[{"bbox": [129, 154, 485, 184], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [140, 210, 1133, 287], "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 measures⁸."}, {"bbox": [129, 316, 660, 345], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [140, 370, 1133, 450], "category": "Text", "text": "Complementary measures through technical assistance and capacity building may be implemented in indirect management with an entrusted entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [144, 463, 1133, 543], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Demonstrated experience in financial governance projects with a particular focus on strengthening the MFDP capacity to enact the budget cycle and the audit institutions capacity to oversight the budget in partner countries."}, {"bbox": [144, 555, 1133, 609], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Solid experience in providing support to CSOs in the areas of accountability and budget transparency and oversight."}, {"bbox": [144, 621, 1133, 701], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this entity entails strengthening the public financial management system by enhancing fiscal discipline and domestic revenue mobilisation, and improving transparency, accountability, and policy effectiveness in the forest and agriculture sectors, while promoting a sustainable development approach."}, {"bbox": [129, 728, 1143, 784], "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": [140, 810, 1133, 864], "category": "Text", "text": "If negotiations with the entrusted entity for indirect management fail for circumstances beyond the Commission's control, the Commission's services may use direct management as follows."}, {"bbox": [140, 876, 400, 903], "category": "Text", "text": "**Grants (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [140, 916, 383, 943], "category": "Text", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [140, 954, 1133, 1060], "category": "Text", "text": "**'Grants in PFM, DRM'**: Provide grants to NGOs or think tanks with experience in Liberia in the area of PFM, DRM, transparency and accountability, able to provide support to the MFDP and LRA to strengthen the budget cycle and increase revenues. The grants will contribute to strengthening the public financial management system by enhancing fiscal discipline and domestic revenue mobilisation."}, {"bbox": [140, 1072, 1133, 1207], "category": "Text", "text": "**'Grants in forestry, agriculture'**: Direct grants to NGOs able to strengthen oversight and transparency in the forestry and agriculture sector. Direct grants to the Government audit agencies with the purpose to enhance their capacity building should also be considered. The grants will contribute to improving transparency, accountability, and policy effectiveness in the forest and agriculture sectors, while promoting a sustainable development approach."}, {"bbox": [140, 1219, 425, 1246], "category": "Text", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [140, 1257, 1133, 1312], "category": "Text", "text": "Non-governmental organisations, international organisations, social enterprises, (international) public sector operator/organisations, public and private universities, government audit agencies, etc."}, {"bbox": [129, 1338, 858, 1368], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5. Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [140, 1393, 1133, 1473], "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 provision."}, {"bbox": [140, 1486, 1133, 1539], "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"}, {"bbox": [129, 1568, 1143, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ 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": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 29 of 33"}]