[{"bbox": [93, 154, 1170, 238], "category": "Text", "text": "presence of EU in the country, which complicates notably the monitoring of projects, as well as logistical challenges linked to internal travels between islands/atolls. The EU maintains an open and constructive dialogue with the main Male-based NGOs, but to increase the outreach to make it more inclusive is challenging."}, {"bbox": [86, 265, 408, 297], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic⁹"}, {"bbox": [96, 313, 1186, 655], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is to support the EU-Maldives partnership. It will enable the EU to better understand the civil society landscape in the Maldives, its dynamics and its specific constraints/challenges; to identify the most relevant organisations active in the key priority areas of the EU-Maldives Partnership (for both the political dialogue and development cooperation), and; to build over time a more regular and inclusive structured dialogue with civil society. Furthermore, this action will be instrumental to strengthen local CSOs' organisation/institutional, oversight/advocacy and project management capacities. This will make them better equipped to participate in policy dialogue and carry out their watchdog and awareness raising role, as well as lead to an increased strategic cooperation between the EU and civil society and an enhanced participation of local CSOs in the implementation of EU-funded projects and programmes under the MIP 2021-2027 and beyond. These objectives are totally in line also with the EU Roadmap for Engagement with Civil Society in the Maldives 2021 – 2024. Due attention will be given to ensure the introduction of gender sensitive indicators as well as the collection of gender disaggregated data when monitoring the impact of the Action."}, {"bbox": [86, 687, 441, 717], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.6 Logical Framework Matrix"}, {"bbox": [96, 734, 930, 760], "category": "Text", "text": "Given the nature of this Action a Logical Framework Matrix is not required at Action level"}, {"bbox": [86, 817, 707, 849], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [86, 883, 382, 913], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [96, 929, 1126, 956], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [86, 970, 510, 1001], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [96, 1016, 1134, 1097], "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."}, {"bbox": [96, 1122, 1134, 1176], "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, 1216, 570, 1247], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Budget Support – NOT APPLICABLE"}, {"bbox": [86, 1262, 440, 1293], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 1320, 1134, 1398], "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 measures¹⁰."}, {"bbox": [86, 1548, 488, 1573], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ @TEI Methodological Note to Support Design"}, {"bbox": [86, 1573, 1144, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ 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."}]