[{"bbox": [85, 151, 800, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [95, 198, 1132, 279], "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": [95, 303, 1132, 411], "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": [85, 451, 340, 482], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [85, 494, 1153, 1166], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th>Indicative Budget components<sup>5</sup></th><th>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Implementation modalities – cf. section 4.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Objective 1) “Support the EU Delegation and institutional partners (both in the public and the private sector) in the implementation of the MIP, of the Government’s emerging needs and priorities,” composed of</td><td>1 750 000</td></tr><tr><td>Grants (direct management) – cf. section 4.3.1</td><td>250 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) – cf. section 4.3.2</td><td>1 250 000</td></tr><tr><td>Indirect management with entrusted entities – cf. section 4.3.3</td><td>250 000</td></tr><tr><td>Objective 2) “Support policy dialogue with the Government and other key stakeholders” composed of</td><td>90 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) – cf. section 4.3.2</td><td>90 000</td></tr><tr><td>Objective 3) “Support the EU’s strategic communication and public diplomacy” composed of</td><td>160 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) – cf. section 4.3.2</td><td>150 000</td></tr><tr><td>Audit (Direct Management)</td><td>10 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement – total envelope under section 4.3.2</td><td>1 490 000</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>2 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [85, 1181, 606, 1212], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [95, 1227, 1132, 1334], "category": "Text", "text": "The Contracting Authority for the implementation of the action is the EU Delegation. In order to ensure coordination and appropriation at country level, the EU Delegation will continue the current practice to inform the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on each request of supports received under this CF, either by public institutions and agencies or from outside the government."}, {"bbox": [95, 1360, 1132, 1441], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU Delegation will ensure proper coordination with the National Coordinating Body for all external cooperation programmes – the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The EU Delegation will keep the Ministry informed of (i) all requests not emanating from the Ministry, and (ii) of the financial status of the programme."}, {"bbox": [95, 1466, 1132, 1520], "category": "Text", "text": "Similarly, and given our longstanding partnership, the Ministry will continue referring to the EU Delegation every request for technical assistance which is proposed by other Government entities. Given the amount of funding"}, {"bbox": [85, 1570, 1117, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ N.B: The final text on audit/verification depends on the outcome of ongoing discussions on pooling of funding in (one or a limited number of) Decision(s) and the subsequent financial management, i.e. for the conclusion of audit contracts and payments."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 13"}]