[{"bbox": [141, 153, 1135, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "b) The performance indicators for disbursement to be used for variable tranches may focus on the following policy priorities, stated in the MSET, MoE&Y and MIIC Strategic Business Plans respectively:"}, {"bbox": [141, 233, 1024, 258], "category": "Text", "text": "-Increasing the access to and use of ICT in educational institutions and strategic public facilities."}, {"bbox": [141, 259, 1071, 285], "category": "Text", "text": "-Maximizing the use of digital technologies for the advancement of all teachers and students by 2025."}, {"bbox": [141, 286, 977, 312], "category": "Text", "text": "-25% of MSMEs participating in digitization and digitalization of their enterprises by 2026."}, {"bbox": [141, 366, 302, 390], "category": "Text", "text": "c) Modifications."}, {"bbox": [141, 391, 1135, 523], "category": "Text", "text": "The chosen performance indicators and targets to be used for the disbursement of variable tranches will apply for the duration of the action. However, in duly justified cases, the partner country and the Commission may agree on changes to indicators or on upward/downward revisions of targets. Such changes shall be authorised in writing ex-ante, at the latest at the beginning of the period under review applicable to the indicators and targets."}, {"bbox": [141, 550, 1135, 763], "category": "Text", "text": "In exceptional and/or duly justified cases, for instance where unexpected events, external shocks or changing circumstances have made the indicator or the target irrelevant and could not be anticipated, a variable tranche indicator may be waived. In these cases, the related amount could either be reallocated to the other indicators of the variable tranche the same year or be transferred to the next variable tranche the following year (in accordance with the original weighting of the indicators). It could also be decided to re-assess an indicator the following year against the original target, if there was a positive trend and the authorities did not reach the target because of factors beyond their control. The use of this provision shall be requested by the partner country and approved in writing by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [141, 789, 353, 813], "category": "Text", "text": "d) Fundamental values"}, {"bbox": [141, 816, 1135, 868], "category": "Text", "text": "In case of a significant deterioration of fundamental values, budget support disbursements may be suspended, reduced or cancelled, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [129, 882, 423, 908], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.3 Budget Support Details"}, {"bbox": [141, 925, 1135, 1004], "category": "Text", "text": "Budget support is provided through a combination of fixed and variable tranches, as direct untargeted budget support to the national treasury. The crediting of the euro transfers disbursed into Jamaican Dollars will be undertaken at the appropriate exchange rates in line with the relevant provisions of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [188, 1071, 576, 1101], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 1130, 1135, 1208], "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 measures³⁰."}, {"bbox": [129, 1269, 473, 1296], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [178, 1312, 1135, 1444], "category": "List-item", "text": "a) Purpose of the grant: The implementation of the programme will require the provision of international Technical Assistance to the MSET to coordinate and administer *Digital Jamaica* overall. It will assist in the installation and execution of a monitoring and evaluation system, support the preparation of disbursement requests and the planning and implementation of visibility activities related to all three specific objectives."}, {"bbox": [178, 1444, 865, 1470], "category": "List-item", "text": "b) Eligible applicants should be legal entities, international organizations."}, {"bbox": [129, 1596, 1145, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁰ www.sanctionsmap.eu. 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, the OJ prevails."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1145, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 31 of 42"}]