[{"bbox": [128, 163, 753, 196], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [128, 228, 427, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 274, 1133, 301], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [128, 315, 554, 346], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 362, 1133, 442], "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 **96 months** from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [141, 468, 1133, 521], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer in duly justified cases."}, {"bbox": [128, 561, 1034, 593], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component [For Budget Support only]"}, {"bbox": [128, 609, 165, 630], "category": "Text", "text": "n.a."}, {"bbox": [128, 652, 484, 683], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 711, 1110, 789], "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 measures.¹⁹"}, {"bbox": [128, 817, 528, 844], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [141, 859, 1133, 910], "category": "Text", "text": "Services will be procured for the Technical Assistance Facility. This will directly support the following result areas:"}, {"bbox": [141, 939, 1133, 992], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1 Increased number of key government sectors and other sectors capacitated in order to develop and implemented necessary policy and regulatory reforms required for just transition"}, {"bbox": [141, 993, 982, 1019], "category": "Text", "text": "1.2 Increase in new and deepened strategic partnerships with identified relevant institutions."}, {"bbox": [141, 1044, 765, 1072], "category": "Text", "text": "The facility will indirectly support the other objectives of the action."}, {"bbox": [128, 1085, 623, 1112], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [141, 1140, 1133, 1220], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action will be implemented in indirect management with entrusted entity. This implementation entails managing the technical and financial aspects of all project components, including administrative tasks, with the exception of evaluation and audit."}, {"bbox": [141, 1231, 1133, 1366], "category": "Text", "text": "This implementation entails the activities foreseen under **SO2: Enhance effectiveness of the TVET system in matching skills to just energy transition with particular focus on those most affected by the transition.** In particular, **Output 2.1: People, in particular women, youth, and those from the bottom 40% or socio-economically disadvantaged and people with disabilities have enhanced access to demand driven TVET and education content aligned with the just and green transition.**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1378, 750, 1405], "category": "Text", "text": "The envisaged entity has been selected using the following criteria"}, {"bbox": [179, 1419, 576, 1445], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Presence and operating in South Africa"}, {"bbox": [179, 1447, 650, 1473], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Previous experience in the sector in the country"}, {"bbox": [179, 1475, 1133, 1523], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Currently implementing activities in the just energy transition that contributes to Objectives to the action"}, {"bbox": [128, 1572, 1143, 1646], "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": [1027, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 27"}]