[{"bbox": [72, 134, 696, 166], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [72, 189, 369, 218], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [84, 232, 1105, 259], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country"}, {"bbox": [72, 278, 496, 307], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [84, 334, 1146, 413], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 3.1 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 72 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [84, 426, 1145, 479], "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": [72, 511, 425, 541], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [84, 567, 1145, 644], "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 measures²."}, {"bbox": [72, 673, 496, 701], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [84, 728, 1145, 808], "category": "Text", "text": "Service contracts under Direct Management will be procured for the achievement of Specific Objectives 1 (To support the efficient and inclusive implementation of the MIP 2021-2027 in El Salvador) and 2 (Improved awareness, understanding and perception among general public audiences of the EU's partnerships with El Salvador):"}, {"bbox": [121, 821, 1145, 875], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Specific Objective 1: Short Term Technical Assistance will be procured as needed for the implementation of the MIP up to 2024 (mid-term review of the MIP)"}, {"bbox": [121, 888, 1145, 942], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Specific Objective 2: One Long-Term TA (5 years) Contract will be procured for Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy."}, {"bbox": [84, 954, 1145, 1110], "category": "Text", "text": "The Long-term TA for Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy must be launched in November 2021 under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified due to the fact that the ongoing TA contract to support EU visibility and communication in El Salvador (financed under the MIP 2014-2020) is ending in April 2022, and due to the strategic communication and public diplomacy needs of the EUD, in particular on the implementation of the new MIP and TEI, it is advisable to reduce the implementation gap between the two contract to a minimum."}, {"bbox": [72, 1144, 784, 1174], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [84, 1201, 1145, 1281], "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."}, {"bbox": [84, 1292, 1145, 1399], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorizing 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 realization of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [72, 1631, 1158, 1704], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² 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."}]