[{"bbox": [146, 152, 628, 178], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [146, 195, 425, 223], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [157, 236, 1039, 291], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [146, 303, 543, 332], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [157, 345, 1074, 478], "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 48 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision. Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer by in duly justified cases."}, {"bbox": [146, 492, 477, 521], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation modalities"}, {"bbox": [146, 535, 1068, 613], "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 measures¹⁸."}, {"bbox": [146, 632, 678, 661], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [157, 673, 1074, 913], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with AECID. This implementation entails the activities foreseen to achieve the specific objective 1: 'To contribute to local revitalisation, the fight against climate change and the promotion of the circular economy by establishing development corridors related to the sustainable use and innovation of bamboo and its value chains'. Outputs 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 will be implemented in indirect management with AECID in Ecuador. AECID's team of experts with the support of the INBAR office in Ecuador, in the form of a grant, will provide technical support to different stakeholders involved in the action, particularly in supporting the SMEs, entrepreneurs, and public entities in relation to the use of bamboo in the Ecuadorian bio-economy."}, {"bbox": [157, 925, 772, 952], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity has been selected using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [161, 964, 1074, 1017], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Expertise and experience in environmental and climate change issues, specifically in the Latin American region;"}, {"bbox": [161, 1030, 580, 1057], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Involvement in the TEI design process;"}, {"bbox": [161, 1069, 1074, 1175], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Collaboration with INBAR during the past 7 years in developing and strengthening the bamboo value chain, including training of personnel, environmental conservation, transformation of products, sustainable building, and the search for new markets, with a total financing of 1,6 million euros, in the framework of the Programme ARAUCARIA;"}, {"bbox": [161, 1188, 1074, 1241], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Creation of the Bamboo Escuela Taller reflects the work that has been underway, based on the Escuela Taller methodology developed by AECID in many Latin American countries;"}, {"bbox": [161, 1253, 1074, 1307], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Strong presence in the country and leading experience specifically in this sector in Ecuador, managing several projects related to rural development and bamboo production;"}, {"bbox": [161, 1319, 1074, 1373], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Pillar assessed entity with proven technical, administrative and financial capacities in the country;"}, {"bbox": [161, 1385, 889, 1412], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Capacity to channel funding to civil society and grassroots organisations;"}, {"bbox": [161, 1424, 1074, 1477], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Satisfactory visibility of EU funding, going beyond the requirements in the contribution agreements."}, {"bbox": [146, 1547, 1077, 1615], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁸ 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": [966, 1682, 1082, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 23 of 28"}]