[{"bbox": [71, 147, 688, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [109, 209, 392, 240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1. Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [83, 253, 1077, 280], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [109, 298, 521, 329], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [83, 343, 1146, 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 72 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [83, 423, 1146, 475], "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": [87, 519, 973, 551], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation of the Budget Support Component [For Budget Support only]"}, {"bbox": [83, 564, 131, 587], "category": "Text", "text": "N.A."}, {"bbox": [87, 634, 427, 664], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [83, 689, 1146, 768], "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 measures⁹."}, {"bbox": [145, 829, 510, 858], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1. Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [83, 895, 343, 921], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [83, 933, 1146, 986], "category": "Text", "text": "Grants will be awarded to provide financial assistance to support the capacity for the implementation of the third objective and associated results described in Section 3"}, {"bbox": [83, 999, 388, 1025], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [83, 1038, 1146, 1118], "category": "Text", "text": "Legal entities, natural persons or groupings without legal personality, local authorities, public bodies, international organisations, NGOs, economic actors such as SMEs or business associations, profit or non-profit organisations, political analyst and think tanks."}, {"bbox": [145, 1166, 301, 1194], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2. Prize(s)"}, {"bbox": [83, 1230, 945, 1257], "category": "Text", "text": "Related to Output/Objective 2 (Improved targeting and mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues)"}, {"bbox": [83, 1270, 335, 1298], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the prize:**"}, {"bbox": [83, 1309, 1146, 1361], "category": "Text", "text": "To recognize and reward actions or achievements by people, groups or organisation in targeting and/or mainstreaming cross-cutting issues"}, {"bbox": [83, 1375, 461, 1402], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) The type of participants targeted:**"}, {"bbox": [83, 1413, 1146, 1493], "category": "Text", "text": "Legal entities, natural persons or groupings without legal personality, local authorities, public bodies, international organisations, NGOs, economic actors such as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) or business associations, profit or non-profit organisations or political analyst and think tanks."}, {"bbox": [83, 1506, 873, 1533], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Specific reference to prizes with a unit value of EUR 1 million or more: none**"}, {"bbox": [71, 1585, 1158, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ 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": [1040, 1661, 1159, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 19"}]