[{"bbox": [136, 122, 1132, 174], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Support the formulation and implementation of village development and land use plans, including climate change adaptation issues;"}, {"bbox": [136, 174, 1132, 225], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Raise awareness for biodiversity and forest ecosystems. Develop community-based laws (by-laws) and enforcement activities."}, {"bbox": [136, 227, 1132, 307], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Promote sustainable agriculture and forestry and create value chains that reduce the pressure on the forest and limit the use of slash-and-burn methods (e.g. rice paddy on inland valley swamps, agro-forestry, rejuvenation of palm oil plantation, etc.), which create alternative income opportunities."}, {"bbox": [136, 307, 1132, 360], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. Support the construction/rehabilitation of basic rural infrastructure and the delivery of climate resilient key public services (water points, rural roads, health posts, schools/education, school feeding etc.)"}, {"bbox": [98, 386, 355, 413], "category": "Section-header", "text": "(a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [98, 425, 894, 452], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant shall enable local authorities to plan and implement local development plans."}, {"bbox": [98, 491, 400, 518], "category": "Section-header", "text": "(b) Type of applicants targeted"}, {"bbox": [98, 530, 1132, 584], "category": "Text", "text": "Government entities, local authorities, public bodies, NGOs, international organisations or Universities with presence in Sierra Leone."}, {"bbox": [98, 628, 1132, 707], "category": "Text", "text": "The part of the action under the budgetary envelope reserved for grants may, partially or totally and including where an entity is designated for receiving a grant without a call for proposals, be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [136, 747, 1132, 800], "category": "List-item", "text": "- technical, financial and operational capacities and proven experience in the field of early childhood, primary and secondary education;"}, {"bbox": [136, 812, 1132, 865], "category": "List-item", "text": "- technical, financial and operational capacities and proven experience in the field of rural development, environmental protection and monitoring;"}, {"bbox": [136, 878, 530, 905], "category": "List-item", "text": "- experience in the creation of synergies."}, {"bbox": [86, 933, 538, 963], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [98, 979, 443, 1006], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Procurement: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [98, 1032, 1072, 1058], "category": "Text", "text": "(A) contract(s) for technical assistance is/are envisaged under the Action for Specific Objectives 1,3 and 4."}, {"bbox": [98, 1084, 1132, 1187], "category": "Text", "text": "A call will be launched for objectives 1, 3 and 4 under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified because of the key role that will be played by the technical assistance for these objectives, hence the need to minimise the delay between the recruitment of the experts and the starting in the implementation of the Action."}, {"bbox": [86, 1265, 652, 1295], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.3 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [98, 1324, 354, 1351], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 4.4.3.1 Specific objective 2"}, {"bbox": [98, 1363, 1132, 1413], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented under indirect management with an entity which will be selected by the Commission's services."}, {"bbox": [98, 1428, 1127, 1481], "category": "Text", "text": "For the improvement of equitable learning outcomes of students at early childhood, primary and secondary level considering gender gap reduction as a key driver the following criteira will be used:"}, {"bbox": [98, 1494, 1132, 1547], "category": "Text", "text": "technical, financial and operational capacities and proven experience in the field of early childhood, primary and secondary education."}, {"bbox": [98, 1560, 1132, 1611], "category": "Text", "text": "Since several actors work in both this area as well as environment mentioned in 4.4.3.2, the creation of synergies will be used as an additional main criterion."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 28 of 33"}]