[{"bbox": [96, 132, 1156, 184], "category": "Text", "text": "between four to six months. Speed of implementation is an important aspect for the EU as a donor partner, particularly when it is compared to China who acts more rapidly."}, {"bbox": [85, 386, 589, 411], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.5 Indirect Management with the Partner Country"}, {"bbox": [96, 429, 140, 449], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [85, 501, 648, 525], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.6 Contribution to the Africa Investment Platform (AIP)"}, {"bbox": [96, 566, 1156, 618], "category": "Text", "text": "This contribution may be implemented under indirect management with the entities called Lead Finance Institutions, identified in the appendix 4 to this Action Document."}, {"bbox": [96, 631, 1156, 790], "category": "Text", "text": "The selection of the individual projects and the relevant Lead Finance Institutions (LFIs) will be based on their contribution towards the EU Kenya Team Europe Initiative (TEI) on Human-Centred Digitalisation, specifically concerning the specific objective 2 (digital economy transformation) of the Action Document. In addition, the LFIs are expected to commit to providing loans, to use the EU funding as genuine leverage for mobilising larger investments, to ensure EU added value and to proactively involve the EU Delegation in the interventions and associated policy dialogue. Eligible LFIs should be bound by principles of sustainable finance."}, {"bbox": [85, 860, 638, 886], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.7 EFSD+ operations covered by budgetary guarantees"}, {"bbox": [96, 903, 1045, 954], "category": "Text", "text": "Not foreseen directly under this Action Document though it is expected that future EFSD+ windows for digitalisation could complement or even expand this Action."}, {"bbox": [85, 1003, 1128, 1055], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.8 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [96, 1083, 1156, 1184], "category": "Text", "text": "Direct management is included here as an alternative to indirect management as specified under section 4.4.4 where the latter cannot be implemented due to circumstances outside of the Commission's control. In this case, the EU Delegation may proceed to the procurement of services or supplies to achieve any of the specific objectives of the Action."}, {"bbox": [85, 1275, 798, 1304], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [96, 1343, 1156, 1422], "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": [96, 1435, 1156, 1540], "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 duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1683, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 25 of 30"}]