[{"bbox": [140, 153, 1134, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission may undertake additional project monitoring visits both through its own staff and through independent consultants recruited directly by the Commission for independent monitoring reviews (or recruited by the responsible agent contracted by the Commission for implementing such reviews)."}, {"bbox": [140, 243, 1134, 298], "category": "Text", "text": "The statistical and monitoring systems as well as the quality of official data in the policy field covered have been assessed. This assessment has fed into the design of the action as follows:"}, {"bbox": [140, 309, 1134, 443], "category": "Text", "text": "The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) shows positive results in relation to the National Statistical System (SEN) and the System of Environmental and Economic Accounting (SCAE). These systems allow articulating and integrating economic and environmental information, as well as standardising the procedures for the generation of statistical information. The environmental sector counts with its own information System (SIAC)."}, {"bbox": [140, 454, 1134, 562], "category": "Text", "text": "Environment entities have specific information systems for the follow up of different programmes and policies that allow a tailor made monitoring of the respective executions. Although information produced by the different entities and programs is credible, reliable and well supported (in terms of quantity, quality and availability), limitations persist in the national, regional and local interoperability of information systems."}, {"bbox": [140, 573, 1134, 655], "category": "Text", "text": "In this context, the complementary support of the Action will support the coordination, interoperability of information systems as well as develop a system that allows for results achievement related to forest-risk commodity supply-chains."}, {"bbox": [130, 680, 311, 708], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [140, 725, 1134, 780], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a final evaluation will be carried out for this action or its components contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [140, 790, 1134, 872], "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 ambitious national targets have been set by the government which coincide with the Action targets."}, {"bbox": [140, 882, 1134, 991], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 1 month 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": [140, 1001, 1134, 1082], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [140, 1093, 1083, 1122], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation may be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [130, 1146, 448, 1174], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [140, 1191, 1130, 1272], "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": [130, 1310, 1071, 1345], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [140, 1375, 1134, 1430], "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": [140, 1441, 1134, 1602], "category": "Text", "text": "It will remain a contractual obligation for all entities implementing EU-funded external actions to inform the relevant audiences of the Union's support for their work by displaying the EU emblem and a short funding statement as appropriate on all communication materials related to the actions concerned. This obligation will continue to apply equally, regardless of whether the actions concerned are implemented by the Commission, partner countries, service providers, grant beneficiaries or entrusted or delegated entities such as UN agencies, international financial institutions and agencies of EU member states."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 28"}]