[{"bbox": [83, 88, 1147, 194], "category": "Text", "text": "oversee coordination of the different stakeholders in the programmes. The SC will comprise representatives from MoP, the EU Delegation to Iraq and its cooperation section, representatives from implementing partners per component and the relevant national and local stakeholders, including civil society representatives and private sector partners."}, {"bbox": [83, 200, 1147, 253], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of its prerogative of budget implementation and to safeguard the financial interests of the Union, the Commission may participate in the above governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [73, 287, 616, 319], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [117, 350, 439, 381], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [83, 394, 1147, 554], "category": "Text", "text": "A robust Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation system will be put in place to track project implementation progress, and document valuable lessons and experiences being learnt. At the inception phase, baseline survey and assessment, to verify some of the anticipated risks will be carried on, including the introduction of necessary amendments to the set of indicators based on the prevailing conditions in the context of implementing the project. Local authorities and communities will be strongly involved in the monitoring of the activities performed, when possible."}, {"bbox": [83, 579, 1147, 790], "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 Logframe matrix. SDGs indicators and, if applicable, any jointly agreed indicators as for instance per Joint Programming document and Team Europe Initiative should be taken into account."}, {"bbox": [83, 818, 1147, 898], "category": "Text", "text": "The report shall be laid out in such a way as to allow monitoring of the means envisaged and employed and of the budget details for the action. The final report, narrative and financial, will cover the entire period of the action implementation."}, {"bbox": [83, 924, 1147, 1004], "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": [83, 1029, 1147, 1187], "category": "Text", "text": "Third party monitoring will be contracted (procurement or framework contract) and could, among others, be tasked with field visits in the areas where activities of the project will be taking place with the aim to assess in pre-set intervals, the progress of the project against its stated objectives and timeframe. Monitors may also visit the end beneficiaries (targeted populations) and conduct surveys of assessing the impact of the actions. Furthermore, constant monitoring will feed the observations made back to the Contracting Authority in order to timely identify challenges and shortfalls."}, {"bbox": [83, 1215, 1147, 1296], "category": "Text", "text": "This call will be launched under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified because of the urgency to have a monitoring system in place for the start of implementation and funds from various financing decisions (some with imminent final dates of contracting) are pooled."}, {"bbox": [117, 1315, 273, 1342], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [83, 1357, 1147, 1411], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a(n) mid-term evaluation(s) will be carried out for this action or its components contracted by the Commission and/or via an implementing partner."}, {"bbox": [83, 1437, 1147, 1517], "category": "Text", "text": "It will be carried out for problem solving, learning purposes, in particular with respect to national systems reform. The evaluation will adopt a human rights based and gender approach and evaluate all the performance related to the GAPIII indicators and the 5 working principles of the Human Rights Based Approach."}, {"bbox": [83, 1546, 1147, 1603], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least one month in advance of the dates envisaged for the evaluation missions. The implementing partner shall collaborate efficiently and effectively with the evaluation"}, {"bbox": [1041, 1661, 1158, 1685], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 28 of 30"}]