[{"bbox": [85, 132, 707, 163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 197, 381, 226], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 243, 1086, 269], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [85, 311, 510, 341], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 357, 1086, 436], "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 **60 months** from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [97, 449, 1086, 502], "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, 530, 439, 559], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 588, 1086, 665], "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 measures¹⁷."}, {"bbox": [85, 694, 424, 720], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [97, 737, 383, 763], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 776, 354, 802], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 815, 1086, 1000], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed Twinning modality of a grant nature will contribute to institution building based on partnership cooperation between the targeted public administration and accepted mandated bodies of Member States with the purpose of achieving all three objectives, especially specific objectives 1 and 2 and their respective outputs. These objectives are linked to the policy dialogue, planned and agreed reform process in the beneficiary country and capacity building of beneficiary administration enabling to put in place an effective mechanism to promote efficiency, transparency and accountability of the justice system as well as to improve relations with media and the public."}, {"bbox": [97, 1013, 1086, 1092], "category": "Text", "text": "Secondment of a full-time Member State expert (Resident Twinning Advisor - RTA) and short-term expertise to a Beneficiary administration will enable to share best practice and know-how, to strengthen capacity and guide for key decisions supporting Mongolia to implement its policies."}, {"bbox": [97, 1104, 400, 1131], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1144, 1086, 1382], "category": "Text", "text": "This action to be implemented in direct management with an (or a consortium of) EU Member State Agency in accordance with Article 62(1)(c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046. Contracting Authority will circulate the Twinning Fiche, which constitutes the launch of the Call for Proposal, simultaneously to all Member States National Contact Points (Member State NCP) by e-mail (with a copy to the Twinning Coordination Team, specifying the deadline for the submission of proposals and the indicative date of the selection meeting). Member States shall prepare proposals based purely on the comparative advantage of their administrative system and the quality, experience and availability of public expertise required for the implementation of the project. Member State NCP shall submit proposals to the Contracting Authority and to the Twinning Coordination Team."}, {"bbox": [97, 1395, 1086, 1498], "category": "Text", "text": "The part of the action under the budgetary envelope reserved for grants may, partially or totally and including where an entity is designated for receiving a grant without a call for proposals, be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the criteria defined in Section 4.3.2."}, {"bbox": [85, 1548, 1098, 1615], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁷ 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": [983, 1682, 1098, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 25 of 30"}]