[{"bbox": [86, 153, 400, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [97, 200, 1136, 279], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is to support the EU-Angola partnership. The Action will enable the EU to strengthen and amplify its actions starting from the assumption that CSOs are a key partner for development interventions."}, {"bbox": [97, 291, 1136, 449], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action aims to overcome existing constraints that limit civil society participation to governance. The cause-effect relationship builds on addressing key factors that influence civil society participation to governance in a sustainable way. The Action will focus on strengthening the capacities of CSOs to act, be sustainable and represent the instances of citizens in public policies decisions and at the same time will facilitate the CSOs own articulation and choice of topics to address in sectorial platforms of less structured formats such as dialogues, meetings, conferences etc."}, {"bbox": [97, 463, 1136, 570], "category": "Text", "text": "Youth, women, children and the bottom 40 per cent of the population will be a specific focus of the action due to their demographic and social importance (64% of the Angola population has less than 24 years, women represent 52% of the Angolan citizens and the country faces strong socioeconomic inequalities). Specific objective 4 will continue the work already started on the capacity building of local CSOs in view of administrative decentralization."}, {"bbox": [97, 582, 1136, 688], "category": "Text", "text": "The programme logic sees the increased civil society participation in governance as an effective way to strengthening democratic mechanisms, paving the road for reduced inequalities and social and economic improvements. All activities and outputs are designed to improve dialogue and strengthen accountability, responsibility, transparency and democratic participation."}, {"bbox": [86, 715, 443, 745], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.6 Logical Framework Matrix"}, {"bbox": [97, 761, 936, 788], "category": "Text", "text": "Given the nature of this Action a Logical Framework Matrix is not required at Action level."}, {"bbox": [86, 829, 712, 861], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [86, 894, 385, 924], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 940, 1097, 968], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this Action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [86, 994, 514, 1025], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 1041, 1136, 1121], "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": [97, 1133, 1136, 1187], "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": [86, 1213, 694, 1243], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support component"}, {"bbox": [86, 1259, 132, 1283], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [86, 1301, 443, 1331], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 1347, 1136, 1426], "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 measures¹⁹."}, {"bbox": [86, 1452, 638, 1480], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Indirect Management with (an) entrusted entity(ies)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1495, 1136, 1548], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this Action may be implemented in indirect management with one or more entities, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [86, 1578, 1146, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁹ 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": [1028, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 21"}]