[{"bbox": [128, 162, 754, 195], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [128, 228, 408, 258], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 274, 1153, 324], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Government of El Salvador"}, {"bbox": [128, 342, 535, 373], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 388, 1176, 468], "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, 494, 1175, 548], "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": [128, 588, 466, 618], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 645, 1175, 723], "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 measures³."}, {"bbox": [128, 752, 447, 779], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 795, 428, 821], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 821, 400, 847], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 847, 1175, 901], "category": "Text", "text": "A twinning grant will be awarded for the achievement of Output 3: \"Enhanced digital civil register system regulatory framework\""}, {"bbox": [141, 912, 1176, 1045], "category": "Text", "text": "The Twinning grant will aim at working with the Innovation Secretariat to design and update the regulatory framework that underpins the national registry system. The Innovation Secretariat has already expressed interest in benefitting from a twinning grant and represents the following potentialities: 1. It has the level of Institution of the Presidency with the capacity for rapid, effective coordination and with the leadership to manage large-scale projects with ministries, autonomous institutions and the like."}, {"bbox": [141, 1058, 1175, 1111], "category": "Text", "text": "2. It has a team of other secretaries with the same level of leadership that can support execution and mobilization of resources in the territory."}, {"bbox": [141, 1123, 1175, 1177], "category": "Text", "text": "3. The Secretary of Innovation has related projects that it executes directly with its own budget and they fit perfectly, they include support for digital paper"}, {"bbox": [141, 1189, 1175, 1242], "category": "Text", "text": "4. The issue of digital identity from birth is a component of the main program of the First Lady of the Republic and is related to the program that we are requesting funding for."}, {"bbox": [141, 1281, 445, 1309], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1319, 909, 1347], "category": "Text", "text": "Potential applicants are EU Member State administrations or their mandated bodies."}, {"bbox": [128, 1373, 503, 1399], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1415, 1175, 1465], "category": "Text", "text": "The action foresees the contracting of Technical Assistance for the achievement of the following outputs of the action:"}, {"bbox": [141, 1468, 1175, 1522], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1. Enhanced technological capabilities and institutional capacities to operate the REVFA (Vital and Family Status Registry System) for the Family Status Register Offices (REF) of the 262 municipalities of the country."}, {"bbox": [128, 1569, 1143, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ 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 17 of 21"}]