[{"bbox": [85, 137, 708, 169], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 203, 382, 233], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 248, 1125, 276], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is not envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [85, 328, 510, 360], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 375, 1132, 455], "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 60 months from the date of adoption by the Commission of this Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [97, 455, 1121, 508], "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": [85, 548, 440, 579], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 606, 1084, 684], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will ensure that the EU rules and procedures for providing financing to third parties are respected, including review procedures, where appropriate, and compliance of the action with EU restrictive measures⁵⁵."}, {"bbox": [85, 713, 424, 740], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [97, 755, 384, 781], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 808, 354, 834], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 834, 1132, 938], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant(s) will contribute to achieve the overall objective (Impact) and specific objectives (outcomes) of this action as described in section 3, in line with the geographical and thematic area of expertise of the implementing partner, and in close coordination among all implementing partners; in particular those described in section 4.3.3 below."}, {"bbox": [97, 940, 401, 967], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [97, 967, 605, 993], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant(s) must:"}, {"bbox": [172, 995, 540, 1021], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be a legal person or natural persons;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1023, 661, 1049], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be a public or private non-profit-organisation and"}, {"bbox": [172, 1051, 1132, 1130], "category": "List-item", "text": "* be a specific type of organisation such as a non-governmental organisation, public sector operator, local authority, international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation;"}, {"bbox": [97, 1131, 453, 1157], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of (a) direct grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1157, 1132, 1237], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, grants may be awarded without a call for proposals to a non-governmental organisation, local authority, international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation, selected using the following criteria"}, {"bbox": [172, 1239, 1132, 1290], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Strong expertise in ethnic education services, including mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE);"}, {"bbox": [172, 1293, 1027, 1320], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Previous experience with main stakeholders, including ethnic education service providers"}, {"bbox": [172, 1322, 1132, 1374], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Strong expertise in technical and vocational training, non-formal education and access to employment opportunities for youth and women;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1376, 1132, 1427], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Previous involvement (recipient of FSTP) and/or experience in managing Financial Support to Third Parties;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1430, 1132, 1483], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Expertise in the field of context-responsive, conflict-sensitivity, gender equality, do-no harm and Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA);"}, {"bbox": [85, 1573, 1142, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵⁵ 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": [1015, 1655, 1142, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 28 of 33"}]