[{"bbox": [129, 154, 753, 186], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 205, 426, 235], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 248, 1080, 275], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Paraguay."}, {"bbox": [129, 290, 555, 320], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 333, 1092, 413], "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": [141, 425, 1134, 479], "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": [129, 494, 484, 524], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 537, 1110, 614], "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 measures⁸."}, {"bbox": [129, 630, 662, 657], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants) Specific Objective 3"}, {"bbox": [141, 671, 428, 697], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 710, 400, 736], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 748, 1134, 828], "category": "Text", "text": "The objective of the grant is to involve civil society actors in the implementation of Specific Objective 3 (Encourage formal and innovative entrepreneurship, which includes care activities, with a digital component that involves the youth working population) to increase impact and sustainability."}, {"bbox": [141, 841, 444, 867], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 879, 1134, 1065], "category": "Text", "text": "To achieve outcomes 3.1 and 3.2. and implement related activities, a grant will be awarded to a lead applicant (coordinator) with possible co-beneficiaries. The target organisations to implement these activities are recognised local CSOs (productive associations, NGOs, universities, think tanks and academic centers). They have a national reputation, due to their solid knowledge and experience in the sector, as well as their continuous engagement with the public and private sectors. The lead applicant (coordinator) will have specific experience in social science and public policy research and will establish collaborations with relevant institutions in the field of action implementation."}, {"bbox": [141, 1078, 459, 1104], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1116, 1134, 1276], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the responsible authorising officer of the Commission, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to a lead applicant and co-beneficiaries selected using the following criteria, in accordance with Article 195 of the Financial Regulation, case f: for activities with specific characteristics that require a particular type of body on account of its technical competence, its high degree of specialisation or its administrative powers, on condition that the activities concerned do not fall within the scope of a call for proposals\"."}, {"bbox": [141, 1288, 1134, 1448], "category": "Text", "text": "This is due to the need to delegate the partial implementation of SO3 to a body that (a) is a civil society social science and public policy research entity; (b) has a national scope; (c) has strong technical, financial, and administrative capacity; (d) enjoys legitimacy in multi-stakeholder (duty-bearer) dialogue; and (e) has a strong position and resources both technically, financially, and administratively to allow for sustainability of activities after the end of EU grant funding. The technical expertise sought consists of experience and partnership with public and private institutions related to the sector."}, {"bbox": [141, 1460, 1134, 1512], "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"}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1144, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ 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": [1027, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 25"}]