[{"bbox": [128, 133, 1100, 218], "category": "Text", "text": "The Government of Malawi shall apply the Commission's rules on procurement and grants. These rules will be laid down in the financing agreement to be concluded with the Government of Malawi."}, {"bbox": [135, 233, 460, 262], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### (a) Overview of implementation"}, {"bbox": [141, 271, 1111, 359], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td><strong>Result 2.3</strong></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Enabling environment</td><td>Service contract</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [128, 390, 846, 420], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [128, 430, 1100, 548], "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, subject to the following provisions:"}, {"bbox": [128, 559, 1100, 676], "category": "List-item", "text": "a) The Commission decides that natural and legal persons from the following countries having traditional economic, trade or geographical links with neighbouring partner countries shall be eligible for participating in procurement and grant award procedures as outlined in the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement⁷. The supplies originating there shall also be eligible."}, {"bbox": [128, 687, 1100, 804], "category": "List-item", "text": "b) The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of products and services in the markets of the countries concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where the eligibility rules would make the realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult."}, {"bbox": [128, 940, 377, 969], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.6 Indicative budget"}, {"bbox": [202, 978, 1027, 1537], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Specific Objective, Results</th><th>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>DIRECT MANAGEMENT - Procurements (Section 5.4.3)</strong></td><td>SO: 1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- FWC feasibility study on improvement of instructor training facilities</td><td>R: 1.1 and 1.2</td><td>200 000</td></tr><tr><td>- Service contract for entrepreneurship promotion</td><td>SO: 2<br>R: 2.4</td><td>2 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>- Supply contract(s)</td><td>R: 2.3 and 2.4</td><td>2 000 000</td></tr><tr><td><strong>GRANTS (direct management) – (section 5.4.1)</strong></td><td>SO: 1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Call for Proposals: Improved access to and quality of TEVET supported through formal and informal training.</td><td>R: 1.1</td><td>5 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [128, 1589, 362, 1614], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ i.e. ACP countries."}, {"bbox": [601, 1665, 627, 1689], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "21"}]