[{"bbox": [152, 165, 626, 191], "category": "Text", "text": "- Technical, administrative and financial capacities;"}, {"bbox": [152, 205, 672, 231], "category": "Text", "text": "- Capacity to channel funding to civil society and media;"}, {"bbox": [152, 244, 507, 270], "category": "Text", "text": "- Satisfactory visibility of EU funding;"}, {"bbox": [152, 283, 1133, 362], "category": "Text", "text": "- Operational capacities to work in an extended territory, with minimal infrastructures, where elections are hold in the most unfavourable time of the year (rainy season) and where technical assistance, included international, is not easily available;"}, {"bbox": [152, 375, 1133, 428], "category": "Text", "text": "- Strong track record in working with government institutions and other international partners with demonstrated engagement with the democratic governance process;"}, {"bbox": [152, 441, 1133, 519], "category": "Text", "text": "- Demonstrated capacities to support legal, policy frameworks, systems strengthening, institutional capacity development, and the delivery of services to the people of Liberia, including enhanced social accountability, voice, and participation through civil society organisations;"}, {"bbox": [152, 533, 1133, 612], "category": "Text", "text": "- Capacities to implement higher level of coordination and cooperation with the different actors present in Liberia; locals (national observers organisations, CSOs and NGOs) as international (USAID, NDI, etc.) as well as UN organisations."}, {"bbox": [152, 625, 1133, 704], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the envisaged entity would need to be replaced, the Commission's services may select another replacement entity using the same criteria. If the entity is replaced, the decision to replace it needs to be justified."}, {"bbox": [141, 731, 1154, 788], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [152, 803, 549, 830], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**From indirect to direct management:**"}, {"bbox": [152, 843, 1143, 902], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with UNDP entity fail, that part of this action may be implemented in direct management (Grants), through a call for proposals."}, {"bbox": [179, 915, 435, 943], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant**"}, {"bbox": [152, 956, 1142, 1013], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant is meant to contribute to: all the Outcomes of the Action, as that is also what is foreseen by the implementation by UNDP."}, {"bbox": [179, 1026, 509, 1054], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [152, 1067, 1143, 1154], "category": "Text", "text": "The applicants targeted may be Member States' Agencies, International organisations and NGOs, (all of them possibly in partnership with local actors). All applicants must have the necessary expertise to respond to the criteria's and the capacity to deliver on the results of this action."}, {"bbox": [152, 1167, 1143, 1311], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity will be selected using the following criteria: The entity is able to work in the difficult Liberian context, with the capacity and the logistics needed to implement activities at the national level. The entity has extensive experience in election support. The Entity has the necessary convening authority. The Entity has an extensive experience in Liberia. The Entity has a Strong experience in operating in highly political contexts."}, {"bbox": [130, 1332, 842, 1362], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [141, 1391, 1133, 1470], "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, 1483, 1133, 1589], "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 22 of 25"}]