[{"bbox": [116, 134, 939, 163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities [applicable for complementary support to a BS]"}, {"bbox": [127, 190, 1176, 272], "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 measures²⁰."}, {"bbox": [145, 301, 577, 330], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [127, 346, 1176, 460], "category": "Text", "text": "The procurement is meant: to accompany the budget support to local governments (Good Governance) contributing to the achievement of the specific objective 1 (outputs 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3) and to enhance gender mainstreaming (including support to the National Commission for Women and Children) contributing to the achievement of the specific objective 2 (output 2.1)."}, {"bbox": [116, 527, 695, 555], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [127, 583, 1176, 640], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with a pillar assessed entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [127, 654, 1176, 712], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Existing engagement in providing technical assistance support to government sector policy reform agenda in Bhutan;"}, {"bbox": [127, 726, 760, 755], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Active participation in the sector coordination mechanism;"}, {"bbox": [127, 769, 798, 798], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Proven capacity to implement activities relating to Output 3.1;"}, {"bbox": [127, 810, 1176, 867], "category": "Text", "text": "This implementation entails preparing the grounds for future increased investments in digital transition in education contributing to the achievement of the specific objective 3 (output 3.1)."}, {"bbox": [145, 921, 1560, 949], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3 Changes from direct to indirect management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [127, 966, 1168, 1021], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the part of the action cannot be implemented in direct management (procurement) specified in 4.4.1 for the reasons outside of the Commission's control, the alternative implementation modality will"}, {"bbox": [116, 1095, 1613, 1145], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁰ 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": [1495, 1151, 1615, 1174], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 33 of 39"}]