[{"bbox": [146, 152, 535, 181], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Grants: (direct management)"}, {"bbox": [146, 194, 428, 224], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### (a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [146, 241, 1082, 299], "category": "Text", "text": "The objectives of the grant, fields of intervention, priorities and expected outcomes are described under section 3."}, {"bbox": [146, 320, 1082, 382], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants are expected to focus on direct basic needs and livelihoods assistance, building on ongoing humanitarian actions."}, {"bbox": [146, 399, 1083, 616], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this/these entity(ies) entails contributing to (i) specific objective 1, including activities such as the provision of mental health services, support to disabled persons, nutrition services and potentially, certain activities in the field of education; and (ii) specific objective 2, including support to economic activities at community level. Grant applicants will in particular need to create synergies with other activities funded under EU Afghanistan crisis response and particular other activities under the Afghanistan essential services and livelihoods stabilisation programme."}, {"bbox": [153, 636, 483, 665], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### (b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [234, 683, 755, 712], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to be eligible for the grant, applicants must:"}, {"bbox": [234, 725, 508, 754], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be legal persons; and"}, {"bbox": [234, 766, 561, 795], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be non-profit-making; and"}, {"bbox": [234, 808, 1082, 865], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be an international organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation; or"}, {"bbox": [234, 877, 1083, 962], "category": "List-item", "text": "* a non-governmental civil society organisation established in a Member State of the EU or an eligible country as per Article 28 of the Regulation (EU) 2021/947⁸; and"}, {"bbox": [234, 976, 1082, 1035], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and"}, {"bbox": [234, 1047, 1082, 1106], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be operational (i.e. already managing a project and/or have an office) in Afghanistan."}, {"bbox": [146, 1118, 863, 1148], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.3 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [146, 1159, 1082, 1276], "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, subject to the following provisions."}, {"bbox": [146, 1287, 1083, 1432], "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) of Regulation (EU) 2021/947."}, {"bbox": [146, 1490, 1082, 1588], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1–78."}, {"bbox": [1057, 1655, 1082, 1678], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "27"}]