[{"bbox": [141, 153, 1132, 208], "category": "Text", "text": "equality, human-based approach and rights of persons with disabilities, including inclusion and diversity.\nWhere relevant, indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex."}, {"bbox": [141, 219, 786, 247], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [141, 257, 1133, 418], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementing partner must establish a permanent internal, technical and financial monitoring system for the Action and prepare regular progress reports and final reports. Monitoring system and tools should promote and ensure local beneficiaries and stakeholders' quantity and quality participation. The Action will use existing or newly developed accountability mechanisms to obtain feedback from students, teachers and private sector actors that feeds into a constant revision and adaptability of actions to ensure they are responsive to the needs of the market and the aspirations of youth."}, {"bbox": [141, 429, 1133, 536], "category": "Text", "text": "In the initial phase, the indicative logical framework agreed in contract and / or the agreement signed with the implementing partner(s) must be complemented with baselines, milestones and targets for each indicator. In addition, a gender analysis and an assessment of required skills and employment opportunities around flagship (Global Gateway) investments will be conducted at the beginning of the intervention."}, {"bbox": [141, 548, 1133, 628], "category": "Text", "text": "Progress reports provided by the implementing partner should contain the most recent version of the logical framework agreed by the parties and showing the current values for each indicator. The final report should complete the logical framework with initial and final values for each indicator."}, {"bbox": [141, 640, 1112, 668], "category": "Text", "text": "The final report, financial and descriptive, will cover the entire period of the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [141, 678, 1124, 760], "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": [130, 785, 308, 813], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [141, 832, 1133, 886], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, mid-term and final evaluations may be carried out for this Action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [141, 897, 1133, 952], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the effectiveness and complementarity of the action with other initiatives."}, {"bbox": [141, 963, 1133, 1044], "category": "Text", "text": "The final evaluation will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision), taking into account in particular the fact that progress on issues talked by this action are part of an ongoing process."}, {"bbox": [141, 1055, 1133, 1137], "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": [141, 1148, 757, 1174], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [130, 1202, 446, 1230], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [141, 1259, 1133, 1341], "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": [203, 1380, 1139, 1414], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [141, 1458, 1133, 1513], "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": [141, 1524, 1133, 1632], "category": "Text", "text": "In line with the 2022 \"Communicating and Raising EU Visibility: Guidance for External Actions\", it will remain a contractual obligation for all entities implementing EU-funded external actions to inform the relevant audiences of the Union's support for their work by displaying the EU emblem and a short funding statement as appropriate on all communication materials related to the actions concerned. This obligation will continue"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 28"}]