[{"bbox": [96, 178, 1162, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer by\namending this Financing Decision and the relevant contracts and agreements."}, {"bbox": [84, 271, 440, 302], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 330, 962, 358], "category": "Text", "text": "The programme will be implemented through direct management using procurement contracts."}, {"bbox": [96, 369, 1156, 447], "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 measures."}, {"bbox": [84, 488, 800, 520], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [96, 547, 1162, 629], "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, 639, 1162, 747], "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": [84, 773, 340, 804], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [84, 815, 936, 1270], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th>Indicative Budget components<sup>4</sup></th><th>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Implementation modalities – cf. section 4.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Outcome 1: Strategic communication composed of</td><td>EUR 750 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) – cf. section 4.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Procurement – total envelope under section 4.3</td><td>EUR 750 000</td></tr><tr><td>Evaluation – cf. section 5.2</td><td rowspan=\"2\">covered by another Decision</td></tr><tr><td>Audit – cf. section 5.3</td></tr><tr><td>Contingencies</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>EUR 750 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [84, 1285, 606, 1316], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [96, 1337, 1162, 1471], "category": "Text", "text": "A strategic communication steering group will be established at Delegation level to oversee and validate the overall implementation of the action, in accordance with the country-level strategic plan which has been developed. This should dovetail with specific press & information and public diplomacy activities funded through other envelopes. It is the responsibility of the EU Delegation to ensure communication related to Global Gateway and TEIs are fully integrated into these country-level strategic plans. Detailed Terms of Reference will be prepared for each activity."}, {"bbox": [84, 1548, 1118, 1628], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ N.B: The final text on audit/verification depends on the outcome of ongoing discussions on pooling of funding in (one or a limited number of) Decision(s) and the subsequent financial management, i.e. for the conclusion of audit contracts and payments."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 10"}]