[{"bbox": [72, 147, 687, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [109, 211, 391, 241], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1. Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [84, 254, 1111, 281], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [109, 326, 519, 357], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2. Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [84, 370, 1147, 449], "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 84 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [84, 476, 1146, 529], "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": [109, 600, 449, 630], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3. Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [84, 656, 1146, 733], "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 measures³."}, {"bbox": [146, 758, 511, 787], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1. Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [84, 810, 115, 832], "category": "Text", "text": "n/a"}, {"bbox": [146, 884, 570, 912], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2. Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [84, 921, 1146, 971], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to achieve the objectives under section 3.1, service contracts will be signed to implement outcomes 1, 2 and 3"}, {"bbox": [146, 1012, 752, 1040], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.3 Indirect Management with a pillar-asessed organisation"}, {"bbox": [84, 1061, 1146, 1115], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with an entity/ies, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [89, 1141, 526, 1167], "category": "List-item", "text": "- experience in working with public authorities;"}, {"bbox": [84, 1168, 932, 1194], "category": "List-item", "text": "- experience in promoting alignment of EU interests, policies and values in partner countries;"}, {"bbox": [84, 1195, 1137, 1221], "category": "List-item", "text": "- expertise in providing advisory services, capacity building and/or technical assistance to public and private sector;"}, {"bbox": [84, 1221, 378, 1246], "category": "List-item", "text": "- knowledge of the Thai context"}, {"bbox": [84, 1248, 1146, 1301], "category": "List-item", "text": "- capacity to work in partnership with key bodies of the Thai Government enabling smooth facilitation of one or more policy dialogues related to the SDGs."}, {"bbox": [84, 1352, 1146, 1405], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this/these entity/ies entails stronger results on outcome 1, output 1.1 on the SDG dialogue, as well on outcome 2, output 2.1."}, {"bbox": [72, 1416, 1158, 1473], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.4 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [72, 1585, 1158, 1660], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ 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": [1134, 1661, 1158, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "14"}]