[{"bbox": [141, 153, 1133, 260], "category": "Text", "text": "Schools, learners, traditional leadership, and community-based organisations: Various competitions will be launched by the EUD between schools or learners, mainly for awareness raising on existing norms and legislation on child protection and SGBV, on comprehensive sexuality education and on schools' innovative initiatives to attract girls back to school."}, {"bbox": [141, 272, 887, 299], "category": "Text", "text": "c) Specific reference to prizes with a unit value of EUR 1 million or more: N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 324, 525, 351], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [141, 367, 1133, 656], "category": "Text", "text": "A technical assistance facility (TAF) to assist Government at national and local level to achieve systems-related targets under the **Expected Output 1.2** of the **Specific Objective 1** and under the **Expected Output 3.1 of the Specific Objective 3**. The TAF will monitor and support service provision-related activities at local level. In addition, it will contribute to the institutional coordination of the Education-Health-Nutrition-Protection at national and local level, will provide assistance on the inclusion of the integrated approach to the nexus under policy and planning documents and will provide assistance to the various platforms of interaction between the Programme and the Government entities concerned. The TAF will also support the coherence and accuracy of data collection systems. The TAF may also conduct the baselines, midlines and end lines as required by the monitoring framework of the programme, in collaboration with other implementing partners. The TAF may also support the EU Delegation in launching competitions between schools and learners (cf. 4.3.2)."}, {"bbox": [129, 672, 622, 698], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.4 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [141, 727, 1133, 992], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with UNICEF. This implementation entails the achievement of the expected outcomes involving working with national and local authorities on early childhood education and development, health and nutrition. More specifically, this implementation modality will contribute to the achievement of the **Expected Outputs 1.1** and **1.4** under the **Specific Objective 1**, the **Expected Output 2.2** under the **Specific Objective 2** and the **Expected outputs 3.2** and **3.3** under the **Specific Objective 3**. The envisaged entity has been selected using the following criteria: a) extensive experience of working in Zambia in all the sectors targeted by this programme, and a strong understanding of the Zambian context, in particular concerning children and mothers; b) demonstrated capacity to manage EU programmes and funds; c) demonstrated capacity to effectively work with the governmental stakeholders of the proposed action."}, {"bbox": [141, 1004, 1133, 1191], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the above-mentioned entity fail, that part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The implementation by this alternative entity would be justified because of the following criteria: a) extensive experience of working in Zambia in some of the sectors targeted by the programme, in particular SGBV and issues related to adolescent girls and teen mothers; b) demonstrated capacity to effectively work with the Governmental stakeholders; c) excellent understanding of the EU priorities in Zambia and full alignment with the Joint European Strategy for Zambia, which was adopted by Germany as own strategy."}, {"bbox": [141, 1203, 1133, 1282], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the envisaged entity and the replacement entity mentioned above would need to be replaced, the Commission's services may select another replacement entity using the same criteria If the entity is replaced, the decision to replace it needs to be justified."}, {"bbox": [129, 1308, 1127, 1363], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.5 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [141, 1379, 1133, 1561], "category": "Text", "text": "If due to exceptional circumstances outside of the Commission's control, the activities foreseen under indirect management with an entrusted entity cannot be implemented, the management mode can be changed to direct management mode through grants. This implementation modality will contribute to the achievement of the Expected Outputs 1.1 and 1.4 under the Specific Objective 1, the Expected Output 2.2 under the Specific Objective 2 and the Expected outputs 3.2 and 3.3 under the Specific Objective 3. The type of applicants that could benefit of the Grants in direct management will be Non-Governmental Organisations and Local Authorities."}, {"bbox": [141, 1590, 1133, 1644], "category": "Text", "text": "If due to exceptional circumstances outside of the Commission's control, the activities foreseen under direct management cannot be implemented, the management mode can be changed to indirect management mode"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 29 of 34"}]