[{"bbox": [129, 163, 754, 196], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 228, 427, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 274, 1130, 329], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Government of the Republic of Zambia."}, {"bbox": [129, 345, 555, 376], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 391, 1133, 471], "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 72 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [141, 471, 1133, 523], "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": [129, 538, 743, 569], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [141, 584, 184, 608], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 626, 485, 656], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 684, 1133, 762], "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 measures⁴¹."}, {"bbox": [129, 790, 473, 817], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 833, 430, 859], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 886, 402, 912], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 912, 1134, 1045], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will mainly contribute to achieving the **Expected Output 1.3** of the **Specific Objective 1** targeting community engagement in child development, the **Expected Outputs 2.1, 2.3** and **2.4** under the **Specific Objective 2**, equally targeting community involvement in support of female adolescents, including prevention of SGBV, technical and vocational skills building for female adolescents and support to reintegration of young mothers in the formal education system."}, {"bbox": [141, 1071, 453, 1098], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1110, 1133, 1164], "category": "Text", "text": "The type of applicants that could benefit of the Grants in direct management will be Non-Governmental Organisations, Local Authorities or local Economic Operators (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises)."}, {"bbox": [129, 1205, 482, 1232], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Prize(s))"}, {"bbox": [141, 1247, 380, 1274], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**a) Purpose of the prize:**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1285, 1134, 1472], "category": "Text", "text": "The prizes will be contributing to partly achieve **Expected Outputs 1.2** and **1.3** under **Specific Objective 1** and the **Expected Outcome 2.1** under the **Specific Objective 2**. The prizes will be used for the organisation of competitions within the communities, and designation of \"champions\" (e.g. for observing the application of the Anti-GBV act and Children's Code Act in the communities), as well as for organising competition between ECE Centres or PTA associations. Given the relatively small amount allocated to this modality, it will only partly contribute to the achievement of the above-mentioned Expected Outputs, and will target specific activities that will considerably increase the visibility of the EU Delegation."}, {"bbox": [141, 1483, 493, 1510], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**b) The type of participants targeted:**"}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1144, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴¹ 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, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 28 of 34"}]