[{"bbox": [129, 163, 754, 196], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 228, 428, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 274, 1134, 327], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the Republic of Mozambique."}, {"bbox": [129, 342, 556, 373], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 401, 1134, 489], "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 the entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [141, 518, 1073, 572], "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": [129, 588, 743, 619], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [129, 636, 175, 659], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 685, 486, 716], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 731, 1132, 808], "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 measures⁷."}, {"bbox": [129, 824, 473, 851], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 867, 430, 894], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 920, 403, 947], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 947, 1134, 1053], "category": "Text", "text": "The grant's purpose is to achieve the Specific Objective 3 'Support the consolidation and sustainable institutionalisation of the Integrated Information Management System for Public Finance Management (e-SISTAFE)'. The grant will aim at supporting the implementation of the IT Master Plan and sustainability plan, with a particular focus on the roll out of the e-SISTAFE, software developments and related trainings."}, {"bbox": [141, 1079, 447, 1106], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1131, 427, 1157], "category": "Text", "text": "Criteria to select the entity are:"}, {"bbox": [178, 1160, 1134, 1240], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Public entity with the legal mandate, experience, competencies and capacities to develop, maintain and expand the Republic of Mozambique's Integrated Information System for Public Finance Management;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1241, 1130, 1268], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Mandate to train and develop tools, guidelines and methodologies for users across the public sector."}, {"bbox": [178, 1270, 478, 1296], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Presence across the territory"}, {"bbox": [178, 1298, 839, 1325], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Experience implementing projects funded by development partners;"}, {"bbox": [178, 1326, 719, 1353], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Proved technical, administrative and financial capacity"}, {"bbox": [141, 1365, 462, 1392], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(c) Justification of a direct grant**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1403, 1134, 1483], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the responsibility of the Commission's authorising officer responsible, the grant may be awarded without a call for proposals to the Centro de Desenvolvimento de Sistemas de Informação de Finanças (CEDSIF IP)."}, {"bbox": [129, 1572, 1144, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ 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, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 24"}]