[{"bbox": [85, 152, 405, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [97, 195, 363, 222], "category": "Text", "text": "Grants: (direct management)"}, {"bbox": [97, 233, 340, 260], "category": "Text", "text": "(a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [97, 260, 1134, 311], "category": "Text", "text": "Grant(s) will be used to achieve all the objectives/outputs and implement all the activities for this action, as outlined under sections 3.1 and 3.2 here above."}, {"bbox": [97, 325, 382, 353], "category": "Text", "text": "(b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [97, 352, 1134, 433], "category": "Text", "text": "Targeted applicants will be NGOs and international organisations. Key selection criteria will be notably the knowledge of the country context, local presence as well as professional experience and expertise in providing capacity building support to local civil society in the Maldives."}, {"bbox": [85, 529, 1132, 586], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [107, 600, 1125, 814], "category": "Text", "text": "If part of the action cannot be implemented in direct management due to circumstances outside of the Commission's control, indirect management will be used with a pillar assessed entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria: technical expertise in the targeted sector (support to civil society, gender equality); knowledge of the political context and civil society landscape in the Maldives; close connection/networks (or demonstrated ability/willingness to develop them) with the relevant Maldivian public institutions, professional associations and civil society organisations; sufficient implementation/absorption capacity (including in terms of M&E) and; willingness to provide adequate visibility to the EU as per the EU visibility requirements."}, {"bbox": [107, 823, 1125, 876], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this entity entails the whole set of objectives, results and indicative activities under this action as outlined under sections 3.1 and 3.2 here above."}, {"bbox": [85, 892, 803, 924], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [97, 950, 1134, 1032], "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."}, {"bbox": [97, 1043, 1134, 1151], "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)."}]