving the European Commission the possibility to finance small-scale activities needed for the achievement of the objectives of the DCI Regulation, including its operational and policy priorities.
Mainstreaming standards-based best practices for agri-food sector development <p>The Project aims to contribute to a more productive, sustainable, diversified, climate-resilient, market-oriented and inclusive agriculture and agri-food production sector in Sri Lanka. More specifically, the project will aim to increase food safety and quality compliance through the adoption of sustainable agriculture and hygienic practices by food producers and processors and an updated risk-based and well-coordinated food control system. </p>
Activity under preparation EXPENDITURE VERIFICATION FOR  ACA/2017/385-950 (EC) Reaching the Unreached Estates and Surrounding Communities on Equitable Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) for improved health and nutrition <p>The `the Expenditure Verifier¿ to perform a verification of expenditure reported by Reporting Entities.</p><p>These ToR will become an integral part of the contract concluded between the Contracting Authority and the Expenditure Verifier.</p><p>They apply to expenditure verifications contracted by the Commission or by the Reporting Entity and cover the verification of expenditure incurred under the European Union (EU) financed contracts on the cover sheet.</p>
Community Livelihood and Biodiversity Recovery (COLIBRI) <p>To contribute to the recovery of community livelihood and biodiversity through Civil Society Organisations effective engagement and management in the protection and preservation of natural resources in Sri Lanka.</p>
Transforming Tourism in Sri Lanka: Emerging from crisis as a strong, resurgent and rebranded industry Overall objective of this proposed project is to enhance resilience of the tourism sector, with requisite policy framework and capacities to deliver a unique and sustainable tourism experience. The project has two outcomes: 1) Improved national direction-setting policy framework for a transformed, competitive and resilient tourism sector; 2) Strengthened institutions accelerate post-COVID recovery of the tourism sector enabling effective operationalization of national policies.
Activity under preparation Circular Economy in the Food Sector (CIRCULAR) - Engagement Contract related to: Circular Economy in the Food Sector (CIRCULAR) - Engagement   - The Action is part of EU¿s response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and will contribute to promotion of a circular economy in the food sector.In response to the economic and food crisis in the short and medium-term, the Action will support initiatives that increase food availability for vulnerable people through more efficient distribution channels/mechanisms avoiding food waste and/or convert food waste into much needed farming inputs (organic fertiliser, animal feed, ¿) at a time these inputs are experiencing severe shortages on the market.The first specific objective will be to increase recovery, processing and supply of edible and safe food surplus and/or waste for the benefit of vulnerable consumers and/or food producers. In order to achieve this objective, with regards to sustainable reuse of food surplus and reduction of food waste, technical support and legal frameworks for standards and safe food reuse practices will be needed, and collaborative efforts and innovative models by the private sector and civil society encouraged (i.e. food banks, social supermarkets) and public-private partnerships explored. Mechanisms will also be put in place to use food waste for animal feed through enhanced segregation, and conversion into organic fertilisers, thereby promoting organic agriculture[1].In the longer-term, the second specific objective will be to enhance effectiveness of the sustainable production, distribution and consumption models related to food waste and single use plastic food packaging. This will contribute to EU¿s longer-term objectives aiming at reducing the impact on the environment and on climate change since food production, but also plastic packaging, transportation and disposal all contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. It will also contribute to reducing the negative impact of unsustainable plastic packaging on human and animal health and the environment. In order to achieve these objectives, businesses in the food industry will be encouraged to offer new products and services to reduce food waste by improving food stock management and to replace single use plastic in packaging based on innovation and technology. In this regard, different technical and vocational skills will be required and developed through the programme, leading to new employment opportunities. Access to sustainable finance and investment for new ¿greener¿ and circular production and services will be facilitated through a matching grant scheme.Awareness raising campaigns and incentives for consumer behaviour change will play an important role to ensure a transition towards more sustainable consumption, while Government policies and legal frameworks that need to be developed and implemented for a transformation to take place will be addressed mainly under EU¿s Green Policy Dialogue Facility approved under annual action programme (AAP) 2021.
Local Development Support Project - Performance Grant Scheme To strengthen local government authorities capabilities to deliver services to communities in a responsive and accountable manner
Strengthening Reconciliation Processes in Sri Lanka The Action will cover aspects of accountability and guarantee of non-recurrence through a two-pronged approach implying institutionalisation of the Reconciliation process and contribution to non-recurrence pillar of Transitional Justice
Activity under preparation Circular Economy in the Food Sector (CIRCULAR) - Innovations Contract related to: Circular Economy in the Food Sector (CIRCULAR) - Innovations - The Action is part of EU¿s response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and will contribute to promotion of a circular economy in the food sector.In response to the economic and food crisis in the short and medium-term, the Action will support initiatives that increase food availability for vulnerable people through more efficient distribution channels/mechanisms avoiding food waste and/or convert food waste into much needed farming inputs (organic fertiliser, animal feed, ¿) at a time these inputs are experiencing severe shortages on the market.The first specific objective will be to increase recovery, processing and supply of edible and safe food surplus and/or waste for the benefit of vulnerable consumers and/or food producers. In order to achieve this objective, with regards to sustainable reuse of food surplus and reduction of food waste, technical support and legal frameworks for standards and safe food reuse practices will be needed, and collaborative efforts and innovative models by the private sector and civil society encouraged (i.e. food banks, social supermarkets) and public-private partnerships explored. Mechanisms will also be put in place to use food waste for animal feed through enhanced segregation, and conversion into organic fertilisers, thereby promoting organic agriculture[1].In the longer-term, the second specific objective will be to enhance effectiveness of the sustainable production, distribution and consumption models related to food waste and single use plastic food packaging. This will contribute to EU¿s longer-term objectives aiming at reducing the impact on the environment and on climate change since food production, but also plastic packaging, transportation and disposal all contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. It will also contribute to reducing the negative impact of unsustainable plastic packaging on human and animal health and the environment. In order to achieve these objectives, businesses in the food industry will be encouraged to offer new products and services to reduce food waste by improving food stock management and to replace single use plastic in packaging based on innovation and technology. In this regard, different technical and vocational skills will be required and developed through the programme, leading to new employment opportunities. Access to sustainable finance and investment for new ¿greener¿ and circular production and services will be facilitated through a matching grant scheme.Awareness raising campaigns and incentives for consumer behaviour change will play an important role to ensure a transition towards more sustainable consumption, while Government policies and legal frameworks that need to be developed and implemented for a transformation to take place will be addressed mainly under EU¿s Green Policy Dialogue Facility approved under annual action programme (AAP) 2021.
Support to Food Safety and Quality in Sri Lanka The overall objective is to contribute to a more productive, sustainable, diversified, climate-resilient, market-oriented and inclusive agriculture in Sri Lanka.
Activity under preparation Fostering Sustainable Economic Recovery through Improved Biodiversity and Sustainable Waste Management Fostering Sustainable Economic Recovery through Improved Biodiversity and Sustainable Waste Management - Fostering Sustainable Economic Recovery through Improved Biodiversity and Sustainable Waste Management
Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) Contract related to: Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) - This action seeks to advance social cohesion in order to contribute to a more inclusive, peaceful and prosperous society in Sri Lanka. As social cohesion demands an ¿all-of-society¿ approach, this will be done by working with diverse stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector to achieve three results:1. Strengthened community and institutional resilience and capacities to prevent and counter violence and address intersectional discrimination and exclusion2. A strengthened pluralist, inclusive and fact-based non-discriminative discourse3. Increased incentives and opportunities for inter-ethnic collaboration and equitable access to resources for men and women in all their diversity and with a focus on the green economic sector.These results are intended to advance social cohesion by contributing to its three core dimensions of social relations, connectedness, and a focus on the common good (Bertelsmann Stiftung 2013). In order to ensure sustainability of the action, enhancing institutional capacities will be a guiding principle of this actions¿ intervention logic.Groups and persons living in vulnerable situations, such as women and youths from minority communities as well as persons with disabilities and LGBTIQ+ who are often subject to intersectional discrimination and exclusion, will constitute primary target groups. By contributing to more inclusive institutions and a more inclusive, peaceful and prosperous society, this action contributes to Sustainable Development Goals 16, 5, 8, 1 and 10. Moreover, it contributes to consequent fulfilment of economic and social rights, and gender equality, in line with Sri Lanka¿s international human rights commitments.Additionally, the action contributes to the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III thematic areas of engagement 1) Promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women; and 2) - Ensuring freedom from all forms of gender-based violence.
Responding to the Economic Crisis: Protecting smallholder farmer livelihoods with safe and efficient use of fertilizer and quality seed for better productivity in paddy farming (RiceUP) <p>The project aims at responding to the Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka, protecting smallholder farmer livelihoods through safe and efficient use of fertilizer and quality seed for better productivity in paddy farming.</p>
Technical Assistance for the EU Justice Reform (JURE) Programme in Srilanka The specific objectives of this contract are as follows: (1) to mobilize high-level technical assistance to provide advisory services, thematic expertise and strategic guidance to the EU Delegation to Sri Lanka/Maldives in relation to the implementation of the EU-funded justice reform support programme, (2)to facilitate policy dialogue and donor coordination in the sector, in close collaboration with relevant Ministries/governmental agencies/institutions and the project implementing partners
PLASTICS: Promoting Long-term Approaches for a Sustainable Transformative and Inclusive Circular Economy in Sri Lanka Overall Objective: To facilitate sustainable and innovative plastic minimisation and management in Sri Lanka by integrating SMEs in greener value and supply chains (V/SC), thereby contributing to economic prosperity and environmental sustainability Specific Objective: To improve environmental and economic development within the plastic V/SC through SME resource efficiency, circular innovation, green finance and sustainable waste management (SWM) frameworks in Western Province.
'Support to Integrated Rural Development in the Most Vulnerable Districts of the Central & Uva Provinces of Sri Lanka The proposed action targets the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the districts of Monaragala, Badulla in Uva Province and Nuwara Eliya and Matale in the Central Province.  The main objective ''supporting the transition from early recovery or socio-economic backwardness to more sustainable development in lagging districts, or to further consolidate emerging sustainable development, in a limited number of selected districts.
Enhancing gender inclusive socio-economic development in Uva and Central Provinces, Sri Lanka Overall objective: To contribute to increase of income levels and the reduction of poverty and inequality among rural and estate communities in Central and Uva provinces, Sri Lanka.Specific objective: enhance rural and estate communities sustainable and diversified livelihoods with effective engagement in inclusive gender-sensitive socio-economic development processes, in cooperation with private and public sectors.
Support to the modernisation of the agricultural sector in Sri Lanka. The programme aims at supporting the Government of Sri Lanka in its efforts to modernise the agricultural sector, by promoting a more diversified, productive and resilient agriculture in selected districts.
Activity under preparation Mid-term evaluation of Support to Integrated Rural Development in the Most Vulnerable Districts of the Uva and Central Provinces of Sri Lanka (DCI-ASIE/2015/037-654) Contract related to: Mid-term evaluation of Support to Integrated Rural Development in the Most Vulnerable Districts of the Uva and Central Provinces of Sri Lanka (DCI-ASIE/2015/037-654) - The proposed action targets the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the districts of Monaragala, Badulla in Uva Province and Nuwara Eliya and Matale in the Central Province.  The main objective ''supporting the transition from early recovery or socio-economic backwardness to more sustainable development in lagging districts, or to further consolidate emerging sustainable development, in a limited number of selected districts.
Promotion of Sri Lanka's Wellness Tourism in the French and German Markets Overall Objective: To counter the tourism related economic slowdown of Sri Lanka resulting from COVID19.Specific Objective:: To position the destination authenticity and quality of the offer thereby promoting Sri Lanka as the preferred wellness tourism destination in Asia within Germany and France, with spill over to Germanic and French-speaking markets..
Increasing EU visibility in Sri Lanka and the Maldives <p>The subject of this contract is to increase visibility of the EU and its contribution to development cooperation in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.</p>
Activity under preparation AgriGreen Initiative - Green Economic Growth through Sustainable Agricultural Practices The Overall Objective (OO) is to support the transition to green economic growth, ensuring inclusive sustainable consumption and production practices, poverty alleviation, food security and nutrition, especially for youth and women. The Specific Objective(s) (SOs) is to catalyse a shift to more sustainable and environmentally responsible agricultural practices in selected value chains and with special attention to youth (school children) and women.The Outputs to be delivered by this action include: Output 1: Increased application of sustainable agricultural production practices capacity by small-scale maize producers;Output 2: Increased number of sustainable agricultural production school programmes established;Output 3: Improved capacity of women for practicing sustainable home-based production, processing and marketing.
The Tourism Resilience Projec The Tourism Resilience Project focuses on helping Sri Lankas tourism recovery and resilience efforts through the following objectives: - Retain jobs and small businesses;- Support sustainability, innovation, and resilience through the development of new, more diversified tourism products; and,- Build SMEs that are aligned to those tourism products and better able to compete in the changing tourism landscape
Addressing the Immediate and Medium-term Needs of the Rural & Estate Communities in Creating Environmental and Nutritional Developmen <p>The overall objective of this project is to contribute towards the improvement of the health, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation of the rural and estate communities in the Uva and Central Provinces. The main outcome is to strengthen communities and public institutions towards an integrated mutually accountable service delivery system in the WASH and health sector.</p>