[{"bbox": [85, 162, 708, 195], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 227, 382, 258], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [100, 276, 1091, 304], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [85, 326, 510, 356], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [100, 374, 1143, 507], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 3.2 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. 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, 523, 696, 554], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [97, 571, 140, 593], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [85, 644, 439, 674], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 690, 1146, 767], "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 measures²¹."}, {"bbox": [100, 783, 629, 810], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [100, 827, 1143, 961], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action (output 1.1) may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria: financial and operational capacity including decentralized implementation structure across the country, presence and expertise in the country, expertise in the WASH sector including in schools, use of an humanitarian-development nexus approach. The implementation by this entity entails output 1.1 of the Action and its related activities as specified in chapter 3.2 above."}, {"bbox": [100, 1002, 629, 1029], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 1047, 1143, 1181], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action (outputs 1.2 and 2.1) may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria: financial and operational capacity including decentralized implementation structure across the country, presence and expertise in the country, expertise in the education sector including education for adolescent girls. The implementation by this entity entails outputs 1.2 and 2.1 of the Action and its related activities as specified in chapter 3.2 above."}, {"bbox": [100, 1198, 629, 1225], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 1252, 1132, 1385], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action (outputs 2.2 and 2.3) may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria: financial and operational capacity including decentralized implementation structure across the country, presence and expertise in the country, expertise in the education sector including in improving the quality of education in Uganda. The implementation by this entity entails outputs 2.2 and 2.3 of the Action and its related activities as specified in chapter 3.2 above."}, {"bbox": [100, 1398, 629, 1425], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.4 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 1452, 1132, 1506], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action (outputs 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3) may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria: financial and operational capacity,"}, {"bbox": [85, 1572, 1143, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²¹ 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, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 27 of 31"}]