[{"bbox": [129, 163, 752, 194], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 226, 426, 256], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 269, 1055, 322], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [129, 363, 553, 393], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 409, 1098, 489], "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, 489, 1071, 541], "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, 570, 787, 600], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation of the Budget Support Component: N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 626, 483, 656], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 670, 1109, 746], "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 measures²²."}, {"bbox": [129, 763, 493, 792], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 804, 486, 831], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 4.4.1.1 Grants: (direct management)."}, {"bbox": [141, 844, 375, 871], "category": "Text", "text": "a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [141, 883, 1133, 937], "category": "Text", "text": "**Specific Objective 3** To provide vocational training and critical social life skills to the youth, including training for green jobs."}, {"bbox": [141, 949, 959, 975], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will be implemented through call for proposals using the restricted procedure."}, {"bbox": [141, 988, 1133, 1038], "category": "Text", "text": "Coherence and synergy with actions funded by other development partners will be sought to a maximum extent."}, {"bbox": [141, 1053, 424, 1080], "category": "Text", "text": "(b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [141, 1092, 1133, 1195], "category": "Text", "text": "Participation is opened to legal entities, natural persons or groupings without legal personality; local authorities, public bodies, Non-governmental Organisations (both national and international) and economic operators such as SMEs), INGO's forming consortium with local NGO's and/or CSOs familiar with the region are desirable."}, {"bbox": [129, 1212, 553, 1241], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1291, 1133, 1528], "category": "Text", "text": "A procurement process will be launched for the implementation of the programme. This call will tentatively be launched on 15 November 2022, possibly under a suspensive clause 11.b, i.e. before a financing agreement between the European Commission and the partner country has been signed. This would be justified to allow enough time for the selection of the Technical Assistant Team for coordination support of the entire project objectives and Assistance should intervene from the very first start of project cycle. The TA support will be provided for the National government and to the basic education ministries, department and agencies in the participating States with the aim of support for programme implementation. These would consist but not be limited to support for curriculum development to integrate climate change /environment, gender and social inclusion concerns, including water and sanitation in schools as it relates to disease prevention and control,"}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1142, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²² --- 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 24 of 29"}]