[{"bbox": [84, 128, 707, 161], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [84, 195, 381, 225], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [96, 242, 1086, 268], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [84, 283, 509, 313], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [96, 329, 1132, 408], "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 entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [96, 409, 1121, 461], "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": [84, 477, 439, 507], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 535, 1130, 612], "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 measures³⁹."}, {"bbox": [84, 628, 423, 655], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [96, 671, 382, 697], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [96, 698, 353, 723], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [96, 724, 1123, 803], "category": "Text", "text": "The purpose of the grant is to contribute to the achievement of the Overall Objective (Impact) of this Action, i.e. To improve the literacy, numeracy, skills and qualifications of girls, including displaced girls, disabled girls and girls living in vulnerable situations"}, {"bbox": [96, 804, 405, 830], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [96, 831, 1131, 883], "category": "Text", "text": "The applicants targeted consist of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) active in the field of education in Iraq and registered as NGOs with the Iraqi federal and KRI authorities and/or other international organisations."}, {"bbox": [84, 909, 711, 936], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [96, 964, 1131, 1043], "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, 1056, 1131, 1162], "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, 1189, 353, 1219], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [84, 1231, 1140, 1535], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th>Indicative Budget components</th><th>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Implementation modalities - cf section 4.3.1</strong></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Specific objective 1 Improved access and completion of inclusive and equitable primary and secondary education with focus on displaced and/or disabled girls composed of</td><td>1 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Grants - cf. section 4.3.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grants - total envelope under section 4.3.1</strong></td><td>1 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [84, 1571, 1141, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁹ 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": [1026, 1681, 1141, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 23"}]