[{"bbox": [129, 152, 857, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [140, 211, 1131, 291], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographic 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": [140, 303, 1131, 410], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency 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 the Action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [129, 450, 399, 480], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.6. Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [129, 491, 979, 806], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Implementation modalities – cf. section 4.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>All Outputs composed of</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Indirect management with an entrusted entity – cf. section 4.4.1</td><td>8 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Evaluation – cf. section 5.2</td><td>Covered by another Decision</td></tr><tr><td>Audit – cf. section 5.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>8 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [129, 834, 650, 865], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.7 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [140, 893, 1131, 947], "category": "Text", "text": "One Project Steering Committee (PSC) will be established and will be co-chaired by the Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the relevant Government counterpart."}, {"bbox": [140, 958, 1131, 1091], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementing partner will report to the PSC and function as secretariat to the PSC while the members will be the key stakeholders such as government agencies/departments, local authorities, CSOs/NGOs and private sector who will support the achievement of the Action's objectives. Particular attention will be paid to the representation to equal and meaningful participation of women and youth (and where possible persons with disabilities) in all their diversity in these Committees."}, {"bbox": [140, 1104, 1131, 1184], "category": "Text", "text": "The PSC will meet every six months (unless there is a specific need for additional meetings) and will be instrumental both in ensuring policy dialogue, strategic direction, monitor the overall Action, and support interventions and activities as needed. It has an advisory function to the contracting authority."}, {"bbox": [129, 1225, 682, 1256], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [129, 1291, 472, 1322], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [140, 1349, 1131, 1616], "category": "Text", "text": "The day-to-day technical and financial monitoring of the implementation of this Action will be a continuous process, and part of the implementing partner's responsibilities. To this aim, the implementing partner shall establish a permanent internal, technical and financial monitoring system for the Action and elaborate workplans that will be submitted to the PSC and submit regular progress reports (not less than annual) and final reports. Every report shall provide an accurate account of implementation of the Action, difficulties encountered, changes introduced, as well as the degree of achievement of its results (Outputs and direct Outcomes) as measured by corresponding indicators, using as reference the logframe matrix (for project modality). The Commission may undertake additional project monitoring visits both through its own staff and through independent consultants recruited directly by the Commission for independent monitoring reviews (or recruited by the responsible agent contracted by the Commission for implementing such reviews)."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1141, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 20"}]