[{"bbox": [145, 119, 474, 146], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2. Direct Management (Prize(s))"}, {"bbox": [82, 156, 333, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**a) Purpose of the prize:**"}, {"bbox": [82, 195, 1145, 274], "category": "Text", "text": "To recognize and reward innovation (such as digital solutions) or achievements (such as awareness campaigns, communication outputs/products, champions) by people, groups or organisations in fostering participatory democracy and sustainable development."}, {"bbox": [82, 287, 459, 314], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**b) The type of participants targeted:**"}, {"bbox": [128, 325, 1145, 406], "category": "Text", "text": "Legal entities, natural persons or groupings without legal personality, local authorities, public bodies, international organisations, NGOs, unions, economic actors, such as SMEs or chambers of commerce, profit or non-profit organisations or think tanks."}, {"bbox": [82, 418, 870, 445], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**c) Specific reference to prizes with a unit value of EUR 1 million or more:** none"}, {"bbox": [145, 466, 525, 493], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3. Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [82, 528, 1145, 661], "category": "Text", "text": "An international tender will result in the procurement of services for a Technical Assistance facility. The services of this facility will enable progress towards **outputs 1 and 2** as per section 3. The Facility will provide technical skills training and capacity development activities for CS, including activities related to ICT, and will help operationalise structured dialogue, policy dialogue etc. The facility will also assist the EU in the design and evaluation of the Call(s) for proposals in adherence to PRAG rules."}, {"bbox": [109, 679, 707, 707], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [82, 731, 1145, 813], "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": [82, 823, 1145, 931], "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 realization of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [1040, 1661, 1157, 1685], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 22"}]