[{"bbox": [216, 119, 1085, 237], "category": "List-item", "text": "women, youth and children, elderly, people with disabilities, and people from socio-\neconomically disadvantaged situations – by supporting the further advancement of the\npublic service reform in Uzbekistan to transition to a more holistic, operational,\nefficient, coherent, and people-centred service delivery model."}, {"bbox": [144, 248, 1087, 625], "category": "List-item", "text": "(5) The action entitled ‘Further Improvement of Public Services Delivery in Uzbekistan’ aims at transforming institutional, legal, and regulatory frameworks underpinning the back office of the national public services delivery system; enhancing the capacity of institutions and agencies comprising the back office of the public service delivery system to ensure their effective operation at the national, regional and local levels. This will be done in a gender responsive and inclusive way i.e.: allowing increased participation/benefit for women, girls and other vulnerable groups as well as people most disadvantaged from remote regions and people with disabilities etc; conducting digital transformation of the public service delivery system through introducing innovation and digitising operation of the back offices to improve availability and quality of public services and transforming the system of local governance to ensure responsiveness, accountability and to better operation of regional and local institutions functioning as back offices."}, {"bbox": [144, 636, 1085, 695], "category": "List-item", "text": "(6) Pursuant to Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/947 indirect management is to be used for the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [144, 706, 1086, 910], "category": "List-item", "text": "(7) The Commission is to ensure a level of protection of the financial interests of the Union with regards to entities and persons entrusted with the implementation of Union funds by indirect management as provided for in Article 154(3) of the Financial Regulation. To this end, such entities and persons are to be subject to an assessment of their systems and procedures in accordance with Article 154(4) of the Financial Regulation⁶ and, if necessary, to appropriate supervisory measures in accordance with Article 154(5) thereof before a contribution agreement can be signed."}, {"bbox": [144, 921, 1086, 980], "category": "List-item", "text": "(8) It is necessary to allow for the payment of interest due for late payment on the basis of Article 116(5) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [144, 991, 1085, 1080], "category": "List-item", "text": "(9) In order to allow for flexibility in the implementation of the action plan, it is appropriate to allow changes which should not be considered substantial for the purposes of Article 110(5) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [144, 1091, 1085, 1150], "category": "List-item", "text": "(10) The action plan provided for in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2021/947."}, {"bbox": [144, 1161, 482, 1189], "category": "Text", "text": "HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:"}, {"bbox": [533, 1229, 696, 1288], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Article 1\nThe action plan"}, {"bbox": [144, 1299, 1086, 1358], "category": "Text", "text": "The annual financing decision, constituting the annual action plan for the implementation of the annual action plan in favour of Uzbekistan for 2023, as set out in the Annex, is adopted."}, {"bbox": [144, 1369, 1085, 1428], "category": "Text", "text": "The action plan shall include the following action: ‘Further Improvement of Public Services Delivery in Uzbekistan’ set out in the Annex."}, {"bbox": [144, 1516, 1085, 1567], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ Except for the cases of Article 154(6) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, where the Commission may decide, not to require an ex-ante assessment."}, {"bbox": [58, 1637, 126, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}, {"bbox": [606, 1658, 624, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "2"}, {"bbox": [1104, 1637, 1170, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}]