[{"bbox": [146, 163, 769, 194], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [146, 228, 443, 258], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [146, 274, 1060, 326], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [146, 341, 570, 370], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [146, 385, 1082, 465], "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 72 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [146, 471, 1082, 524], "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": [146, 539, 756, 568], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [146, 584, 189, 606], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [146, 626, 501, 655], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [146, 671, 1082, 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 measures⁷."}, {"bbox": [146, 763, 485, 789], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [146, 805, 433, 831], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [184, 850, 422, 876], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant**"}, {"bbox": [146, 888, 1082, 941], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will contribute to SO1 - to improve Malawi's business environment, particularly *output 1.3: Improved fairness and competition of the domestic market*."}, {"bbox": [146, 948, 1082, 1027], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will contribute to SO 2 – to improve efficiency of anticorruption and antifraud systems, particularly *output 2.2: Enhanced capacity of civil society to demand transparency and accountability from duty bearers*."}, {"bbox": [184, 1034, 489, 1061], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [146, 1073, 1082, 1205], "category": "Text", "text": "The potential applicants for funding shall be a civil society organisation, including research or tertiary education institutions, with demonstrated in-depth knowledge and expertise in the field of transparency, accountability, competition and/or anti-corruption. With regard to essential characteristics, the applicant shall be an entity with legal personality, and established in one of the EU member states or eligible countries defined by the basic act."}, {"bbox": [146, 1251, 541, 1277], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [143, 1291, 1082, 1477], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's responsible authorising officer, service and supply contracts to provide technical assistance and equipment will be contracted by the Commission to support the implementation of activities related to *SO1: to improve Malawi's business environment and output 1.1: Improved investment promotion and facilitation in key sustainable value chains, output 1.2: Improved, gender sensitive, quality certification and management system, output 1.3: Improved fairness and competition of the domestic market, and output 1.4: Improved, gender sensitive, access to finance for private sector productivity*."}, {"bbox": [146, 1540, 1082, 1615], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ 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": [966, 1681, 1082, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 24"}]