[{"bbox": [72, 146, 687, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [86, 209, 369, 240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1. Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [86, 253, 1013, 280], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with Rwanda."}, {"bbox": [86, 298, 495, 330], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [82, 368, 1147, 450], "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 72 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [82, 474, 1145, 529], "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": [86, 571, 683, 603], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [86, 616, 126, 639], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [86, 687, 425, 719], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [82, 770, 1145, 848], "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 measures⁵."}, {"bbox": [146, 872, 510, 902], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1. Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [83, 938, 370, 965], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [80, 990, 342, 1017], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [82, 1042, 1145, 1097], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will contribute to enhanced capacity of labour unions and CSOs - output 4 related to Specific Objective 4) of the action on the modernisation and sustainable growth of the mining sector."}, {"bbox": [82, 1122, 1145, 1200], "category": "Text", "text": "A call for proposal will be launched to support the enhancement of the capacity and policy coordination of labour associations in the mining sector to promote workers' rights and support advocacy for an improved legislative framework."}, {"bbox": [83, 1241, 386, 1270], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [82, 1279, 1145, 1335], "category": "Text", "text": "Civil society organisations with an expertise to work with labour unions, employer associations and advocacy, preferably with experience in the mining sector."}, {"bbox": [146, 1409, 570, 1439], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2. Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [82, 1472, 1145, 1526], "category": "Text", "text": "Procurement will contribute to recruit technical assistance to achieve output 'Strengthened investment promotion and investment after care services' of objective no. 2 to 'Enhance business environment and attractiveness of Rwanda for"}, {"bbox": [72, 1585, 1157, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ 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": [1040, 1661, 1157, 1685], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 21 of 28"}]