[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1120, 260], "category": "Text", "text": "project portfolio of EUR 90.7 million (grant financing only). The volume of support for energy transmission and system automation amounts to EUR 63 million. The support is for two 220 KV transmission lines (Chilime-Trishuli and Lekhnath-Damauli) and for the modernisation of the Load Dispatch Centre that controls the entire transmission network in the country."}, {"bbox": [97, 270, 1120, 510], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of the post-earthquake support (EUR 5 million), German Financial Cooperation through KfW's financing the rehabilitation and improvement of damaged electricity distribution networks in two districts. A solar photovoltaic (PV) project (EUR 5.7 million) aims to provide access to electricity to more than 1,350 rural institutions (schools, health posts, and community water pumping schemes). The promotion of a grid-connected ground-mounted solar PV system (EUR 8 million) and commercial and industrial rooftop solar aims (EUR 9 million) to add about 24 MW of clean electricity to the national grid. All projects are implemented through Nepalese Project-Executing-Agencies (NEA and AEPC), which are in turn supported by full-time Project Implementation Consultants (PIC). Responsibility for portfolio management lies with KfW HQ in Frankfurt, which is supported by KfW Office Kathmandu."}, {"bbox": [97, 522, 1120, 629], "category": "Text", "text": "Both KfW and GIZ would manage the budget for the implementation tasks: conducting procurement and grant award procedures and managing the resulting contracts, as well as supervising the expenditure of funds channelled through local implementing partner Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and selected federal, provincial, and local authorities."}, {"bbox": [97, 641, 1120, 722], "category": "Text", "text": "The GIZ will ensure that relevant skills of grid technicians will be available, advise on regulatory issues, help to develop concepts for an increased use of electricity instead of fossil or biofuels, etc. (technical assistance, capacity building and institutional strengthening)."}, {"bbox": [97, 733, 1120, 866], "category": "Text", "text": "KfW, the German Development Bank, is responsible for infrastructure finance, i.e., will finance NEA's investments in the power supply grid. KfW helps to identify and design the measures (at the moment, the comprehensive feasibility study is ongoing financed by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, to finance the Project Implementation Consultant (PIC) for the tendering and supervision of works, to carry out regular progress control missions, etc. (financial assistance)."}, {"bbox": [97, 878, 1120, 932], "category": "Text", "text": "KfW would build upon the results of the Technical Assistance to a large extent, on improved skills, enhanced regulation, etc., mitigating the sustainability risks and improving the effectiveness of the investments."}, {"bbox": [97, 944, 1120, 998], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the above-mentioned entity fail, that part of this action may be implemented in direct management in accordance with the implementation modalities identified in section 4.4.3."}, {"bbox": [144, 1019, 1116, 1073], "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": [102, 1081, 1116, 1136], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the implementation modality needs to be change from indirect to direct management mode, the action would be implemented by procuring services for the implementation of the two specific objectives."}, {"bbox": [85, 1170, 798, 1202], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [97, 1229, 1120, 1311], "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, 1321, 1120, 1455], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility in accordance with Budget Article 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of products and services in the markets of the countries concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where the eligibility rules would make the realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [905, 1603, 1023, 1627], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 22"}]