[{"bbox": [129, 163, 753, 195], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [290, 228, 588, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [140, 320, 1087, 373], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [290, 388, 716, 419], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [140, 434, 1133, 513], "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 60 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [140, 540, 1133, 594], "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": [290, 666, 940, 697], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component n/a"}, {"bbox": [290, 712, 647, 743], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [140, 771, 1110, 849], "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 measures³⁴."}, {"bbox": [129, 877, 472, 903], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [140, 919, 400, 946], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [140, 946, 1133, 999], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant will contribute to achieving Specific Objective 2: \"Promote inclusive growth of MSMEs in agricultural value chains to enhance their economic resilience\", as described in section 3."}, {"bbox": [140, 1025, 446, 1052], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [140, 1052, 650, 1079], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant(s) must:"}, {"bbox": [178, 1080, 1133, 1134], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, international (inter-governmental) organisation, or other types of organisations active in areas of relevance to this Action."}, {"bbox": [178, 1135, 1133, 1214], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be established in a Member State of the European Union or one of the eligible countries under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI-Global Europe) as stipulated in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/947, and"}, {"bbox": [178, 1216, 1133, 1269], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary."}, {"bbox": [140, 1296, 461, 1323], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [140, 1334, 1133, 1411], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to the type of applicant(s) listed in point b) above, selected using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [178, 1429, 598, 1455], "category": "List-item", "text": "* ability to work with the relevant MSMEs,"}, {"bbox": [178, 1468, 1133, 1495], "category": "List-item", "text": "* experience in managing projects in the responsible business sector, related to agricultural value chains"}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1143, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁴ 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 22 of 27"}]