[{"bbox": [85, 119, 614, 149], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 174, 367, 205], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 246, 1127, 300], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged the European Commission will conclude a financing agreement with the Republic of Botswana"}, {"bbox": [85, 341, 498, 372], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 425, 1133, 507], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 2 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 60 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [97, 518, 1123, 572], "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": [85, 669, 418, 699], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 728, 1133, 805], "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": [85, 834, 466, 860], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [97, 927, 1113, 1008], "category": "Text", "text": "One or more technical assistance contracts will be concluded to provide institutional capacity building, support the development of relevant regulatory frameworks, policy advice and expertise exchange, perform feasibility studies, develop awareness raising campaigns, etc."}, {"bbox": [97, 1019, 899, 1046], "category": "Text", "text": "The procurement will contribute to achieve Specific Objectives 1, 2 and 3 of the action."}, {"bbox": [85, 1111, 623, 1138], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 EFSD+ operations covered by budgetary guarantees"}, {"bbox": [97, 1205, 1135, 1286], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented through budgetary guarantees under indirect management. The budgetary guarantees would fall within the following priority areas, 1) the expansion of sustainable energy in the energy mix and, 2) ditigal transformation through the Government's SmartBots Strategy."}, {"bbox": [97, 1297, 1134, 1351], "category": "Text", "text": "During implementation of the programme, TA and studies will be used to mobilise investments from the EU DFIs and the private sector, namely for:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1365, 584, 1392], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support to IPPs (energy generation capacity)"}, {"bbox": [135, 1405, 778, 1432], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Enabling energy infrastructure (distribution, connectivity, storage)"}, {"bbox": [135, 1446, 781, 1473], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Access to credit for Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises"}, {"bbox": [85, 1573, 1144, 1646], "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, 1681, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 29 of 34"}]