[{"bbox": [129, 152, 462, 182], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [140, 196, 1107, 272], "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 measures⁴."}, {"bbox": [129, 288, 524, 315], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [140, 329, 1131, 409], "category": "Text", "text": "Procurement will be used for technical assistance support to both the Ministry of Environment and Water and the Ministry of Rural Development and Land, according to a synergetic approach between the sectors foreseen in the MIP - priority area 1."}, {"bbox": [140, 422, 966, 448], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed contract expected to contribute to the three specific objectives of the Action."}, {"bbox": [129, 462, 655, 488], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [140, 501, 1131, 555], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with the Swedish International Development Agency."}, {"bbox": [140, 567, 1131, 726], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation entails the work at community and local level through civil society organisations. This will allow the EU to support and exchange with a significant number of CSOs without multiplying its administrative, contractual obligations, while making the EU and its Member States the main donor for environmental NGOs in the country. The component to be implemented in indirect management contributes to outcomes 1 (environmental protection and management) and 3 (environmental governance, justice and rights) of the Action, and in particular outputs 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5."}, {"bbox": [140, 739, 1131, 844], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity has been selected using the following criteria: interest and track record in supporting environmental NGOs, potential impact on the ground in function of its geographic area of activities, availability of own resources to complement the action under a Team Europeinitiative, flexibility in the modalities for channelling resources to CSOs, and time-related commitment/ estimated presence in Bolivia."}, {"bbox": [140, 857, 1131, 990], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the above-mentioned entity fail, that part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with an alternative entity using the same selection criteria. Another possibility can also be envisaged (as option B) with the German cooperation (GIZ) with whom we already have co-financed interventions. If the first two options fail, we can take over the management of the funds under direct management and launch a call for proposals."}, {"bbox": [129, 1017, 819, 1047], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [140, 1063, 1131, 1143], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographical eligibility in terms of place of establishment for participating in procurement and grant award procedures and in terms of origin of supplies purchased as established in the basic act and set out in the relevant contractual documents shall apply, subject to the following provisions."}, {"bbox": [140, 1156, 1131, 1261], "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 realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [166, 1289, 399, 1319], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [129, 1332, 1140, 1533], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td><td>Third-party contribution, in currency identified</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Budget support* - cf. section 4.3</td><td>26,000,000</td><td>N.A.</td></tr><tr><td>Implementation modalities – cf. section 4.4</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [129, 1571, 1140, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ 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": [1026, 1680, 1140, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 31 of 35"}]