[{"bbox": [136, 142, 541, 171], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [146, 185, 1163, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 3 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 60 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision. This length has been decided in order to cover the whole MIP period seen it small allocation (SM)."}, {"bbox": [146, 310, 1162, 360], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer by amending this Financing Decision and the relevant contracts and agreements."}, {"bbox": [136, 397, 475, 427], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [146, 441, 1162, 514], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will ensure that the EU appropriate rules and procedures for providing financing to third parties are respected, including review procedures, where appropriate, and compliance of the action with EU restrictive measures⁴."}, {"bbox": [136, 553, 515, 579], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [136, 589, 1144, 797], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Objective</td><td>Type of Procurement</td><td>Timeline</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Technical assistance, studies, expertise, conferences, and exchange platforms to support sector dialogues. (Specific objectives 1, 2)</td><td>Services, supplies</td><td>Implementation period</td></tr><tr><td>Strategic communication, public diplomacy (Specific objective 3)</td><td>Services, Supplies</td><td>Implementation period</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [136, 810, 817, 839], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [146, 853, 1136, 929], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographical eligibility in terms of place of establishment for participating in procurement and grant award procedures and in terms of origin of supplies purchased as established in the basic act and set out in the relevant contractual documents shall apply subject to the following provisions."}, {"bbox": [146, 953, 1136, 1053], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of services in the markets of the countries or territories concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realization of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [136, 1091, 379, 1119], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [136, 1130, 1156, 1372], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components⁵</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Implementation modalities – cf. section 4.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Objective 1) “Support the EU Delegation and institutional partners (both in the public and the private sector) in the implementation of the MIP, of the Government’s emerging needs and priorities,” composed of</td><td>1 750 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) – cf. section 4.3.1</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [136, 1401, 1146, 1470], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ www.sanctionsmap.eu. Please note that the sanctions map is an IT tool for identifying the sanctions regimes. The source of the sanctions stems from legal acts published in the Official Journal (OJ). In case of discrepancy between the published legal acts and the updates on the website it is the OJ version that prevails."}, {"bbox": [136, 1470, 1124, 1540], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ N.B: The final text on audit/verification depends on the outcome of ongoing discussions on pooling of funding in (one or a limited number of) Decision(s) and the subsequent financial management, i.e. for the conclusion of audit contracts and payments."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1573, 1146, 1596], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 13"}]