[{"bbox": [140, 152, 649, 179], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant(s) must:"}, {"bbox": [178, 194, 1132, 251], "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, 266, 1132, 350], "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, 366, 1132, 423], "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, 435, 816, 462], "category": "Text", "text": "Furthermore, the applicant(s) will be selected using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [178, 475, 1088, 502], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated experience in the area of gender equality and women empowerment in Myanmar;"}, {"bbox": [178, 504, 1132, 556], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated experience in supporting access to services for survivors of gender-based violence in conflict and/or crisis affected areas;"}, {"bbox": [178, 558, 1060, 585], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated experience in capacity building for grassroots CSOs, and in particular WROs;"}, {"bbox": [178, 587, 1132, 640], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Established operational capacity in Myanmar, including a strong presence at local level, and continued ability to operate in Myanmar;"}, {"bbox": [178, 642, 1132, 695], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated experience in conflict-sensitive and human rights-based development projects/programmes and in due diligence compliance."}, {"bbox": [140, 720, 459, 747], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### (c) Justification of a direct grant"}, {"bbox": [140, 758, 1096, 812], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grants may be awarded without calls for proposals to an entity or entities selected using the criteria listed in 4.4.1."}, {"bbox": [140, 824, 1132, 930], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals can be justified because the country is in a crisis situation referred to in Article 2(21) of the Financial Regulation²¹ at the date of the Financing Decision, and/or because of the nature of the action with regard to Article 27(3) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation."}, {"bbox": [128, 957, 857, 988], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [140, 1016, 1132, 1097], "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": [140, 1108, 1132, 1216], "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": [128, 1254, 400, 1285], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6. Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [128, 1297, 1140, 1479], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Implementation modalities – cf. section 4.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Indirect management with one or more entrusted entities - cf. section 4.4.1</td><td>10 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [128, 1581, 362, 1606], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²¹ In line with art.195(a) FR"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1140, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 29 of 31"}]