[{"bbox": [144, 108, 373, 132], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 IMPLEMENTATION"}, {"bbox": [144, 146, 427, 174], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Financing agreement"}, {"bbox": [144, 185, 1086, 239], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is foreseen to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [144, 251, 546, 280], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Indicative implementation period"}, {"bbox": [144, 290, 1086, 371], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 4 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 72 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [144, 382, 1086, 437], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer by amending this Decision and the relevant contracts and agreements."}, {"bbox": [144, 448, 705, 476], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Implementation of the budget support component"}, {"bbox": [144, 487, 286, 515], "category": "Text", "text": "Not applicable."}, {"bbox": [144, 526, 483, 554], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.4 Implementation modalities"}, {"bbox": [144, 564, 1086, 643], "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 measures²³."}, {"bbox": [217, 656, 569, 684], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 5.4.1 Grants: (direct management)"}, {"bbox": [144, 695, 623, 723], "category": "Text", "text": "Two different grants will be awarded in this Action:"}, {"bbox": [144, 748, 1074, 804], "category": "Text", "text": "1) Grant to achieve result 1.2 'enrolment, retention and completion rates, particularly for female and other students living in vulnerable situations are increased'"}, {"bbox": [144, 828, 404, 856], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [144, 856, 1086, 989], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will contribute to achieve result 1.2 ‘enrolment, retention and completion rates, particularly for female and other students living in vulnerable situations are increased’ as participation and performance of students in secondary education will be increased and improved. Social support mechanisms as part of the grant implementation will also help to improve the performance of the target group."}, {"bbox": [144, 1001, 448, 1029], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [189, 1029, 1074, 1081], "category": "List-item", "text": "* local (Malawian) legal entities (civil society, education bodies, private sector companies and associations);"}, {"bbox": [189, 1084, 849, 1111], "category": "List-item", "text": "* national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs);"}, {"bbox": [189, 1113, 710, 1140], "category": "List-item", "text": "* international (and inter-governmental organisations)."}, {"bbox": [144, 1228, 1003, 1255], "category": "Text", "text": "2) Grant to the Government to achieve results 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 & 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 & 3.3"}, {"bbox": [144, 1268, 397, 1296], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [144, 1307, 1086, 1466], "category": "Text", "text": "The part of the action i) improving quality and relevance of secondary education by providing teaching and learning resources and enhancing teacher pre-service and in-service training and development to deliver the new secondary curriculum (Results 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 & 2.5); (ii) improving governance and management capacity of secondary education institutions of decentralised secondary education service delivery at division, district, cluster and school level (Results 3.1, 3.2 & 3.3); which were implemented through a MAPE will continue in a grant."}, {"bbox": [144, 1466, 1086, 1547], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, a grant will also cover the implementation of activities under the Specific Objectives 1 to *promote equitable enrolment to secondary education and Specific Objective 2) improve the quality of secondary education*.; and specifically of selected activities under Results 1.1, such as Upgraded and"}, {"bbox": [144, 1589, 1086, 1658], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²³ 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": [604, 1675, 628, 1697], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "15"}]