[{"bbox": [72, 146, 687, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 209, 368, 240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1. Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [85, 279, 1076, 306], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [85, 324, 495, 355], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [85, 395, 1145, 475], "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 48 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [85, 487, 1145, 541], "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": [85, 584, 425, 615], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [85, 667, 1145, 745], "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 measures¹³."}, {"bbox": [152, 806, 784, 836], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1. Indirect Management with a Member State Organisation"}, {"bbox": [85, 883, 1145, 1017], "category": "Text", "text": "This action may be implemented in indirect management with one or more EU Member State Organisations. This implementation entails the achievement of all the objectives and results under section 3. The envisaged entity will be selected using the following criteria: the technical capacity, expertise and mandate in the areas of interventions covered by the action, its local presence and complementarity with existing European funded interventions and its willingness to take a leading role in a Team Europe approach."}, {"bbox": [85, 1028, 1145, 1083], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the envisaged entity would need to be replaced, the Commission's services may select a replacement pillar-assessed entity using the same criteria. If the entity is replaced, the decision to replace it needs to be justified."}, {"bbox": [145, 1141, 1157, 1200], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2. Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [85, 1235, 1145, 1314], "category": "Text", "text": "In exceptional circumstances or where negotiations with the organisations mentioned in section 4.3.1. would fail, part or entirety of this action may be implemented in direct management through procurement and/or grant (as specified under section 4.3.3.)."}, {"bbox": [137, 1324, 712, 1353], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.3. Direct Management (Grants and/or Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [85, 1390, 371, 1416], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [85, 1417, 341, 1443], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [85, 1443, 1000, 1468], "category": "Text", "text": "Grants will contribute to the achievement of the three specific objectives as specified in section 3.1.:"}, {"bbox": [85, 1468, 1145, 1522], "category": "Text", "text": "1. Support the development and implementation of inclusive national green, blue and sustainable public policies, with participation of women and men in all their diversity"}, {"bbox": [72, 1586, 1157, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹³ 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, 1157, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 23"}]