[{"bbox": [72, 147, 686, 179], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [101, 209, 379, 239], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [83, 253, 1145, 303], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Government of Sierra Leone."}, {"bbox": [101, 324, 506, 354], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [83, 369, 1146, 448], "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 adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [83, 449, 1145, 502], "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": [101, 543, 435, 573], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [83, 602, 1145, 679], "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 measures⁴."}, {"bbox": [101, 708, 446, 737], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [83, 753, 346, 780], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**1. Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [83, 791, 657, 818], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant(s) will contribute in obtaining the following outputs:"}, {"bbox": [158, 830, 1145, 883], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1 Citizens (notably women, girls, youth, PWDs) are more informed of election rights and participate in electoral and political processes with a gender sensitive approach)."}, {"bbox": [158, 884, 1145, 937], "category": "Text", "text": "1.3 Civil society organisations and media effectively engage in the electoral processes in a cohesive, informed non-partisan way supporting transparent electoral process and accountability of duty bearers."}, {"bbox": [158, 937, 820, 963], "category": "Text", "text": "3.3 Electoral disputes/conflicts are prevented or mitigated and resolved."}, {"bbox": [83, 989, 380, 1016], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**2. Type of applicant targeted**"}, {"bbox": [83, 1028, 1145, 1082], "category": "Text", "text": "Non-Governmental Organisations (Civil Society Organisations; media associations; association of local authorities, faith-based NGOs; inter-faith councils); groupings without legal personality, public bodies."}, {"bbox": [83, 1095, 413, 1122], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**3. Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [83, 1133, 126, 1156], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [101, 1186, 693, 1215], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Indirect Management with international organisations"}, {"bbox": [83, 1243, 1145, 1409], "category": "Text", "text": "This action may be implemented in indirect management with entrusted entities, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria: organisations' technical competence, operational capacity and high degree of specialisation in provision of specialised knowledge and technical assistance in the field of democratisation, notably on electoral management and security, transitional justice, electoral reforms and constitution-building, ITC for elections, inter-party dialogue, political party organisation, political party finance, gender equality and inclusion, citizens' engagement and parliamentary strengthening;"}, {"bbox": [83, 1422, 1089, 1449], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this(these) entity(s) entails the achievement of **all objectives identified by the action**:"}, {"bbox": [121, 1461, 927, 1488], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. To enhance the participation of key stakeholders in electoral and political processes."}, {"bbox": [121, 1488, 1145, 1541], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. To enable the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone to conduct inclusive presidential, parliamentary and local elections in 2023 and beyond."}, {"bbox": [121, 1541, 957, 1568], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. To resolve election disputes timely and peacefully before during and after the elections."}, {"bbox": [72, 1614, 1157, 1688], "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": [1040, 1687, 1157, 1711], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 27 of 33"}]