[{"bbox": [129, 163, 754, 196], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 228, 427, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 274, 1097, 325], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Republic of Namibia."}, {"bbox": [129, 342, 554, 373], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 389, 1113, 495], "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 **48 months** from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement. Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer in duly justified cases."}, {"bbox": [129, 510, 485, 541], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [129, 558, 1123, 640], "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 measures⁷."}, {"bbox": [129, 659, 466, 687], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (grants)"}, {"bbox": [129, 704, 418, 731], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [129, 749, 388, 776], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [129, 794, 1135, 879], "category": "Text", "text": "This grant will support the Implementation Authority Office to coordinate the implementation of the activities related to the Strategic Objective number 2 of this Action which are part of the Namibia Green Hydrogen & Derivatives Strategy,"}, {"bbox": [129, 897, 433, 924], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [129, 950, 482, 977], "category": "Text", "text": "The Implementation Authority Office."}, {"bbox": [129, 1003, 448, 1029], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [129, 1030, 1144, 1189], "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 under Article 195(f) of the Financial Regulation because the action has specific characteristics requiring a specific type of beneficiary for its technical competence, specialisation or administrative power. In the specific case the Implementation Authority Office has been established by a government decree (MoU of establishment) with a specific mandate to coordinate the development of the green hydrogen sector."}, {"bbox": [129, 1205, 516, 1232], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [129, 1249, 862, 1276], "category": "Text", "text": "The procurement will contribute to achieving Outputs 3.1 and 3.2 of the Action."}, {"bbox": [129, 1297, 623, 1324], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.3 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [129, 1346, 1138, 1487], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria: (i) alignment with the objectives of the present action, (ii) level of co-financing that may be mobilised as part of overall added value both own funding and leveraging additional sources, (iii) overall technical and institutional capacities with some flexibility to be considered as part of the negotiation process, (iv) experience and presence (or willingness to establish presence) in Namibia,"}, {"bbox": [129, 1578, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ 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": [1027, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 22 of 26"}]