[{"bbox": [289, 153, 1134, 206], "category": "List-item", "text": "to counties and facilities while ensuring adequate mechanism in place to improve the quality of the reported information in the system;"}, {"bbox": [253, 206, 1134, 312], "category": "List-item", "text": "c. Strengthening the stewardship at the MOH through building the planning, reporting, monitoring, and supervision functions; monitoring the progress of the government's commitments towards the health sector including regular payment of salaries, increased budget allocation and execution for the health sector."}, {"bbox": [141, 337, 1134, 392], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the pillar-assessed entity fail, that part of this action may be implemented in direct management in accordance with the implementation modalities identified in section 4.4.2"}, {"bbox": [129, 455, 1129, 513], "category": "List-item", "text": "4.4.2 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [141, 567, 413, 594], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Direct management: grants**"}, {"bbox": [141, 605, 521, 632], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant(s) will contribute to achieving:"}, {"bbox": [155, 632, 1134, 685], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific Objective 1: To expand access to essential, quality health services for the women, children and vulnerable groups in South Sudan;"}, {"bbox": [155, 685, 1134, 738], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific Objective 2: To support and, where possible, to strengthen health services delivery capacity at state and county levels;"}, {"bbox": [155, 738, 1134, 790], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific Objective 3: To strengthen political and financial commitment to health by the Government in South Sudan."}, {"bbox": [141, 818, 672, 845], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:"}, {"bbox": [229, 846, 469, 873], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be a legal person **and**"}, {"bbox": [229, 895, 510, 922], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be non-profit-making **and**"}, {"bbox": [185, 943, 1061, 997], "category": "Text", "text": "be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation **and**"}, {"bbox": [229, 998, 550, 1025], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be established in South Sudan,"}, {"bbox": [229, 1046, 1134, 1101], "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 **and**"}, {"bbox": [229, 1122, 1134, 1204], "category": "List-item", "text": "* technical competence in the sector, including technical expertise in health workers and health service delivery management, drugs delivery and sound experience in sexual reproductive health and right."}, {"bbox": [141, 1222, 1130, 1328], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals is justified because of the possibility to use flexible procurement and grant procedures in crisis situations as defined by the Financial Regulation (Article 195 (a)), provided that they are valid at the time of the attribution."}, {"bbox": [129, 1434, 860, 1466], "category": "List-item", "text": "4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [141, 1493, 1134, 1574], "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, 1585, 1134, 1639], "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"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 23 of 27"}]