[{"bbox": [129, 207, 754, 240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 272, 428, 304], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [140, 319, 1088, 373], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [129, 386, 555, 419], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [140, 433, 1093, 513], "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 84 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [140, 513, 1073, 568], "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, 605, 485, 637], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [140, 664, 1111, 743], "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 measures⁵."}, {"bbox": [129, 770, 472, 798], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [129, 812, 396, 839], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 4.3.1.1 Specific objective 1"}, {"bbox": [140, 843, 402, 871], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [140, 871, 413, 897], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will contribute to:"}, {"bbox": [178, 921, 1134, 1003], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Specific Objective 1: To strengthen agricultural (including pastoral) livelihoods through increased productive capacity and productivity, improved food and nutrition security, adaptation to climate change, and enhanced preparedness against and resilience to shocks and crises."}, {"bbox": [146, 1028, 470, 1056], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [140, 1067, 1134, 1122], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to an NGO selected using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [178, 1133, 353, 1160], "category": "List-item", "text": "- A legal person"}, {"bbox": [178, 1160, 391, 1187], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Non-profit making"}, {"bbox": [178, 1187, 1082, 1214], "category": "List-item", "text": "- proven experience and operational capacity in the areas described under Specific Objectives 1,"}, {"bbox": [178, 1214, 813, 1241], "category": "List-item", "text": "- experience in implementing similar programmes in South Sudan,"}, {"bbox": [178, 1241, 952, 1268], "category": "List-item", "text": "- demonstrated capacity to convene and coordinate with multilateral stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [140, 1278, 1134, 1359], "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 the country is in a crisis situation referred to in Article 2(21) of the Financial Regulation at the date of the Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [140, 1370, 1134, 1475], "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": [140, 1489, 1134, 1543], "category": "Text", "text": "The part of the action under the budgetary envelope reserved for grants may, partially or totally and including where an entity is designated for receiving a grant without a call for proposals, be implemented in indirect"}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ 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, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 33 of 39"}]