[{"bbox": [72, 173, 687, 206], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [86, 237, 364, 267], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [84, 279, 1078, 307], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [86, 352, 498, 382], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [84, 395, 1146, 475], "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 72 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [84, 475, 1145, 529], "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": [86, 572, 686, 603], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [84, 616, 126, 639], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [86, 688, 428, 718], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [84, 743, 1145, 822], "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 measures¹⁵."}, {"bbox": [86, 864, 431, 893], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [84, 921, 371, 948], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [84, 974, 341, 1001], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [84, 1012, 1146, 1173], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant to the Ministry of Water and Environment is foreseen and will cover the implementation of part of the outcome 3 - on increasing institutional capacities for forest governance, protection and management, in particular for the outputs related to forest reserves boundaries demarcation and registration and management of selected forest reserves. It as well contributes to implementing part of **outcome 2** - increase forest cover by both decreasing deforestation and forest degradation and promoting forest restoration, in particular for the outputs related to forest reserves boundaries demarcation and registration and governance and management of central forest reserves."}, {"bbox": [84, 1184, 1145, 1238], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition the grant will cover the cross cutting awareness raising and campaigning as well as contribute to the overall coordination of the programme."}, {"bbox": [89, 1250, 392, 1278], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [84, 1289, 196, 1316], "category": "Text", "text": "Public body"}, {"bbox": [84, 1329, 401, 1356], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [84, 1366, 1146, 1473], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to a public body selected using the following criteria: overall responsibility in the forestry sector within the Government of Uganda; management capacity to implement development programmes; mandated to implement the activities identified in the programme."}, {"bbox": [84, 1485, 1146, 1540], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals is justified because the action has specific characteristics requiring a specific type of"}, {"bbox": [72, 1586, 1158, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁵ 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": [1040, 1661, 1158, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 23"}]