[{"bbox": [128, 151, 1141, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "### 4.4.3 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [140, 234, 1131, 288], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the above mentioned entrusted entity for indirect management fail for circumstances beyond the Commission's control, the Commission's services may use direct management as follows:"}, {"bbox": [178, 301, 555, 328], "category": "Section-header", "text": "* **Procurement (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [140, 341, 1131, 394], "category": "Text", "text": "Technical assistance will be used to achieve the outputs related to the Specific Objective 1 (Improve an enabling environment for the development of inclusive sustainable and resilient food value chains)."}, {"bbox": [178, 423, 494, 449], "category": "Section-header", "text": "* **Grants (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [140, 462, 254, 488], "category": "Text", "text": "**(a) Purpose:**"}, {"bbox": [140, 489, 1131, 594], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant will be used to achieve the outputs related to the Specific Objective 2 (Improve efficiency, climate resilience, inclusiveness and sustainability of selected agriculture and fisheries value chains, namely cashew nuts, fisheries, rice and a choice of tropical fruits and plants) and 3 (Improve competitiveness of entrepreneurs in the selected value chains of agriculture and fisheries)."}, {"bbox": [140, 607, 428, 633], "category": "Text", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted:**"}, {"bbox": [140, 646, 1131, 699], "category": "Text", "text": "The circle of potential applicants for funding are legal entities, and according to their type, include the following: civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations."}, {"bbox": [128, 725, 856, 756], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [140, 784, 1131, 865], "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": [140, 877, 1131, 983], "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": [128, 1010, 399, 1041], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6. Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [128, 1052, 1165, 1577], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Indirect Management with an entrusted entity – cf. section 4.4.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SO1: Improve an enabling environment for the development of inclusive sustainable and resilient food value chains</td><td>4 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>SO2: Improve efficiency, climate resilience, inclusiveness and sustainability of selected agriculture and fisheries value chains, namely cashew nuts, fisheries, rice and a choice of tropical fruits and plants.</td><td>12 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>SO3: Improve competitiveness of entrepreneurs in the selected value chains of agriculture and fisheries</td><td>4 750 000</td></tr><tr><td>Evaluation – cf. section 5.2</td><td>250 000</td></tr><tr><td>Audit – cf. section 5.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>21 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1120, 1681, 1141, 1702], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "25"}]