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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 (Outputs and direct Outcomes) as measured by corresponding indicators, using as reference the logframe matrix (for project modality) and the partner's strategy, policy or reform action plan list (for budget support)."}, {"bbox": [97, 233, 1169, 314], "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": [97, 319, 743, 346], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [134, 347, 1169, 479], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The implementing partners alongside the relevant ministries and public entities can provide a simple and practicable decentralised M&E system. The implementing partners will conduct baseline, midline and endline surveys/reports in close cooperation with the EU. Furthermore, the EU regularly hosts Results-Oriented Monitoring (ROM) missions. The project formulation mission will further refine the performance monitoring system as well as its indicators (see Logframe)."}, {"bbox": [134, 480, 1169, 559], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account gender equality, a human rights-based approach and rights of persons with disabilities including inclusion and diversity."}, {"bbox": [134, 560, 1169, 745], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Distributional Impact Assessment tool (DIA) could be applied, as a data source whenever other sources (national, regional, local data) are not available to monitor whether expected outputs (list-reference to Logical Framework) have, to a large extent, benefited the bottom poorest 40 % income or wealth, or socio-economically disadvantaged groups, households and individuals. The DIA can also be performed at the start of the implementation phase to a) locate where the most vulnerable live and target them geographically; b) identify main drivers of inequalities (e.g. reasons for not accessing some services) c) unveil intersectionalities (e.g. bottom 40 income who are women, children etc.)"}, {"bbox": [86, 760, 265, 786], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [97, 806, 1169, 859], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term, and final or ex-post evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [97, 885, 1169, 939], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to potential for scalability."}, {"bbox": [97, 965, 1169, 1042], "category": "Text", "text": "The final or ex-post evaluation will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision), taking into account in particular the complexity of the sector and previous interventions in the sector."}, {"bbox": [97, 1077, 1169, 1189], "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": [97, 1221, 1149, 1301], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluations 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 and disability inclusion. Expertise on human rights, disability and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [97, 1327, 1169, 1486], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation plan should assess the distributional impact of activities undertaken on the bottom (poorest) 40 per cent or socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, households or groups. This can be done through the Distributional Impact Assessment tool (DIA). The DIA analysis looks at the effective targeting of beneficiaries of development interventions, identifying if more than 40 per cent of beneficiaries are at the bottom two quintiles of the income or wealth distribution. It also allows to evaluate whether effective targeting has been done towards women, children and youth or other disadvantaged groups (e.g. ethnic minorities) or at territorial level."}, {"bbox": [97, 1512, 1169, 1592], "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": [1028, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 30"}]