[{"bbox": [72, 146, 687, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [109, 209, 391, 240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1. Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [84, 253, 1096, 280], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not foreseen to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [109, 298, 519, 329], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [84, 368, 1147, 449], "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 **72 months** from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [84, 449, 1147, 503], "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": [109, 546, 450, 577], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [84, 602, 1147, 680], "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 measures²⁵."}, {"bbox": [146, 704, 777, 734], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1. Indirect Management with an international organisation"}, {"bbox": [84, 754, 1147, 861], "category": "Text", "text": "This action may be implemented in indirect management with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The implementation by this entity entails the strengthening of community institutions on resilience planning, conflict resolution and social cohesion; granting equal access to clean energy solutions, environmental protection and climate adaptive capacity. The UNDP has been selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [122, 874, 484, 902], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Significant presence in the country;"}, {"bbox": [122, 916, 597, 944], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Proven experience as EU implementing partner;"}, {"bbox": [122, 957, 457, 984], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Proven experience in the region;"}, {"bbox": [122, 998, 756, 1025], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Relevant technical expertise in the sectors tackled by this Action;"}, {"bbox": [122, 1038, 617, 1065], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Previous experience in conflict affected countries."}, {"bbox": [84, 1077, 1147, 1131], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the envisaged entity would need to be replaced, the Commission's services may select a replacement entity using the same criteria. If the entity is replaced, the decision to replace it needs to be justified."}, {"bbox": [109, 1160, 807, 1193], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [84, 1217, 1147, 1299], "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."}, {"bbox": [84, 1309, 1147, 1417], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of services in the markets of the countries or territories concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [72, 1586, 1158, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁵ 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": [1041, 1661, 1158, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 22"}]