[{"bbox": [129, 163, 753, 194], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 228, 426, 258], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 275, 1020, 327], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Government of Papua New Guinea"}, {"bbox": [129, 343, 554, 373], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 389, 1133, 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 72 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [141, 480, 1133, 533], "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, 549, 484, 578], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 607, 1110, 683], "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 measures⁹."}, {"bbox": [129, 712, 470, 739], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 756, 429, 782], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 794, 400, 820], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 821, 1134, 1005], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant will contribute to achieving specific objective 1 of this action. One single grant contract following a Call for Proposals will be awarded to a CSO/NGO that is both highly experienced in the sector and, through local partners, deeply rooted in the target communities. This call will be launched on 1 September 2022 under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified because of the urgency of the services to be delivered within the limited contracting period, the complexity of the procedures and the number of procedures to be managed by the Delegation. The start of the procedure is therefore required without further delay."}, {"bbox": [141, 1018, 444, 1044], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1045, 1133, 1097], "category": "Text", "text": "This grant will target international CSOs/NGOs. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their capacity to implement a human rights based approach to water and sanitation and mainstream gender."}, {"bbox": [129, 1124, 526, 1150], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1166, 1134, 1324], "category": "Text", "text": "The procurement will contribute to achieving specific objective 2 of this action, possibly through a service contract (technical assistance) and a supply contract. A call for tender will be launched on 1 September 2022 under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified because of the urgency of the services to be delivered within the limited contracting period, the complexity of the procedures and the number of procedures to be managed by the Delegation. The start of the procedure is therefore required without further delay."}, {"bbox": [129, 1339, 843, 1369], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [141, 1396, 1133, 1476], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographical eligibility in terms of place of establishment for participating in procurement and grant award procedures and in terms of origin of supplies purchased as established in the basic act and set out in the relevant contractual documents shall apply."}, {"bbox": [141, 1489, 1134, 1541], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of services in the markets of the countries or territories concerned, or in other"}, {"bbox": [129, 1573, 1143, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ 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, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 19"}]