[{"bbox": [85, 129, 712, 163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [100, 196, 400, 227], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [98, 243, 1097, 271], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this Action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [100, 296, 528, 328], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [98, 343, 1135, 423], "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 84 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [98, 433, 1135, 489], "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": [100, 514, 714, 547], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [100, 561, 147, 585], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [100, 603, 459, 634], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [98, 648, 1135, 703], "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 measures⁴⁰."}, {"bbox": [85, 728, 597, 756], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity(ies)"}, {"bbox": [98, 770, 1135, 825], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this Action may be implemented in indirect management with one or more entities, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [135, 835, 703, 862], "category": "List-item", "text": "a) recognised experience and expertise in the area of TVET;"}, {"bbox": [135, 863, 1135, 916], "category": "List-item", "text": "b) recognised experience and expertise in the area of institutional capacity building and economic development;"}, {"bbox": [135, 916, 1135, 970], "category": "List-item", "text": "c) recognised experience and expertise in the area of entrepreneurship promotion, access to finance for small and medium enterprises, employment services, and public-private dialogue promotion;"}, {"bbox": [135, 969, 1095, 996], "category": "List-item", "text": "d) it has an approach that focuses on strengthening local capacity and ensuring long-term sustainability."}, {"bbox": [98, 1008, 518, 1035], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this entity(ies) entails"}, {"bbox": [135, 1035, 684, 1062], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific objective 1: Strengthen the TVET governance;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1062, 1135, 1142], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific objective 3: Improve access to employment services and job opportunities for young people, with a focus on those with low academic literacy and the unemployed, with special attention to the needs of women, people with disabilities and other persons in vulnerable situations;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1142, 1135, 1196], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific objective 4: Increase entrepreneurship in strategic economic sectors with special attention to those that respond to the needs of the development of the Lobito Corridor."}, {"bbox": [85, 1220, 573, 1246], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Contribution to the Africa Investment Platform"}, {"bbox": [98, 1263, 1135, 1317], "category": "Text", "text": "This contribution may be implemented under indirect management with the entities, called Lead Finance Institutions, identified in the appendix 2 to this Action Document."}, {"bbox": [98, 1328, 1135, 1408], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation entails Specific objective 2: Improve the quality of training on key economic sectors in the context of Angola's green growth and economic diversification agenda - agriculture, transport, renewable energies, fisheries, tourism, services, green and circular economy - with a focus on the Lobito Corridor."}, {"bbox": [85, 1579, 1146, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴⁰ 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, 1681, 1146, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 24 of 30"}]