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It details the environmental impacts of plastic, including entanglement and ingestion by 344 and 331 marine species respectively, and the economic losses associated with tourism and material waste. The brief surveys a wide array of international treaties—such as UNCLOS, MARPOL, and the Basel Convention—and regional frameworks like the RSCAPs, arguing that policies must shift from focusing on ocean-based waste to targeting land-based sources. It highlights South Africa's legislative framework as an example of established policy that still lacks ground-level implementation, and promotes the African Marine Waste Network (AMWN) as a holistic model for research, economic incentives, and capacity building.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001861#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Africa is projected to become the world's most polluted continent, surpassing Asia because its rates of population growth, industrialisation, and urbanisation are already higher, while the continent lacks the wealth and capacity to manage the resulting plastic waste.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001861#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Approximately 80% of marine plastic waste originates from land-based sources, totaling between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes annually, driven by littering, urban expansion, and inadequate waste infrastructure such as open-air dumps.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001861#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Plastic waste causes severe biological harm: 344 marine species are known to become entangled in plastic (especially abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear), and 331 species have ingested plastic, which can lead to starvation, infection, and the accumulation of hazardous organic chemicals up the food web to humans.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001861#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"International policy frameworks for marine plastic are extensive but often fail in Africa; the document identifies a critical need to shift focus from ocean-based waste to binding policies that prevent and eliminate land-based sources of plastic.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001861#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In South Africa, a comprehensive legislative framework exists—including the Constitution, the Environmental Conservation Act, and the National Environmental Management: Waste Act—yet many people in rural areas and informal settlements still lack access to waste management services.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001861#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Several African nations have implemented specific bans or taxes on plastic shopping bags to combat pollution, with Rwanda being the first to ban their manufacturing, sale, distribution, use, and import.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001861#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["waste management","circular economy","biodiversity loss","environmental policy","single-use plastic","Sustainable Development Goals"],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Asia","Rwanda","Benin","Kenya","Tanzania","Mali","Morocco","Zimbabwe"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy review","environmental assessment"]},{"id":"saiia-001404","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-001404","title":"CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN THE OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP (OGP)","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2018-04","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-MSIs-Civil-Society.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines how civil society organizations (CSOs) engage with the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multi-stakeholder initiative (MSI) designed to increase government transparency and civic participation. Through case studies of Georgia, South Africa, and Indonesia, the authors analyze the gap between the OGP's 'co-creation' aspirations and the reality of government dominance. Georgia is presented as a success story where a permanent multi-stakeholder forum fostered genuine partnership, while South Africa is characterized by tokenism and a lack of political will. Indonesia's experience is described as mixed, with active CSOs facing logistical hurdles and a restrictive political environment. The report concludes that while MSIs can open spaces for dialogue, their success depends on political commitment, institutional structures like permanent forums, and the ability of CSOs to form strategic coalitions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Georgia is considered an OGP success story due to strong political commitment and the establishment of the Open Government Georgia’s Forum in 2014, a permanent platform co-chaired by government and civil society. This structure enabled the co-creation of National Action Plans (NAPs), resulting in the full or substantial completion of 25 out of 41 commitments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In South Africa, the OGP process is characterized by tokenism and a lack of government priority, with the initiative often used as a tool for diplomatic prestige rather than domestic reform. Of 15 reviewed NAP commitments, only one is complete, and five have been withdrawn.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Indonesia's experience with the OGP is described as both worthwhile and flawed. While it has an active civil society and has completed 24 of 46 reviewed commitments, the consultation process for the second NAP failed to follow OGP guidelines, and the government modified the plan without civil society input.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A recurring risk in multi-stakeholder initiatives is 'open-washing,' where governments create a tokenistic appearance of partnering with civil society organizations to signal a commitment to transparency without granting substantive influence.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The effectiveness of civil society participation in the OGP is often limited to 'the usual suspects,' consisting of professionalized, well-resourced organizations based in major cities, which can exclude broader citizen representation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies that the institutional 'home' and the presence of a permanent forum are critical for success; Georgia's permanent forum contrasts with Indonesia's ad hoc arrangements and South Africa's total lack of an equivalent mechanism.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Beyond specific policy outcomes, the primary value of MSIs like the OGP and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is their ability to create new spaces for dialogue and shift governance culture toward inclusion.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001404#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Benin","Ethiopia","Rwanda","Ivory Coast","Guinea","Liberia","Azerbaijan"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","policy evaluation"]},{"id":"sei-001521","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001521","title":"Mobilising private-sector investment to mitigate climate change in Africa","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2018-04","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/private-finance-for-sub-saharan-africa-1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines how private-sector investment can be mobilised for climate mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Climate Investment Funds (CIF), the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and South Africa's REIPPPP. 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It emphasizes transparency, parliamentary oversight, and the establishment of robust legal frameworks to prevent a recurrence of the debt crises seen in the 1970s-1990s. The Charter advocates for the creation of Public Debt Management Offices and the enactment of Fiscal Responsibility Acts to maintain macroeconomic stability and protect future generations from unsustainable debt burdens.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Charter aims to balance public debt levels with the need for inclusive development and public service delivery in Africa, focusing on improving transparency and accountability in the contraction and management of public debt, public guarantees, and fiscal policy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African governments are viewed as agents of the State with a responsibility to protect citizens' interests; consequently, all public debt and guarantees must be approved by Parliament, which provides oversight on behalf of the citizens.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document advocates for a legal framework where loans are used solely for their intended purpose unless Parliament votes otherwise, and requires the Minister of Finance to report on all loans and guarantees to Parliament every six months.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To improve efficiency, African countries are encouraged to establish a Public Debt Management Office as a corporate body to prepare borrowing plans, conduct annual debt sustainability analyses, and maintain a reliable public database of all loans.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Charter proposes the enactment of a Fiscal Responsibility Act to ensure sound public finances through long-term fiscal rules, including the use of a three-year Medium Term Expenditure Framework and annual Fiscal Impact Assessments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A specific debt rule is proposed to limit the total stock of public debt to a maximum of 70% of GDP in any given year, noting that some West African Economic and Monetary Union (WEMU) members have adopted a limit of 50%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document highlights a shift in development finance since 2008, with African countries increasingly relying on market-based instruments like sovereign bonds (Eurobonds) and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), as well as non-traditional bilateral lenders such as China, India, and Brazil.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Eurobonds are identified as carrying significant risks, including the fact that repayment occurs at maturity rather than being amortized, and exposure to foreign exchange risks due to US dollar denomination.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document notes that Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) pose risks regarding transparency and accountability, particularly because they are often treated as off-budget transactions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Historical data shows that African external debt as a percentage of GDP rose from 13% in 1970 to 112.4% in 1990, leading to a crisis that required relief through the HIPC and MDRI initiatives.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"afrodad-000012#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["fiscal policy","public–private partnership"],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Kenya","Nigeria","Uganda","Zambia","Zimbabwe","People's Republic of China","India","Brazil","Ghana","Senegal","Mozambique","Rwanda","Tanzania","Benin","Burkina Faso","Cote d’Ivore","Guinnea-Bissau","Mali","Togo"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]},{"id":"iisd-001564","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-001564","title":"RAPPORT D’ATELIER DE FORMATION RÉGIONAL SUR LA GESTION DES MINES ARTISANALES ET À PETITE ÉCHELLE","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"fr","date_published":"2018","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/igf-meeting-report-yaounde-2018-fr.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The workshop, organized by the IGF in partnership with the UNDP and OECD, focused on the 'IGF Guide for Governments: Managing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining'. It combined technical training on strategy development—covering startup, elaboration, and implementation phases—with field visits to mining sites in Eséka and Pouma, Cameroon. Participants identified common regional challenges, including formalization, child labor, environmental degradation, and lack of institutional coordination, while sharing case studies from Cameroon, Guinea, Mauritania, and Morocco.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-001564#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Africa is economically significant, employing approximately 9 million people and supporting the livelihoods of over 54 million individuals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-001564#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Participants from 17 French-speaking African countries identified a wide array of common challenges in ASM management, including the difficulty of formalizing activities, lack of technical and human capacity for monitoring, child labor, migrant worker issues, and the absence of political will for reform.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-001564#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Cameroon, the government has implemented mining governance reforms, including the promulgation of Law No. 2016/017 on December 14, 2016, which specifically addresses artisanal and small-scale mining.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-001564#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Cameroonian state generates revenue from semi-mechanized artisanal mining through a synthetic tax in kind of 25% collected in the form of gold.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-001564#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The workshop highlighted a lack of uniform legal definitions for 'artisanal and small-scale mining' across the French-speaking region, with definitions varying based on mechanization levels, equipment used, deposit size, area covered, organizational structure, investment levels, or production volume.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-001564#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The training followed a three-phase management approach: a 'startup' phase (establishing working groups and stakeholder forums), a 'strategy elaboration' phase (defining vision and priorities), and an 'implementation' phase (planning, consultation, and monitoring).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-001564#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Benin","Burkina Faso","Burundi","Ivory Coast","Gabon","Guinea","Mali","Morocco","Mauritania","Madagascar","Niger","Republic of the Congo","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Senegal","Chad","Togo","Éséka","Pouma","Rwanda","Zambia","Dominican Republic"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["workshop report","case study"]},{"id":"napglob-000163","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/napglob-000163","title":"Supporting Global Adaptation Action","publisher":{"name":"NAP Global Network","organization":"nap-global-network"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2018","source_url":"https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/napgn-en-2018-progress-report-2017-18-1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The NAP Global Network provided technical assistance to over 30 countries between November 2017 and November 2018, focusing on seven key themes including financing, gender, and monitoring and evaluation. The Network facilitated peer learning through Targeted Topics Forums and South-South exchanges, and worked to align bilateral donor support with national priorities, notably through a Donor Symposium in Barbados.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000163#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The NAP Global Network delivered technical assistance to more than 30 countries and saw a three-fold increase in requests for short-term technical support via its Country Support Hub during the 2017-18 period.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000163#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Network focuses its support on seven key themes to advance effective NAP processes: financing NAP processes, gender, monitoring and evaluation, NDC-NAP alignment, sector integration, strategic communications, and vertical integration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000163#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Peer learning is facilitated through three primary mechanisms: Targeted Topics Forums (TTFs) using a cohort approach, the South-South Peer Exchange Program, and the newly launched Peer Learning Summits, which offer a more flexible format than the cohort-based TTFs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000163#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Network actively promotes gender-responsive NAP processes, which require recognizing gender differences in adaptation needs, ensuring equitable participation in decision-making, and providing equitable access to financial resources.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000163#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To address funding gaps and poor donor coordination, the Network acts as a platform to align bilateral programs with national priorities, exemplified by a Donor Symposium in Barbados where 19 donors coordinated support for Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000163#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In-country technical support programs have led to specific milestones, such as Fiji moving from a NAP framework to a nationally validated NAP document endorsed by its Cabinet in November 2018, and Saint Lucia developing Sectoral Adaptation Strategies and Action Plans (SASAPs) for agriculture and fisheries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000163#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["national adaptation plan","climate change adaptation","climate finance","Nationally Determined Contributions","vulnerability assessment"],"geography_discussed":["Fiji","Ethiopia","Saint Vincent and the Grenadines","Saint Lucia","Kiribati","Tuvalu","Solomon Islands","Nepal","Jamaica","Peru","Colombia","Sierra Leone","Ghana","Kenya","Albania","Cambodia","Benin","Thailand","Barbados","Ivory Coast","Guinea","Togo","Madagascar"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["progress report"]},{"id":"napglob-000170","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/napglob-000170","title":"Towards Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and Recommendations for the Way Forward","publisher":{"name":"NAP Global Network","organization":"nap-global-network"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2018","source_url":"https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/napgn-en-2018-towards-gender-responsive-nap-processes-synthesis-report.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that while most reviewed National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) mention gender, they often conflate gender with women's issues and position women as vulnerable beneficiaries rather than agents of change. It highlights significant gaps in context-specific gender analysis and the underutilization of existing in-country gender capacities. The authors recommend that governments commit to gender-responsive processes, enhance institutional linkages between climate and gender actors, and that development partners invest in capacity building and harmonize gender mainstreaming guidance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000170#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Most countries have attempted to integrate gender into their NAP documents, but these references often lack detail on how goals will be achieved. For example, Sudan identifies gender sensitivity as a \"foundational principle\" and Cameroon links reducing vulnerability to addressing gender-based violence, yet few documents explain the practical implementation of these ambitions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000170#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Gender integration in NAP documents is frequently limited to a focus on women rather than a broader analysis of gender dynamics. This is evidenced by the fact that women are mentioned far more often than the term 'gender', leading to strategies that target women specifically—such as women's cooperative societies in Sudan—without addressing the underlying power structures and roles of men.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000170#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Women are predominantly framed as vulnerable groups or beneficiaries of adaptation rather than as active stakeholders or agents of change. In Brazil, for instance, women's status is cited as a contributing factor to vulnerability, and they are often grouped with children and the elderly as the \"most vulnerable\" without analysis of the specific drivers of that vulnerability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000170#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant lack of context-specific gender analysis in NAP processes. While about half of the reviewed documents showed some evidence of its use—such as Palestine analyzing factors limiting adaptive capacity for women—self-assessments from 10 out of 15 countries indicated that gender analysis had not yet been used in their planning phase.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000170#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Adaptation options designed for women tend to reinforce traditional gender roles by focusing on household management, such as water access and family health in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Palestine, and Sudan. Very few documents, with Burkina Faso being an exception, address women's economic empowerment through income-generating activities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000170#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Although capacities to integrate gender exist within various government ministries, NGOs, and academic institutions, they are often not effectively utilized in the NAP process. More than half of the countries in the self-assessment felt these capacities were underused, often due to a lack of inclusion of gender representatives in institutional arrangements from the start.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"napglob-000170#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Institutional and conceptual barriers hinder gender integration, including the tendency to treat adaptation as a technical 'hard' issue (focusing on infrastructure) and a lack of collaboration between climate and gender ministries. 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The G33 coalition proposes that developing countries be exempt from counting food purchased at minimum prices toward their trade-distorting support limits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001510#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While developed countries agreed to eliminate agricultural export subsidies immediately at MC10 and developing countries by the end of 2018, implementation has been slow. As of the report's writing, Australia was the only member to have notified the WTO of its implementation and phase-out on 17 February 2017.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001510#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a deep divide regarding agricultural domestic support reform. Some members advocate for an overall limit on support, while others, including China and India, argue that aggregate measurement of support (AMS) entitlements must be eliminated first. 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It concludes that these fuels qualify as hazardous wastes under the Bamako Convention and, by extension, under the Basel Convention for countries with monist legal systems. The report asserts that such exports violate the Basel Convention's prohibition on exporting hazardous wastes to parties that have banned their import, breach customary international law by frustrating the treaty's purpose, and violate extraterritorial human rights obligations regarding the right to health.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ciel-001024#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"High sulfur fuels meet all criteria to be classified as \"hazardous wastes\" under the Bamako Convention because they are substances banned in the country of manufacture (the EU) for health and environmental reasons.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ciel-001024#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Togo, high sulfur fuels are considered hazardous wastes under the Basel Convention because these countries operate under monist constitutional systems that incorporate the Bamako Convention's definitions into domestic law.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ciel-001024#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The export of high sulfur fuels from Belgium and the Netherlands to the aforementioned monist Basel Parties is a direct violation of the Basel Convention, which prohibits exporting hazardous wastes to Parties that have banned their import.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ciel-001024#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Under international customary law, Belgium and the Netherlands are in breach for exporting high sulfur fuels to any Bamako Party, as this conduct undermines the ability of other Parties to fulfill their treaty obligations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ciel-001024#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The failure of Belgium and the Netherlands to ban the export of high sulfur fuels to any African country, including non-Bamako Parties, constitutes a breach of international human rights obligations and the extraterritorial right to health.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ciel-001024#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["environmental health"],"geography_discussed":["Benin","Cameroon","Ivory Coast","Mozambique","Republic of the Congo","Senegal","Togo","Ghana","Nigeria","The Gambia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["legal opinion"]}]}