[{"bbox": [95, 151, 1134, 259], "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 duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realization of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [85, 310, 340, 341], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [85, 354, 936, 776], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th>Indicative Budget components<sup>16</sup></th><th>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Outcome 1: Strategic communication composed of</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) – cf. section 4.3.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Procurement – total envelope under section 4.3<sup>17</sup></td><td>2 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Evaluation – cf. section 5.2</td><td rowspan=\"2\">May be covered by another Decision</td></tr><tr><td>Audit – cf. section 5.3</td></tr><tr><td>Contingencies</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>2 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [85, 790, 606, 822], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [95, 843, 1134, 1003], "category": "Text", "text": "A strategic communication and public diplomacy steering group will be established at Delegation to oversee and validate the overall implementation of the action, in accordance with the country-level strategic plan which has been developed. It is the responsibility of the EU Delegation to ensure communication related to TEIs are fully integrated into these country-level strategic plans. Detailed Terms of Reference will be prepared for each activity. The EEAS-INTPA-FPI-NEAR strategic communication and public diplomacy Coordination Mechanism will provide any necessary strategic guidance and support at HQ level."}, {"bbox": [95, 1008, 1134, 1086], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of its prerogative of budget implementation and to safeguard the financial interests of the Union, the Commission may participate in the above governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [85, 1123, 637, 1155], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [85, 1189, 428, 1220], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [95, 1241, 1134, 1401], "category": "Text", "text": "The day-to-day technical and financial monitoring of the implementation of this action will be a continuous process, and part of the implementing partner's responsibilities. To this aim, the implementing partner shall establish a permanent internal, technical and financial monitoring system for the action and elaborate regular progress reports (not less than annual) and final reports. Every report shall provide an accurate account of implementation of the action, difficulties encountered, changes introduced. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account the human rights based approach and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [85, 1499, 1125, 1578], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ N.B: The final text on audit/verification depends on the outcome of ongoing discussions on pooling of funding in (one or a limited number of) Decision(s) and the subsequent financial management, i.e. for the conclusion of audit contracts and payments."}, {"bbox": [85, 1596, 1143, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁷ In order to avoid details on budgets for individual contracts, it is sufficient to indicate the total envelop for procurement. If budgets for individual contracts are public, tenderers tend to orientate themselves on them and not on the terms of reference."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1680, 1141, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 11"}]