[{"bbox": [83, 123, 1147, 210], "category": "Text", "text": "recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, in agreement with the partner country, jointly decide on the follow-up actions to be taken and any adjustments necessary, including, if indicated, the reorientation of the project."}, {"bbox": [83, 240, 702, 267], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [87, 315, 391, 343], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3. Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [83, 359, 1147, 439], "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": [101, 466, 1029, 500], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [71, 528, 1159, 583], "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": [71, 607, 1160, 713], "category": "Text", "text": "At country level, resources required for strategic communication and public diplomacy will be consolidated in Cooperation Facilities established by support measure action documents. This will allow Delegations to plan and execute multiannual strategic communication and public diplomacy actions with sufficient critical mass to be effective on a national scale."}, {"bbox": [71, 740, 1160, 848], "category": "Text", "text": "To that end, Delegations will develop short strategic communication and public diplomacy plans that reflect the objectives of the Delegation as a whole in this domain, initially covering the period up to the Mid-Term Review (MTR). The strategic plan will include key administrative information ( timeline, budget and the programme manager responsible for implementation) and cover the following main elements:"}, {"bbox": [145, 848, 364, 873], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Audiences targeted"}, {"bbox": [145, 874, 571, 901], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. The principal communication objective(s)"}, {"bbox": [145, 901, 355, 925], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. The core narrative"}, {"bbox": [145, 926, 758, 953], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. Preliminary suggestions for content, partnerships and channels"}, {"bbox": [71, 978, 1083, 1007], "category": "Text", "text": "It is envisaged that a contract for communication and visibility may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [71, 1059, 582, 1093], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# APPENDIX 1 REPORTING IN OPSYS"}, {"bbox": [71, 1120, 1160, 1282], "category": "Text", "text": "An Intervention¹⁹ (also generally called project/programme) is the operational entity associated to a coherent set of activities and results structured in a logical framework aiming at delivering development change or progress. Interventions are the most effective (hence optimal) entities for the operational follow-up by the Commission of its external development operations. As such, Interventions constitute the base unit for managing operational implementations, assessing performance, monitoring, evaluation, internal and external communication, reporting and aggregation."}, {"bbox": [71, 1281, 1160, 1414], "category": "Text", "text": "Primary Interventions are those contracts or groups of contracts bearing reportable results and respecting the following business rule: 'a given contract can only contribute to one primary intervention and not more than one'. An individual contract that does not produce direct reportable results and cannot be logically grouped with other result reportable contracts is considered a 'support entities'. The addition of all primary interventions and support entities is equivalent to the full development portfolio of the Institution."}, {"bbox": [71, 1438, 1160, 1494], "category": "Text", "text": "Primary Interventions are identified during the design of each action by the responsible service (Delegation or Headquarters operational Unit)."}, {"bbox": [71, 1561, 1135, 1662], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁹ ARES (2021)4204912 - For the purpose of consistency between terms in OPSYS, DG INTPA, DG NEAR and FPI have harmonised 5 key terms, including 'action' and 'Intervention' where an 'action' is the content (or part of the content) of a Commission Financing Decision and 'Intervention' is a coherent set of activities and results which constitutes an effective level for the operational follow-up by the EC of its operations on the ground. See more on the concept of intervention."}, {"bbox": [1040, 1661, 1159, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 19"}]