[{"bbox": [114, 163, 740, 196], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [114, 228, 414, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [126, 301, 1013, 355], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this Action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [114, 395, 541, 426], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [126, 441, 1061, 522], "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 48 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [126, 547, 1058, 602], "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": [114, 640, 473, 672], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [126, 699, 1054, 778], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will ensure that the EU rules and procedures for providing financing to third parties are respected, including review procedures, where appropriate, and compliance of the action with EU restrictive measures¹¹."}, {"bbox": [114, 805, 609, 833], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [126, 859, 1075, 915], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action may be implemented in indirect management with entrusted entity(ies), which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [126, 926, 218, 954], "category": "Text", "text": "**Output 1:**"}, {"bbox": [164, 966, 962, 994], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Experience in implementing/managing actions in a trilateral framework with India."}, {"bbox": [164, 1007, 1075, 1088], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Experience in implementing and managing connectivity actions, preferably in the Indian context, or where the trilateral cooperation actions will take place out of India, with established engagement with government counterparts in third countries."}, {"bbox": [164, 1100, 1075, 1156], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Having existing engagements with public and/or sector financial institutions, nodal agencies involved in accelerating investments in public infrastructure."}, {"bbox": [164, 1168, 1075, 1223], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrating an institutional commitment in mainstreaming gender, human rights, environmental and governance standards."}, {"bbox": [126, 1234, 218, 1262], "category": "Text", "text": "**Output 2:**"}, {"bbox": [164, 1274, 1075, 1329], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Experience in working with International Solar Alliance to provide technical assistance for institutional strengthening."}, {"bbox": [164, 1341, 1075, 1423], "category": "List-item", "text": "* With existing portfolio of similar actions providing technical capacity building and fostering international collaborations between development and developed countries to promote the deployment of solar energy."}, {"bbox": [114, 1581, 1084, 1656], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ 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": [954, 1656, 1084, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 19"}]