[{"bbox": [113, 151, 976, 207], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [125, 222, 1073, 303], "category": "Text", "text": "In case, due to circumstances outside of the Commission's control, it is not possible to implement the Action in indirect management with a pillar-assessed entity described under section 4.3.1, the alternative implementation modality to achieve the outputs 1 and 2 will be direct management via grants."}, {"bbox": [125, 326, 404, 354], "category": "Text", "text": "- Grants (direct management):"}, {"bbox": [125, 378, 366, 406], "category": "Text", "text": "(a) purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [125, 430, 995, 484], "category": "Text", "text": "To support the partner countries in addressing the envisaged outcomes described in section 3.1. Indicative global budgetary amount: EUR 3 000 000 (Outputs 1 and 2)."}, {"bbox": [125, 508, 410, 536], "category": "Text", "text": "(b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [125, 560, 1012, 614], "category": "Text", "text": "Technical institutes, think tanks, public bodies, NGOs and non-pillar assessed organisations with experience and capacities in the sectors targeted by this Action."}, {"bbox": [113, 652, 827, 684], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [125, 712, 1073, 792], "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": [125, 803, 1073, 910], "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 realisation of this Action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [125, 937, 383, 968], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [113, 978, 1082, 1451], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</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: 1. Strengthened EU-India trilateral cooperation partnership, with a particular focus on transport, energy, digital and green transition.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Indirect management with entrusted entity</td><td>2 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Objective 2: Strengthened ISA's Solar Technology Application Research Centre (STAR-C) programme in third countries.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Indirect management with entrusted entity</td><td>1 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Evaluation – cf. section 5.2</td><td rowspan=\"2\">May be covered by another Decision</td></tr><tr><td>Audit – cf. section 5.3</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>3 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [113, 1465, 616, 1497], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [125, 1517, 1073, 1624], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU Delegation will be involved in regular monitoring of the Action ensuring effectiveness and quality of the outputs. Dedicated steering committees chaired/ co-chaired by the EU, including with the relevant implementing partners, will be established for the two specific objectives, to act as advisory and reporting mechanism in order to provide the strategic and policy guidance needed to ensure smooth"}, {"bbox": [953, 1654, 1080, 1681], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 19"}]