[{"bbox": [96, 151, 1074, 263], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to international NGOs or a consortium of NGOs: GOAL, Emergency, Save the Children International (SCI) and International Rescue Committee (IRC). A prior approval will be encoded in OPSYS/CRIS."}, {"bbox": [96, 277, 1074, 422], "category": "Text", "text": "**GOAL:** will draw upon its experience in designing and implementing primary health care services in North Darfur and South Kordofan, at facility and community level enhancing governance mechanisms and strengthening District Health Information System. GOAL will also leverage experience in Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice approach which is a unique community-based methodology that links humanitarian and development programming, improving adoption of positive practices."}, {"bbox": [96, 437, 1074, 637], "category": "Text", "text": "**EMERGENCY:** Provides free, high-quality healthcare to victims of war, poverty and landmines, alongside building hospitals and training local medical staff. In Sudan EMERGENCY has been operating since 2004; at present, EMERGENCY runs a Centre of Medical Excellence for cardiac surgery in Khartoum (The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery), as well as three Paediatric Centres in Mayo (Khartoum), Nyala (South Darfur) and Port Sudan (Red Sea State). The EMERGENCY Paediatric Centre in Mayo (EPC) has been open since 2005, and up until now it has offered almost 300,000 free of charge outpatient consultations to children 0-14, as well as more than 50,000 midwife consultations to women."}, {"bbox": [96, 654, 1074, 942], "category": "Text", "text": "**Save the Children International (SCI):** works across 14 states, 10 of them are common operational areas and three are emergency response areas covering multiple sectors - Health, Nutrition, WASH, Food Security and Livelihood, Child Rights Governance, Child Protection, and Education. During the past two years, SCI has implemented over 66 projects with funds from major donors, including European Union (ECHO and EU). During the COVID-19 pandemic, SCI managed Isolation Centers, running awareness-raising campaigns, and working with all stakeholders to strengthen overall programming. SCI regularly collaborates and coordinates with the Government at both state and national levels, UN Agencies, I/NGOs, CBOs and local community groups on assessments and project implementation. In all its programming, SCI focuses on supporting the most marginalized and vulnerable groups, prioritizing girls' and women's specific protection needs."}, {"bbox": [96, 957, 1074, 1245], "category": "Text", "text": "**International Rescue Committee (IRC):** In Sudan, IRC provides essential services such as primary health care, including reproductive health, child health, nutrition and mental health, supports environmental health services, including water, sanitation and hygiene, rebuilds health systems, including information, quality assurance and governance systems, conducts research and monitoring to enlarge the evidence base on global health. IRC provides essential facilities and resources to communities to prevent disease, increase personal safety and improve food security. Its local partners are working to expand family planning coverage in conflict-affected communities, deliver care for common childhood illnesses such as malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia. IRC has a track record in treatment for acute malnutrition through in-patient and out-patient care, and integration of mental health and psychosocial support into primary health programs while strengthening community support systems."}, {"bbox": [96, 1260, 1074, 1373], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals is justified because of the possibility to use flexible procurement and grant procedures in crisis situations as defined by the Financial Regulation (Article 195(a)) provided that they are valid at the time of the attribution."}, {"bbox": [85, 1438, 591, 1467], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Indirect Management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [85, 1484, 889, 1513], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 4.4.2.1 Indirect management with Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS):"}, {"bbox": [96, 1549, 1074, 1634], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with AICS. This implementation entails: Output 1: Primary healthcare, nutrition and WASH services at PHC centre and community level improved;"}, {"bbox": [966, 1680, 1082, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 26"}]