[{"bbox": [129, 206, 781, 238], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 269, 441, 299], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 311, 1134, 362], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Republic of Zambia."}, {"bbox": [129, 379, 568, 409], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 423, 1092, 503], "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 84 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [141, 515, 1072, 569], "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, 583, 755, 614], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [129, 630, 176, 653], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A."}, {"bbox": [129, 679, 501, 709], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 735, 1110, 812], "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 measures⁵¹."}, {"bbox": [129, 828, 470, 855], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 869, 429, 896], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 908, 400, 934], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 935, 1134, 1015], "category": "Text", "text": "Grant(s) will be used to implement activities to achieve specific objective 3 of the action, more specifically to implement output 3.1. It is planned to conclude one single grant contract following a call for proposals; and the main purpose of the grant will be to provide financial support to third parties."}, {"bbox": [141, 1025, 1134, 1080], "category": "Text", "text": "The objective of the call for proposals is to identify and conclude a grant contract with a beneficiary that will act as the grant fund manager."}, {"bbox": [141, 1092, 445, 1118], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1119, 1134, 1225], "category": "Text", "text": "Eligible applicants include both profit and non-profit legal entities and belonging to one of the following specific type of organisations: i) non-governmental organisations; ii) public sector entities; iii) private sector entities; iv) local authorities; v) international (inter-governmental) organisations or; vi) civil society organisations."}, {"bbox": [129, 1238, 527, 1264], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1278, 1134, 1358], "category": "Text", "text": "Procurement will be used to fully implement the activities under specific objective 1, more specifically to implement outputs 1.1 and 1.3 to provide technical assistance (TA) for capacity building and institution strengthening to key actors in the landscape (central and local), and ensure good governance of the Action."}, {"bbox": [141, 1370, 1134, 1529], "category": "Text", "text": "The call will be launched under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision as of 15 September 2022. This is justified because of the sequencing of the activities necessary to ensure contracting within the D+3 of the Financing Agreement and to the achievement of the objectives. The TA from the procurement procedure needs to be on the ground in order to be able to conduct a mapping and gap assessment of the landscape to inform, prioritise and monitor intervention areas for the landscape. Furthermore, the TA needs to start ahead of the Call for Proposals through which financial support to third parties will be provided"}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1143, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵¹ 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 21 of 26"}]