[{"bbox": [71, 146, 686, 179], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [108, 208, 389, 239], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1. Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [83, 265, 1137, 292], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Republic of Tajikistan."}, {"bbox": [108, 323, 518, 353], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [83, 367, 1143, 447], "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": [83, 472, 1143, 526], "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": [108, 571, 448, 600], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [83, 626, 1143, 704], "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 measures²⁴."}, {"bbox": [130, 729, 714, 758], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1. Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [83, 778, 1143, 912], "category": "Text", "text": "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) to have already had fruitful collaboration in the implementation of past interventions in support to irrigation management. ii) Being already implementing similar interventions in other river basins in Tajikistan; iii) to ensure alignment with the MEWR operational modality and automatic consistency with the overall water management plan of the Government of Tajikistan."}, {"bbox": [83, 925, 460, 951], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this entity entails"}, {"bbox": [83, 964, 1143, 1016], "category": "Text", "text": "- To improve financial, planning and operational efficiency of water and sanitation sector institutions at national and local level [S.O.1]."}, {"bbox": [83, 1029, 1143, 1082], "category": "Text", "text": "- Target beneficiaries (all population without distinction of gender and age) access and use water and sanitation services made available through the intervention in the Khatlon province; [S.O.2]."}, {"bbox": [108, 1140, 347, 1170], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4. Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [71, 1180, 1155, 1541], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Implementation modalities: indirect management – cf. section 4.3</td><td>13 750 000</td></tr><tr><td>Specific Objective 1: To improve financial, planning and operational efficiency of water and sanitation sector institutions at national and local level;</td><td>1 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Specific Objective 2- Target beneficiaries (all population without distinction of gender and age) access and use water and sanitation</td><td>12 750 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [71, 1586, 1155, 1660], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁴ 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": [1039, 1661, 1155, 1684], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 22"}]