[{"bbox": [141, 153, 1135, 233], "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, 245, 788, 272], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [178, 284, 1135, 339], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The implementing entity will review the indicators and modify the baseline and target data during the inception phase of the project (first three months of project implementation)."}, {"bbox": [178, 350, 1135, 455], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The implementing entity is advised to set up an internal Project Implementation Monitoring System (PIMS) to monitor and report the progress and performance of the project during the entire span of the project implementation, based on indicators, baseline and target data including in the logical framework matrix."}, {"bbox": [178, 469, 1135, 603], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The implementing partner shall prepare progress reports and submit those to the PSC two weeks prior to the PSC meetings. Each progress report should provide an accurate account of activities implemented, results (outputs and outcome) achieved, difficulties encountered, and mitigating measures adopted. The results (outputs and outcomes) should be measured by the corresponding indicators used in the logframe."}, {"bbox": [178, 615, 1135, 669], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Key stakeholders should be actively encouraged to participate in the data collection and results reporting exercise."}, {"bbox": [141, 680, 1089, 732], "category": "Text", "text": "All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is considering the principle of gender equality, human"}, {"bbox": [141, 746, 1099, 798], "category": "Text", "text": "rights-based approach and rights of persons with disabilities including inclusion and diversity. Indicators shall"}, {"bbox": [141, 812, 751, 840], "category": "Text", "text": "be disaggregated at least by sex and age, and disability if possible."}, {"bbox": [130, 866, 311, 893], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [141, 912, 1135, 966], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a mid-term and final evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [141, 977, 1135, 1032], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular for potential launch a second phase of the action."}, {"bbox": [141, 1043, 1135, 1123], "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 the lessons learnt from the action are expected to be utilized for further supports."}, {"bbox": [141, 1135, 1135, 1242], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least three months 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, 1254, 1135, 1335], "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, 1347, 503, 1374], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted."}, {"bbox": [130, 1399, 450, 1428], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [141, 1446, 1130, 1526], "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": [626, 1655, 652, 1680], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "18"}]