[{"bbox": [465, 145, 765, 170], "category": "Section-header", "text": "COMMISSION DECISION"}, {"bbox": [550, 213, 681, 238], "category": "Text", "text": "of 29.3.2022"}, {"bbox": [156, 279, 1075, 337], "category": "Text", "text": "amending Decision C(2018) 6380 final on the annual action programme 2018 in favour of the Republic of Malawi to be financed from the 11th European Development Fund"}, {"bbox": [144, 399, 505, 425], "category": "Text", "text": "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,"}, {"bbox": [144, 441, 939, 469], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),"}, {"bbox": [144, 482, 1084, 540], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/322 of 2 March 2015 on the implementation of the 11th European Development Fund¹, and in particular Article 9(1) and 9(4) thereof,"}, {"bbox": [144, 553, 1084, 639], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 of 26 November 2018 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/323², and in particular Article 24 thereof,"}, {"bbox": [144, 653, 240, 677], "category": "Text", "text": "Whereas:"}, {"bbox": [144, 691, 1085, 805], "category": "List-item", "text": "(1) On 1 October 2018, the Commission adopted Decision C(2018)6380 final³ on the annual action programme 2018 in favour of Malawi to be financed from the 11th European Development Fund, with the Action Document \"Chuma Cha Dziko – Malawi\"."}, {"bbox": [144, 821, 1085, 938], "category": "List-item", "text": "(2) The decision aims at promoting good economic governance and accountability and to achieve this objective it sets out, among others, activities to enhance the Public Finance Management ('PFM') curriculum in tertiary education institutions in order to build the future framework of PFM practitioners."}, {"bbox": [144, 950, 1085, 1066], "category": "List-item", "text": "(3) These activities are to be contracted through calls for proposals, which however have been unfructuous. As an alternative to contract these activities, a direct award to the Public Private Partnership Commission is envisaged for the professionalization of this specialised area within the wider Public Finance Management landscape."}, {"bbox": [144, 1078, 1085, 1136], "category": "List-item", "text": "(4) The envisaged assistance is to comply with the conditions and procedures set out by the restrictive measures adopted pursuant to Article 215 TFEU⁴."}, {"bbox": [144, 1148, 1085, 1206], "category": "List-item", "text": "(5) It is appropriate to authorise the award of grants without a call for proposals and to provide for the conditions for awarding those grants."}, {"bbox": [144, 1219, 884, 1247], "category": "List-item", "text": "(6) Therefore, Decision C(2018)6380 should be amended accordingly."}, {"bbox": [144, 1261, 1085, 1317], "category": "List-item", "text": "(7) This amending decision is set in accordance with the opinion of the EDF Committee established by Article 8 of the Internal Agreement⁵."}, {"bbox": [144, 1401, 416, 1425], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ OJ L 58, 3.3.2015, p. 1."}, {"bbox": [144, 1426, 437, 1450], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p. 1."}, {"bbox": [144, 1451, 1084, 1498], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ Commission Decision of 1 October 2018 on the Annual Action Programme 2018 in favour of the Republic of Malawi to be financed from the 11th European Development Fund, C(2018)6380 final."}, {"bbox": [144, 1499, 1084, 1595], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ 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": [59, 1638, 126, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}, {"bbox": [609, 1659, 621, 1681], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "1"}, {"bbox": [1105, 1638, 1170, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}]