[{"bbox": [84, 135, 708, 167], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [188, 200, 485, 231], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 248, 1020, 274], "category": "Text", "text": "To implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [188, 300, 612, 331], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 347, 1134, 427], "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 **66 months** from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [97, 439, 1133, 492], "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": [188, 519, 543, 549], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 566, 1133, 643], "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 measures²⁵."}, {"bbox": [144, 671, 500, 698], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [97, 714, 385, 740], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 779, 355, 806], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 818, 1133, 922], "category": "Text", "text": "The purpose of the grant is to support part of the activities foreseen under specific objective 2 (outcome 2) and related output 2.1, as described in section 3.1, to promote an integrated nutrition approach, at local level, which leads to a reduction of malnutrition amongst pregnant mothers and children in Timor Leste. Such activities will include:"}, {"bbox": [97, 937, 1133, 1016], "category": "Text", "text": "1. Providing inter-personal counselling on optimal maternal nutrition and infant and young child feeding practices, basic sanitation, and waste management given to caregivers, families, mother support groups (MSG), community-based organisations and communities."}, {"bbox": [97, 1028, 1133, 1108], "category": "Text", "text": "2. Supporting the activities of mother support groups (MSG) and community-based organisations in counselling mothers in maternal nutrition and infant and young child feeding practices, basic sanitation, and waste management, and following up cases under treatment (home visits)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1121, 1133, 1174], "category": "Text", "text": "3. Conducting trainings and promoting awareness on the importance of safe and nutritious school meals through the School Feeding Programme to children, parents, and communities."}, {"bbox": [97, 1187, 401, 1213], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1226, 1133, 1278], "category": "Text", "text": "The targeted applicants will be legal entities, public and private sector organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs), international organisations, local and international NGOs."}, {"bbox": [97, 1291, 1133, 1395], "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 management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the criteria defined in section 4.3.2 below."}, {"bbox": [144, 1424, 652, 1451], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 1466, 1133, 1519], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this Action may be implemented in indirect management with an entity(ies), which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [84, 1572, 1144, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁵ 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, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 23"}]