Sustainable investment climate and due diligence for more and better jobs : support to the implementation of the CONNEX Initiative Contract related to: Sustainable investment climate and due diligence for more and better jobs : support to the implementation of the CONNEX Initiative - This action aims at supporting the sustainability of value chains in partner countries, through increasing the capacity of actors to implement to address sustainability practices and requirements , facilitating up to date trade and market access information, increasing the traceability and transparency of the garment value chain - given its development impact as value chain - and improving the governance of the extractive sector related value chains ¿ with its major implications in human rights, domestic revenue mobilisation, social and environmental standards.&nbsp;This action firstly supports increasing capacity building to the relevant public and private actors in partner countries to implement the Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD), with a special focus on the garment and extractive industries sectors.&nbsp;It develops new accompanying measures to support partner country governments, companies, CSOs and social partners to effectively and inclusively implement the Proposal for a Directive on CSDD.&nbsp;Secondly, the action will also support enhancing transparency, accountability and governance in key sectors, namely in garment and extractive industries.&nbsp;It aims to train, capacitate and raise awareness among upstream supply chain actors in partner countries so that they can utilise the EU horizontal and product-specific due diligence legislation, as for conflict minerals with Regulation (EU) 2017/821, to lever improvements of labour and environmental standards and continue to participate in supply chains that access the European market.Thirdly, the accompanying measures that this action seeks to develop focus on the collection of data to assess the impact of the CSDD Directive Proposal, creating a baseline which is necessary to measure the uptake and impact of the CSDD on partner countries and mapping social standard risks/ problems in partner countries. By facilitating data production and better access to data, including general data on trade and market access, the action will facilitate and promote sustainable trade in general, supporting the integration of developing countries, in particular, Least Developed Countries (LDCs), into the global trading system, promoting poverty reduction, inclusiveness and creation of decent jobs.While the action encompasses a global approach to the implementation of accompanying measures for the CSDD Proposal of a Directive, two specific sectors will receive special attention: the garment and extractive industries. The action will also support enhanced transparency and traceability in garment value chains through improved understanding of and capacity by data analysis and social/labour standard benchmarking to inform, harmonize, and support implementation of EU and private sector targets in transparency, traceability and sustainability of garment and footwear value chains, and through the development of dedicated engagement strategies in priority countries for the garment and footwear industry, with the setting up of industry consortia for the uptake of the Toolbox and the development of a UN Traceability &amp; Transparency Index to measure the level of traceability of products and materials. The action, finally, supports the improvement of economic governance as well of the extractive sector. It will contribute to the transparency and domestic revenue mobilisation in this sector in partner countries, as well as the establishment of a level playing field in the natural resources sector, through the implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). It will also promote more predictable and mutually fair contract negotiations through the support to the G7 CONNEX Support Unit Initiative, while attracting responsible investments in the sector at a time of growing demand to s