[{"bbox": [72, 120, 617, 154], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [101, 183, 425, 216], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [83, 228, 1147, 309], "category": "Text", "text": "The day-to-day technical and financial monitoring of the implementation of this action will be a continuous process, and part of the **implementing partner's responsibilities**. To this aim, the implementing partner shall establish a permanent internal, technical and financial monitoring system for the action."}, {"bbox": [83, 309, 1147, 442], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementing partners will elaborate regular **biannual** progress reports and **final reports**. Every report shall provide an accurate account of implementation of the action, difficulties encountered, changes introduced, as well as the degree of achievement of its results (activities and outputs) as measured by corresponding indicators, using as reference the log frame matrix. The logical framework and indicators will be checked for relevance by the Contractor on a six monthly basis with any updates being included within the relevant progress reports."}, {"bbox": [83, 452, 1147, 533], "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": [83, 545, 1147, 651], "category": "Text", "text": "**A detailed M&E plan**, including activities and responsibilities for baseline studies, data collection and monitoring, will be prepared during the project inception phase (by the contractor), and submitted to the EU Delegation for approval. The implementing partner will collect and compile sex-disaggregated data covering each implemented activity when those refer to individuals."}, {"bbox": [83, 651, 1147, 755], "category": "Text", "text": "**The indicators** of success for this actions will be refined in the project logical framework to be elaborated by the Contractor as part of the Organisation and Methodology, and updated in the project inception report and work plan, based on the current document. The monitoring framework will also include activities' indicators and indicators linked to the SDGs and GAP III⁹."}, {"bbox": [87, 775, 252, 804], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2. Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [83, 819, 1147, 900], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term evaluation will be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants. It will be carried out for learning purposes, in particular with respect to envisage the second phase of the action."}, {"bbox": [83, 900, 1147, 980], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation will be gender and human rights sensitive, assess gender equality and human rights results and implementation of rights-based approach working principles (participation, non-discrimination, accountability and transparency)."}, {"bbox": [83, 981, 1147, 1068], "category": "Text", "text": "The dates envisaged for the mid-term evaluation mission will be set in the M&E plan. 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": [83, 1069, 1147, 1214], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports shall be shared with the partner country and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination¹⁰. 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": [87, 1232, 391, 1261], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3. Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [83, 1276, 1147, 1357], "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": [72, 1383, 997, 1418], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [83, 1456, 1108, 1511], "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": [83, 1522, 1092, 1551], "category": "Text", "text": "Regional and global strategic communication and public diplomacy funds will be managed from headquarters."}, {"bbox": [72, 1638, 746, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ JOIN(2020)17 final of 25.11.2020; SWD(2020)284 final of 25.11.2020."}, {"bbox": [72, 1662, 528, 1687], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ See best practice of evaluation dissemination."}, {"bbox": [1040, 1687, 1158, 1712], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 21"}]