[{"bbox": [86, 153, 265, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [97, 201, 1134, 256], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a final evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [97, 280, 1134, 389], "category": "Text", "text": "It will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision), taking into account in particular the fact that the civil society support component may introduce innovative financing support mechanisms (sub-granting) and that the cooperation facility supports, for the first time, a \"whole-of-Delegation\" approach."}, {"bbox": [97, 413, 1134, 521], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 30 days in advance of the dates envisaged for the evaluation missions. The implementing partner shall collaborate efficiently and effectively with the evaluation experts, and inter alia provide them with all necessary information and documentation, as well as access to the project premises and activities."}, {"bbox": [97, 545, 1134, 680], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports shall be shared with the partner country and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination11. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, in agreement with the partner country, jointly decide on the follow-up actions to be taken and any adjustments necessary, including, if indicated, the reorientation of the project."}, {"bbox": [97, 705, 714, 732], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [86, 773, 403, 801], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [97, 821, 1134, 902], "category": "Text", "text": "Without prejudice to the obligations applicable to contracts concluded for the implementation of this action, the Commission may, on the basis of a risk assessment, contract independent audit or verification assignments for one or several contracts or agreements."}, {"bbox": [86, 954, 1025, 988], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [97, 1024, 1134, 1078], "category": "Text", "text": "The 2021-2027 programming cycle will adopt a new approach to pooling, programming and deploying strategic communication and public diplomacy resources."}, {"bbox": [97, 1103, 1134, 1260], "category": "Text", "text": "Regional and global strategic communication and public diplomacy funds will be managed from headquarters. At country level, action documents for specific sector programmes are no longer required to include a provision for communication actions promoting the programmes concerned. These resources will instead be consolidated in Cooperation Facilities established by support measure action documents, allowing Delegations to plan and execute multiannual strategic communication and public diplomacy actions with sufficient critical mass to be effective on a national scale."}, {"bbox": [97, 1262, 1134, 1369], "category": "Text", "text": "To that end, Delegations are first developing short strategic communication and public diplomacy plans that reflect the objectives of the Delegation as a whole in this domain, initially covering the period up to the Mid-Term Review (MTR). The plans will be endorsed by a coordination mechanism comprised of the EEAS, DG INTPA, DG NEAR and FPI, and will be reviewed, modified and extended as appropriate as part of the MTR process."}, {"bbox": [97, 1369, 1134, 1423], "category": "Text", "text": "Please briefly summarise the key elements of the relevant strategic plan below. Where such a plan has, exceptionally, not yet been adopted, the Delegation is developing it and will provide the following information:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1423, 385, 1449], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. The audiences targeted"}, {"bbox": [135, 1449, 1134, 1499], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. For each group targeted, the principal communication objective, couched in terms of measurable outcomes"}, {"bbox": [135, 1501, 1104, 1528], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. The core narrative, formulated in terms not of *what we do* in the country concerned, but *why we do* it"}, {"bbox": [1028, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 15"}]