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This part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [172, 831, 1085, 858], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated experience in all levels of education services, including MTB-MLE in Myanmar;"}, {"bbox": [172, 859, 1134, 913], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated effective working experience with community schools/centres as well as in supporting community educators, communities and parents in learning activities;"}, {"bbox": [172, 914, 1134, 967], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated experience and ability to provide quality basic education services to conflict-affected populations through collaboration with CSOs in conflict-affected areas and ethnic areas;"}, {"bbox": [172, 968, 1134, 1022], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Demonstrated experience in conflict-sensitive and human rights-based development projects/programmes and in due diligence compliance;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1023, 1134, 1077], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Established operational capacity in Myanmar, including a strong presence at the local level and continued ability to operate in Myanmar;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1078, 1134, 1159], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Willingness to accept the EU's leading role in policy/political dialogue with all stakeholders, promote a Team Europe approach or a Nexus approach, and provide adequate visibility to the EU as per the EU visibility guidelines;"}, {"bbox": [97, 1169, 1134, 1250], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this entity entails the contribution to the achievement of the Objectives and corresponding Outputs as outlined in section 3.1, in line with the geographical and thematic area of expertise of the implementing partner, and in close coordination among all implementing partners."}, {"bbox": [85, 1276, 802, 1308], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1335, 1134, 1416], "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 subject to the following provisions."}, {"bbox": [97, 1427, 1134, 1534], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or 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 realization of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [1015, 1655, 1145, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 30 of 33"}]