[{"bbox": [129, 163, 752, 194], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 226, 425, 255], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 269, 1132, 296], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [129, 336, 538, 366], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 384, 1132, 464], "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 **60 months** from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [141, 476, 1132, 530], "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": [129, 570, 775, 600], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation of the Budget Support Component: N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 626, 483, 655], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 670, 1132, 747], "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 measures⁶."}, {"bbox": [129, 777, 690, 807], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity:"}, {"bbox": [141, 820, 1132, 1056], "category": "Text", "text": "Objectives 1, 2 and 3 of this action may be implemented in indirect management with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). This implementation modality is justified by the fact that UNESCO has proven capacity and technical expertise in education globally. It has a network of specialized institutes notably, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), International Bureau of Education (IBE), and the International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) which provide technical support to countries and regional offices on request. UNESCO's expertise and experience at headquarters, field offices and specialized institutes would be deployed to support the interventions proposed under this action."}, {"bbox": [141, 1071, 1132, 1201], "category": "Text", "text": "The in-depth knowledge and the added value of the Organization for countries' priorities for the teaching profession is recognised. In the recent months, UNESCO led two important projects targeting teachers, in which Nigeria played a key role: Establishment of an online learning platform for teachers (Imagine Learning. Africa) funded by GPE and the ICT Training for teachers in response to COVID (with the financial support) of ECOWAS."}, {"bbox": [141, 1217, 1132, 1508], "category": "Text", "text": "The organisation has a track record of working with key government institutions such as the Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) - dealing with teachers' standards, operational mechanisms, training, accreditation, mobility and carrier development, and the Universal Basic education Commission (UBEC). UNESCO operates a Teacher Task Force for policy advocacy, research and learning - serving as a platform to share lessons learnt, action research and best practices. Furthermore, the International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) in Addis Ababa, with the mandate of strengthening teacher capacity in the continent; as well as the International Bureau of Education (IBE) in Geneva, responsible for curriculum matters, and any other institute/office aforementioned will support the execution of this Action. Accountability about matters related to the teacher, teaching and the teaching profession is a key result of this action which UNESCO, dealing primarily with monitoring SDG Goal 4 through the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR), will also help to address."}, {"bbox": [129, 1549, 1141, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ 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, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 20"}]