[{"bbox": [143, 119, 739, 149], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 5.3.1 Procurement (direct management) – Component 1"}, {"bbox": [143, 161, 1121, 306], "category": "Text", "text": "A service contract for technical assistance managed by EU has been contracted to support the overall strategic management of the programme and mainly to provide capacity building and specific expertise for improving Public Financial Management (PFM) systems for social transfers - complementing the ongoing FCDO TA focused on the Ministry of Finance and working with other key line ministries, particularly for Social Affairs, Women Affairs and Local Government."}, {"bbox": [143, 317, 1120, 377], "category": "Text", "text": "Procurement will contribute to achieving specific objective specified in section 4 and will focus on Result Area 2 (social security governance)."}, {"bbox": [143, 386, 926, 418], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 5.3.2 Indirect Management with a Member State Agency – Component 2¹⁰"}, {"bbox": [143, 430, 1121, 604], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action has been implemented in indirect management with the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and has contributed to the achievement of the specific objective specified in section 4. Following FCDO withdrawing, Delegation Agreement 'Pathways to Prosperity for Extremely Poor People (2017/390-723)' will be terminated. The remaining EU Contribution will be implemented in direct management – through grants (see below)."}, {"bbox": [143, 616, 1121, 733], "category": "Text", "text": "The Delegation Agreement covers activities related to: Result Area 1 on livelihoods and market systems development components and Result Area 2 on social mobilization, advocacy, NSSS testing as well as the management of a local government challenge fund components, as well as a specific intervention in CHT."}, {"bbox": [143, 744, 1121, 919], "category": "Text", "text": "FCDO has been selected because it is leading the policy and capacity development for the NSSS as well as the advocacy work on extreme poverty. FCDO is co-chair of the LCG Poverty Group and is leading in innovation and partnerships with NGOs. It is also the largest grant provider in the sector and has a strong technical expertise and capacity in Dhaka. Both FCDO and the EU are leading development partners in the nutrition & social protection policy dialogue and in line with the EU+ joint programming exercise, EU and FCDO have agreed to joint thematic action."}, {"bbox": [143, 928, 747, 961], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 5.3.3 Direct management (Grants) – New Component 2¹¹"}, {"bbox": [182, 971, 423, 1001], "category": "List-item", "text": "(a) Purpose of the grant"}, {"bbox": [143, 1013, 1120, 1069], "category": "Text", "text": "The Grants will contribute to the achievement of the specific objective specified in section 4 and cover activities related to Results area 1 on livelihoods linked to value chains."}, {"bbox": [182, 1084, 493, 1114], "category": "List-item", "text": "(b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [143, 1125, 788, 1156], "category": "Text", "text": "The applicants must be a legal person and be non-profit-making."}, {"bbox": [182, 1167, 640, 1197], "category": "List-item", "text": "(c) Exception to the non-retroactivity of costs"}, {"bbox": [143, 1208, 1121, 1296], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission authorises that the costs incurred may be recognised as eligible as of 1 October 2022 because this would ensure a certain degree of continuity with ongoing activities under the Delegation Agreement to be terminated on 30 September 2022."}, {"bbox": [143, 1308, 900, 1338], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 5.3.4 Indirect management with a Member State agency – Component 3"}, {"bbox": [143, 1349, 1120, 1407], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action has been implemented in indirect management with the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ)."}, {"bbox": [143, 1419, 1121, 1479], "category": "Text", "text": "This implementation entails the provision of urban livelihoods and jobs that captures the rural-to-urban/migration linkages, with particular attention on two aspects: 1) the specific urban dimension"}, {"bbox": [143, 1517, 307, 1541], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ To be terminated"}, {"bbox": [143, 1541, 580, 1567], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ Replacement of Indirect Management with FCDO"}, {"bbox": [600, 1605, 636, 1629], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "[22]"}]