[{"bbox": [156, 163, 1136, 422], "category": "List-item", "text": "without a call for proposals to consortia of international and national NGOs selected using the following criteria. Implementers with in-depth experience in job creation, entrepreneurship programmes, access to finance, local infrastructure development through cash for work, human rights and protection as well as conflict mitigation in Sudan. Implementers should have solid implementation capacities including for inputs delivery, infrastructure works and procurement components. Representation in the field at states and locality level and good reputation in communities is essential. They need to have specialised experience with empowerment of vulnerable groups, such as IDPs and refugee communities, women and young people and people with disabilities. A consortia approach of several specialised organisations will be encouraged when appropriate."}, {"bbox": [142, 433, 1136, 545], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the recourse to an award of a grant without a call for proposals is justified because of the possibility to use flexible procurement and grant procedures in crisis situations as defined by the Financial Regulation (Article 195 (a)), provided and valid at the time of the attribution."}, {"bbox": [142, 605, 1136, 746], "category": "Text", "text": "If direct management cannot be concluded due to circumstances outside of the Commission's control (for instance if negotiations for a direct award fail or the access to the country becomes difficult for international NGOs), that part of this action may be implemented in indirect management with an EU Member state implementing agency or an international organisation, in accordance with the qualification criteria identified in section 4.4.2:"}, {"bbox": [142, 765, 1131, 851], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Implementer with in-depth should also have experience in food aid job creation, micro entrepreneurship programmes, and food security, including nutrition, school feeding including local, home-grown approaches, as well as smallholder farmer community infrastructure development."}, {"bbox": [142, 868, 744, 897], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Implementer with solid procurement experience and systems."}, {"bbox": [142, 913, 1112, 999], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Implementer who maintained a capacity through cash for stakeholder management actors at both state and national levels, and has acquired acceptance from all stakeholders, including national NGOs and implementers, farmer organisations and local communities."}, {"bbox": [142, 1016, 1136, 1099], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Representation in the field at states and locality level and experience with conflict sensitive approaches and work, empowerment of vulnerable groups, such as women, young people, IDPs and refugee communities."}, {"bbox": [142, 1118, 894, 1147], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Record in human rights and protection as well as conflict mitigation in Sudan."}, {"bbox": [129, 1189, 860, 1222], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [142, 1245, 1114, 1331], "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": [142, 1348, 1112, 1463], "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 realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [1023, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 40 of 45"}]