[{"bbox": [141, 158, 1133, 239], "category": "Text", "text": "The part of the action under the budgetary envelope reserved for grants may, partially or totally and including where an entity is designated for receiving a grant without a call for proposals, be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [186, 244, 1046, 271], "category": "List-item", "text": "- track record in soil and water survey and mapping for land constraints/suitability mapping"}, {"bbox": [186, 272, 1117, 299], "category": "List-item", "text": "- capacity to coordinate soil and water monitoring and field campaigns, including capacity building"}, {"bbox": [186, 299, 1124, 325], "category": "List-item", "text": "- capacity to develop procedures for soil analysis and connect with reference laboratories (in Africa)"}, {"bbox": [186, 326, 1117, 353], "category": "List-item", "text": "- capacity to develop the technical infrastructure for land information systems aligned to user needs"}, {"bbox": [186, 355, 994, 382], "category": "List-item", "text": "- implementation record in the West Africa sub-region, experience in Liberia an asset."}, {"bbox": [141, 394, 284, 418], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Section 4.4.1.2"}, {"bbox": [141, 432, 557, 459], "category": "Text", "text": "#### Indirect management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [141, 471, 1133, 552], "category": "Text", "text": "The part of the action under the budgetary envelope reserved for grants may, partially or totally and including where an entity is designated for receiving a grant without a call for proposals, be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [186, 558, 1133, 608], "category": "List-item", "text": "- technical expertise in seed systems development (staple & food crops, fish), for public and private sector"}, {"bbox": [186, 610, 806, 637], "category": "List-item", "text": "- access to (network of) regional banks with propagation material"}, {"bbox": [186, 638, 1133, 688], "category": "List-item", "text": "- implementation record in food value chains in the West Africa sub-region, experience in Liberia an asset."}, {"bbox": [141, 703, 266, 727], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Section 4.4.3"}, {"bbox": [141, 742, 1133, 822], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the above-identified entity or replacement entity for indirect management with an entrusted entity fail for circumstances beyond the Commission's control, the Commission's services may use direct management as follows."}, {"bbox": [141, 833, 400, 860], "category": "Text", "text": "#### Grants (direct management)"}, {"bbox": [141, 873, 382, 900], "category": "Section-header", "text": "##### (a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [141, 912, 1133, 1018], "category": "Text", "text": "Establish/strengthen quality infrastructure services and standards for selected food value chains (Output 1.3/Section 3.1) and enhance food safety and quality across food value chains (staple & cash crops, fish) (Output 2.2/Section 3.1) – in line with ‘Output – Food safety strengthened’ (in the indicative budget/Section 4.6)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1031, 424, 1058], "category": "Section-header", "text": "##### (b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [141, 1070, 649, 1097], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant(s) must:"}, {"bbox": [186, 1102, 423, 1129], "category": "List-item", "text": "- be a legal person; and"}, {"bbox": [186, 1135, 1133, 1189], "category": "List-item", "text": "- be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, international organisation, social enterprise, (international) public sector operator/organisation, public and private universities;"}, {"bbox": [186, 1194, 1133, 1248], "category": "List-item", "text": "- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary."}, {"bbox": [129, 1268, 843, 1300], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [141, 1327, 1133, 1408], "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": [141, 1420, 1133, 1526], "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": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 24 of 28"}]