[{"bbox": [85, 129, 709, 162], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 195, 382, 226], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 242, 1088, 269], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [85, 282, 510, 313], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 354, 1134, 443], "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 48 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [97, 471, 1122, 528], "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": [85, 547, 440, 578], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 605, 1133, 683], "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 measures⁹."}, {"bbox": [85, 711, 426, 739], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [97, 754, 646, 781], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management) (a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 784, 555, 811], "category": "Text", "text": "To contribute to the following Specific Objective:"}, {"bbox": [97, 814, 640, 841], "category": "Text", "text": "OE2: To improve the Legislative Assembly's performance."}, {"bbox": [97, 845, 401, 872], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [97, 887, 647, 912], "category": "Text", "text": "EU Member State administrations or their mandated bodies."}, {"bbox": [85, 944, 614, 972], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 987, 1133, 1105], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action may be implemented through indirect management with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This implementation entails to promote good governance and democracy in El Salvador, and achieve the following specifics objectives: 1) To promote inclusive, independent and transparent electoral processes; and 3) To counter disinformation and hate speech in traditional and social media."}, {"bbox": [97, 1121, 1133, 1226], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity has been selected using the following criteria: (i) Experience in Latin America and/or El Salvador in areas related to governance and Democracy (ii) Proven experience in logistical and management capacity (iii) Engagement in El Salvador and/or the region on the topic of governance and democracy, with local/national level actors."}, {"bbox": [97, 1253, 1133, 1520], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity has been selected because it responds to the aforementioned criteria. UNDP has a local Governance and Democracy programme, with a team of specialists. They have been implementing cooperation projects in El Salvador for more than 45 years. It is also important to say that UNDP has strong logistical and management capacities. It has extensive experience in financial assistance; provision of supplies, products, and equipment; procurement services; travel; advocacy, research and studies; consultancies; programme development; monitoring and evaluation; and training and staff support activities. Finally, due to its extensive policy experience, UNDP has been able to manage with neutrality at the local level, having worked with different governments and political parties over the past decades. It is an institution with a strong reputation for independence and neutrality for all local actors."}, {"bbox": [85, 1572, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ 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, 1655, 1143, 1679], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 19"}]