[{"bbox": [85, 129, 708, 163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 196, 383, 227], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 242, 1125, 270], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [85, 297, 510, 328], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 343, 1133, 424], "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 72 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [97, 424, 1122, 477], "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": [85, 517, 441, 548], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 575, 1132, 653], "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 measures¹."}, {"bbox": [85, 681, 425, 709], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [97, 724, 384, 751], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 763, 355, 791], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 801, 1134, 935], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant modality will be used to contribute to the Specific Objective 1 of the action: \"Local actors (smallholder famers, producers' organisations, micro, small and medium businesses) are supported through civil society organisations to develop alternative agro ecological systems or alternative activities inside or near coca leaf production areas\". In this case, several implementing partners will contribute to the achievement of the Specific Objective 1 of the action."}, {"bbox": [97, 946, 1133, 1054], "category": "Text", "text": "A call is planned to be launched on 01/09/2023 under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified because it is necessary to ensure complementarity and synergies with ongoing integral development with coca programmes (EUR 20 M Sector Reform Performance Contract and related Technical Assistance programme)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1066, 401, 1094], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1104, 1132, 1155], "category": "Text", "text": "The potential applicants for grants may be local authorities, international organisations, NGOs, economic operators such as MSMEs."}, {"bbox": [97, 1169, 1132, 1248], "category": "Text", "text": "The part of the action under the budgetary envelope reserved for grants may, partially or totally be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the criteria defined in section 4.3.3."}, {"bbox": [85, 1276, 578, 1304], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 1319, 161, 1343], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 4.3.2.1"}, {"bbox": [97, 1356, 1133, 1409], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with the *United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime* (UNODC)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1423, 1133, 1503], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity has been selected using the following criteria: experience implementing integral/alternative development cooperation programmes; experience implementing cooperation programmes in Bolivia; experience working with public Bolivian institutions at central, departmental and local levels."}, {"bbox": [85, 1571, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ 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, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 24"}]