[{"bbox": [129, 161, 754, 195], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 227, 426, 258], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 274, 1093, 328], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia"}, {"bbox": [129, 342, 554, 373], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 388, 1093, 468], "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 36 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [141, 494, 1073, 548], "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": [129, 587, 863, 618], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [141, 645, 183, 670], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 700, 485, 731], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 757, 1112, 836], "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 measures¹¹."}, {"bbox": [141, 864, 485, 892], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 907, 430, 934], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 960, 402, 987], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 987, 1135, 1040], "category": "Text", "text": "Outputs 1.1. and 1.2. contributing to Objective 1 of the Action will be implemented in Direct Management through a grant."}, {"bbox": [141, 1066, 446, 1093], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1093, 1062, 1120], "category": "Text", "text": "Potential applicants for funding will be: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) or consortium of CSOs."}, {"bbox": [141, 1146, 1135, 1200], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the above-mentioned entities fail, that part of this action may be implemented in indirect management in accordance with the implementation modalities identified in section 4.4.4."}, {"bbox": [141, 1240, 485, 1268], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1283, 430, 1310], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1336, 402, 1363], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1363, 1135, 1416], "category": "Text", "text": "Outputs 2.1. and 2.2. contributing to Objective 2 of the Action will be implemented in Direct Management through a grant."}, {"bbox": [141, 1442, 446, 1469], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1469, 789, 1496], "category": "Text", "text": "Potential applicants for funding will be: CSOs or consortium of CSOs."}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ 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, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 20"}]