[{"bbox": [141, 154, 1134, 241], "category": "Text", "text": "during the project' implementation. Because of its importance in the process of shaping the work plan and the\nlogical framework, the inception phase will be a key milestone of the first part of the project and will serve\nto fine-tune some of the activities and expected results."}, {"bbox": [141, 275, 1134, 363], "category": "Text", "text": "To promote accountability, learning and passing lessons, and meaningful participation of all stakeholders at all phases of the project, the implementing entity will ensure an inclusive and participatory approach in the monitoring and design of interventions."}, {"bbox": [141, 397, 1134, 607], "category": "Text", "text": "The day-to-day technical and financial monitoring of the implementation of this action will be a continuous\nprocess, and part of the implementing partner's responsibilities. To this aim, the implementing partner shall\nestablish a permanent internal, technical and financial monitoring system for the action and elaborate regular\nprogress reports (not less than annual) and final reports. Every report shall provide an accurate account of\nimplementation of the action, difficulties encountered, changes introduced, as well as the degree of\nachievement of its results (Outputs and direct Outcomes) as measured by corresponding indicators, using as\nreference the logframe matrix (for project modality)."}, {"bbox": [141, 610, 1134, 699], "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": [141, 732, 1134, 851], "category": "Text", "text": "**Monitoring** Regular monitoring of the progress of implementation of project activities will be ensured by all of the project staff in their specific roles. Continuous monitoring will generate quantitative feedback on the implementation, preventing deviations from operational objectives, ensuring accountability for spending and enabling the evaluation of the process."}, {"bbox": [130, 899, 311, 926], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [141, 991, 1134, 1048], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a final evaluations may be carried out for this action or its\ncomponents via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [141, 1051, 1134, 1140], "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 this type of specific programme is rather new to the partner country and lessons from the evaluation may support future programmes using the same approach."}, {"bbox": [141, 1143, 1134, 1262], "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": [141, 1296, 1134, 1506], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation plan (or component in the foreseen evaluation) should assess the distributional impact of activities undertaken on the 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. Expertise on inequality reduction will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [141, 1540, 1134, 1628], "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": [1023, 1680, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 22 of 23"}]