[{"bbox": [129, 162, 753, 194], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 227, 426, 258], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [140, 274, 1088, 327], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [129, 342, 554, 373], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [140, 388, 1092, 469], "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 adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [140, 494, 1072, 548], "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, 587, 741, 618], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [140, 634, 183, 657], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 675, 484, 706], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [140, 732, 1110, 811], "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 measures⁹."}, {"bbox": [129, 872, 629, 899], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [140, 926, 1133, 980], "category": "Text", "text": "This action (Specific Objectives 1,2 and 3) may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [178, 992, 549, 1018], "category": "List-item", "text": "a. familiarity with the country context;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1019, 1133, 1073], "category": "List-item", "text": "b. established presence, which also reaches out (directly or through implementing partners) to remote and challenging regions of the country;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1073, 1133, 1152], "category": "List-item", "text": "c. technical competence in the sector and leverage for policy dialogue, including technical expertise in health workers and health service delivery management, drugs delivery and sound experience in sexual reproductive health and right;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1152, 1133, 1205], "category": "List-item", "text": "d. administrative capability and the experience to implement this type of intervention due to its mandate and expertise;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1206, 955, 1231], "category": "List-item", "text": "e. extensive network of national and international partners, which can be drawn on;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1231, 794, 1257], "category": "List-item", "text": "f. demonstrated capacity to coordinate with various stakeholders;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1257, 1133, 1309], "category": "List-item", "text": "g. demonstrated capacity (in South Sudan or similar environments) to achieve the specific objectives of this action:"}, {"bbox": [252, 1310, 1133, 1391], "category": "List-item", "text": "a. Delivery of quality essential health services for reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH); delivery of quality essential health services for nutrition; family planning, detection, treatment and referral for SGBV services;"}, {"bbox": [252, 1391, 1133, 1496], "category": "List-item", "text": "b. Provision of essential medicines to health facilities and support the management of drugs and commodities at county level; strengthening and streamlining the community-based interventions through Boma Health Initiative to focus on promotion and prevention activities; building referral between community and health facilities; supporting the roll out of DHIS 2"}, {"bbox": [129, 1549, 1143, 1623], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ 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, 1680, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 22 of 27"}]