[{"bbox": [141, 166, 384, 190], "category": "Section-header", "text": "FUND MANAGEMENT:"}, {"bbox": [141, 204, 1135, 365], "category": "Text", "text": "Spotlight Initiative Programme funds are pooled with the **United Nations Multi Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTFO)** acting as the Administrative Agent that ensures UNDG approved standardized contracting and trustee services including the release of funds to the recipient UN Agencies, high quality financial and narrative reporting and the ability to manage multi-donor contributions. Through the pooled funding modality MPTFO ensures the amplification of the programme through its global gateway that integrates the whole Spotlight Initiative portfolio under one pooled umbrella."}, {"bbox": [141, 375, 1135, 510], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the Global Challenges decision, INPTA is currently in discussion with the MPTFO to maintain a **Global 'Secretariat'** which would ensure support services to EU funded country programmes. This structure will also ensure, the provision of technical support, global results reporting, knowledge management and global advocacy and communications. This will allow to elevate this action visibility and impact by joining the global momentum created by the Spotlight Initiative."}, {"bbox": [130, 537, 685, 570], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [130, 603, 477, 635], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [141, 661, 1135, 848], "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, as well as the degree of achievement of its results (Outputs and direct Outcomes) as measured by corresponding indicators, using as reference the log frame matrix."}, {"bbox": [141, 859, 1135, 940], "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, 951, 1135, 1085], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring: implementing partners will be responsible to define before implementation or within 90 days after the start date of implementation baselines and targets for each of the output and activity indicators included in their respective project implementation document and ensure continuous learning during implementation and provide precise recommendations that are action-oriented, practical, and specific and define who is responsible for the proposed action."}, {"bbox": [141, 1096, 1135, 1204], "category": "Text", "text": "In view to ensure a holistic approach, to guarantee programme quality and to allow for global consolidation, the HQ based Spotlight Initiative Secretariat has developed a global results framework the country programmes are expected to align with. This Global RF will be further contextualised to reflect Sierra Leone's specificities."}, {"bbox": [141, 1215, 1135, 1375], "category": "Text", "text": "The Spotlight Initiative will endeavor for data to be disaggregated by income, sex, age, ethnicity, disability and geographic location, when possible. Data disaggregation will also be pursued for other characteristics relevant in national contexts over the lifespan of the country programmes. \"Other status\" or characteristics include discrimination on the basis of age (with attention to youth and older persons), nationality, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status (including HIV), and place of residence, economic and social situation, and civil, political or other status."}, {"bbox": [141, 1386, 1135, 1520], "category": "Text", "text": "Implementing UN Agencies will produce narrative and financial reports to meet the UNDG approved standardized contracting. The Administrative Agent (the Multi Partner Trust Fund Office -MPTFO) is responsible for the production and submission to the Contracting Authority (European Union Delegation) of high quality financial and narrative reporting in compliancy with the Contribution agreement with the European Union."}, {"bbox": [141, 1531, 1135, 1639], "category": "Text", "text": "The monitoring of results by programme teams will serve the contractual requirements and will also be guided by the National Steering Committee. To this effect, the HQ based Spotlight Initiative Secretariat will continue using the Spotlight Initiative Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART Platform), while supporting Country Teams to produce high quality programme reports. Based on contributions by UN Country Teams, a Global"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 33 of 35"}]