[{"bbox": [85, 128, 638, 158], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 191, 365, 222], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 234, 1036, 262], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Paraguay."}, {"bbox": [85, 275, 482, 304], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 316, 1134, 397], "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 60 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [97, 408, 1134, 462], "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, 477, 440, 507], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 519, 1134, 597], "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 measures¹⁹."}, {"bbox": [85, 613, 426, 640], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [97, 653, 390, 680], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management).**"}, {"bbox": [97, 692, 362, 719], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s).**"}, {"bbox": [97, 731, 1095, 759], "category": "Text", "text": "Engage NGOs in protecting and maintaining selected protected areas through sustainable forest management."}, {"bbox": [97, 770, 1134, 825], "category": "Text", "text": "To achieve Output 2 and implement Activities 2.1 to 2.5, a multi-beneficiary grant will be awarded to a lead applicant (Coordinator)."}, {"bbox": [97, 836, 402, 864], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [97, 875, 1134, 1058], "category": "Text", "text": "The target organisations to implement these activities in the three selected areas are recognized local and international NGOs. They are internationally reputed due to their strong knowledge and experience in the sector, as well as their continuous engagement with public and private sector at different levels (from local communities to governments entities to global/regional networks of NGOs and businesses). Under the contractual management of the Coordinator, the beneficiaries will be able to implement the Action in a flexible manner, adapting to local needs and changing context, while ensuring the necessary financial and administrative solidity to manage EU Funds."}, {"bbox": [97, 1074, 416, 1101], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1112, 1134, 1458], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to a lead applicant and co-beneficiaries (a CSO consortium) according to the article 195 FR, case f, due to the Action's need to delegate SO2 implementation in a body that (a) holds expertise in Integrated Sustainable Landscape Management and in enhancing competent national institutions' knowledge on Geographical Information System (GIS); (b) enjoys legimitacy on multi-stakeholder dialogue which is pivotal to transform perspectives and initiate cooperation across technical, cultural and institutional boundaries, and (c) has worked on empowerment and support of environmental stewardship involving indigenous peoples and local communities. The beneficiaries to cover geographically all the selected protected areas will be selected using the following criteria: for actions with specific characteristics that require a particular type of body on account of its technical competence, its high degree of specialisation or its administrative power, on condition that the actions concerned do not fall within the scope of a call for proposals. As specific but interlinked interventions are needed for each selected area, a direct grant is the most convenient modality to achieve the expected results. Engaging in call for proposals would be unlikely to result in customised interventions."}, {"bbox": [97, 1469, 1134, 1523], "category": "Text", "text": "The specific technical competence that will be sought consists of exclusive knowledge and technical competence in conservation and biodiversity preservation/restoration (see letter “a” in previous paragraph); economic,"}, {"bbox": [85, 1571, 1145, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁹ 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": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 23 of 27"}]