[{"bbox": [72, 116, 1154, 422], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Output 3 - Strategic communication composed of:</td><td>2 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Grants (direct management) - cf. section 4.4.1</td><td>200 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) - cf. section 4.4.3</td><td>1 800 000</td></tr><tr><td>Evaluation - cf. section 5.2</td><td>200 000</td></tr><tr><td>Audit - cf. section 5.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Contingencies</td><td>N.A.</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>6 000 000</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [72, 441, 607, 472], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.7 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [83, 491, 952, 518], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will be managed and implemented by the EU Delegation to Zambia and COMESA."}, {"bbox": [83, 530, 1144, 664], "category": "Text", "text": "Due to the very nature of the Support Measures - Cooperation Facility, the majority of the contracts will be procured from consultancy firms and others. Each provider or grantee will be responsible for the attainment of each contract's specific objectives. As appropriate and in accordance with the partnership commitments of the Paris, Accra and Busan declarations the Support Measures - Cooperation Facility will use existing structures within the Government and among stakeholders without creating new parallel structures."}, {"bbox": [83, 676, 1144, 729], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of its prerogative of budget implementation and to safeguard the financial interests of the Union, the Commission may participate in the above governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [72, 769, 614, 801], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [72, 832, 355, 862], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [83, 882, 1144, 1042], "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 and elaborate regular progress reports (not less than annual) and final reports. Every report shall provide an accurate account of implementation of the action, difficulties encountered, changes introduced. Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account the human-rights based approach and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [83, 1054, 1144, 1134], "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, 1146, 1144, 1249], "category": "Text", "text": "Due to the nature of the Support Measures - Cooperation Facility, its main performance indicator will be the levels of commitment and disbursement of EU development cooperation resources in Zambia, especially focusing at the MIP 2021-2027. This will involve the successful identification, formulation, implementation and evaluation of financed actions."}, {"bbox": [83, 1264, 1144, 1344], "category": "Text", "text": "An overall monitoring for the Cooperation Facility the will be conducted through regular reports on the implementation of the Support Measures - Cooperation Facility with EU Delegation staff and the Zambia coordinating body, and at least bi-annually."}, {"bbox": [83, 1357, 1144, 1409], "category": "Text", "text": "As described above, specific and objectively verifiable indicators will be identified and measured, according to the expected results and activities specified in the terms of references of each specific contract."}, {"bbox": [72, 1442, 248, 1469], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [83, 1492, 1144, 1625], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a final evaluation will be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission. It will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels. All evaluation shall assess to what extent the action is taking into account the human rights-based approach as well as how it contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment. Expertise on human rights and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluations teams."}, {"bbox": [1063, 1665, 1156, 1684], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 19"}]