[{"bbox": [96, 131, 1157, 208], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant is also earmarked to support NDMA for the overall management of the programme, coordination, monitoring and evaluation. It will strengthen the alignment, coordination and quality of EDE resilience building interventions as well as the M&E framework."}, {"bbox": [96, 238, 1046, 263], "category": "Text", "text": "The activities involved relate to the EUR 18 000 000 indicative total budget (grant + GoK contribution)."}, {"bbox": [96, 265, 400, 291], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [96, 291, 1157, 423], "category": "Text", "text": "The drought management system in Kenya is institutionalised in the NDMA, whose mandate is the leadership and coordination of all matters relating to drought management. The NDMA has also led the design of the National Drought Contingency Funds and the development of the EDE strategy and the correlated 6 Pillars of the Common Programming Framework. The NDMA is an agency under the State Department ASALs, which itself is within the Ministry of Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs & Special Programmes."}, {"bbox": [96, 450, 414, 475], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [96, 476, 1157, 528], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's responsible authorising officer, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to the NDMA, as this body is with a :"}, {"bbox": [135, 529, 1157, 605], "category": "List-item", "text": "➤ *de jure* monopoly (Financial Regulation (FR) Article 195 c) as lead institution in government for EDE leadership and coordination and given its mandate and capacities to manage the drought system in Kenya's ASALs."}, {"bbox": [86, 633, 435, 659], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Prize(s))"}, {"bbox": [96, 678, 140, 699], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [86, 748, 481, 773], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [96, 793, 140, 814], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [86, 862, 616, 888], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.4 Indirect Management with a pillar-assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [96, 916, 1157, 996], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this Action may be implemented in indirect management with the EU Team Europe partners Germany (GIZ) and with the multilateral organisation of **UN-Habitat** (in partnership with UNOPS, WB (DIME group) and other implementing partners)."}, {"bbox": [96, 1023, 896, 1050], "category": "Text", "text": "This implementation entails the urbanisation interventions (specific objectives 1 and 2)."}, {"bbox": [96, 1076, 738, 1101], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entities have been selected using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1102, 1157, 1207], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **For the GPTP** (Specific Objective 1, output 1.3): the EU sought to delegate funds to an organisation with distinct competencies in the operationalisation of electric mobility in Kenya and capable to monitor and measure the climate mitigation impact of green public transport. Ideally, the entity could contribute additional resources to both the GPTP and to electric mobility;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1208, 1157, 1340], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **For the PINUA** (Specific Objective 2, outputs 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3): the EU sought three things in the organisation i) distinctively positioned to implement participatory slum improvements; ii) an agency capable of coordinating the most proficient actors in the fields of urban development, housing and slum upgrading and iii) with experience on global best practices to capitalise on for implementation, upscaling and building capacity on slum upgrading and low-cost housing."}, {"bbox": [135, 1341, 1157, 1394], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **For all urbanisation-related interventions** (specific objectives 1 and 2): to an organisation leading in building capacity on development impact assessments of development programmes."}, {"bbox": [96, 1420, 1157, 1632], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with Germany (GIZ), UN-Habitat and/or WB fail, the corresponding parts of this Action may be implemented in indirect management with other Team Europe partners, international or multilateral organisations. The implementation by these alternative entities would be justified because of the following criteria: a comparatively high-level expertise in urban development and in particular in electric mobility for GPTP, on slum upgrading and housing for PINUA, and another one on development impact assessment capacity building for both. Further, to the extent possible, the entity should be in a position to add value both technically and to contribute with grant funding. Having prior experience as donor, financier or implementing partner of GoK in relevant programmes, would be an advantage."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 31 of 37"}]