[{"bbox": [129, 162, 753, 194], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 227, 425, 258], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 274, 1132, 301], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [129, 314, 554, 345], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 362, 1132, 441], "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": [141, 442, 1072, 494], "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, 534, 483, 565], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 593, 1132, 670], "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 measures¹³."}, {"bbox": [129, 732, 656, 759], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [141, 786, 1132, 839], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with an entity or entities, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [141, 852, 743, 878], "category": "Text", "text": "**For the implementation of outcome 1 and outcome 2 (output 2.2):**"}, {"bbox": [178, 891, 1132, 945], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Previous experience in at least 2 of the sectors covered, working in rural municipalities in western Nepal (at least 20 municipalities); at least 4 years of experience."}, {"bbox": [178, 957, 1132, 1010], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Having the procedural capacity to implement budgets with funding modalities using country systems yet allowing significant fiduciary controls, merging EU budget with federal and local budgets."}, {"bbox": [178, 1023, 1006, 1050], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Knowledge of the areas of intervention (rural districts of Sudurpashchim and Karnali)."}, {"bbox": [141, 1063, 602, 1088], "category": "Text", "text": "**For the implementation of outcome 2 (output 2.1):**"}, {"bbox": [178, 1102, 1132, 1155], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Previous experience implementing urban planning processes, especially gender sensitive or gender responsive actions."}, {"bbox": [178, 1168, 1132, 1221], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Operational capacity in Nepal proven by a stable structure, with at least 15 people in the past 3 years, working on infrastructure related programmes"}, {"bbox": [178, 1234, 557, 1260], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Value added of knowledge networks."}, {"bbox": [178, 1273, 914, 1300], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Implementation of an average of 1 million euros per year in the past 4 years."}, {"bbox": [129, 1326, 1126, 1381], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1398, 1087, 1477], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the implementation modality needs to be changed from indirect to direct management mode, the action would be implemented by Direct Management (Procurement), procuring services for the implementation of the two specific objectives."}, {"bbox": [129, 1573, 1142, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹³ 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, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 21"}]