[{"bbox": [87, 121, 391, 148], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 5.3. Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [83, 165, 1147, 244], "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": [83, 253, 1147, 336], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, other contracts for audit and verifications services to other actions shall be launched all long of the implementation period. But the audit and verification budget line will solely be used to carry out the audits of this action."}, {"bbox": [72, 366, 992, 399], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 6. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [94, 432, 1134, 486], "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": [94, 497, 1104, 525], "category": "Text", "text": "Regional and global strategic communication and public diplomacy funds will be managed from headquarters."}, {"bbox": [94, 537, 1135, 668], "category": "Text", "text": "At country level, action documents for specific sector programmes are no longer required to include a provision for communication actions promoting the programmes concerned. These resources will instead be consolidated in Cooperation Facilities established by support measure action documents, allowing Delegations to plan and execute multiannual strategic communication and public diplomacy actions with sufficient critical mass to be effective on a national scale."}, {"bbox": [94, 681, 1136, 788], "category": "Text", "text": "To that end, Delegations will first 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 plans will be endorsed by a coordination mechanism comprised of the EEAS, DG INTPA, DG NEAR and FPI, and will be reviewed, modified and extended as appropriate as part of the MTR process."}, {"bbox": [94, 800, 1134, 855], "category": "Text", "text": "Please briefly summarise the key elements of the relevant strategic plan below. Where such a plan has, exceptionally, not yet been adopted, please provide succinct information about the following :"}, {"bbox": [94, 880, 348, 906], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. The audiences targeted"}, {"bbox": [94, 908, 1108, 934], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. For each group targeted, the principal communication objective, couched in terms of measurable outcomes"}, {"bbox": [94, 934, 1067, 959], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. The core narrative, formulated in terms not of *what* we do in the country concerned, but *why* we do it"}, {"bbox": [94, 960, 1125, 986], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. Preliminary suggestions for content (messages, straplines, hashtags), partnerships (influencers) and channels"}, {"bbox": [94, 987, 1135, 1013], "category": "List-item", "text": "5. Key administrative information: timeline, budget and the programme manager responsible for implementation."}, {"bbox": [83, 1040, 1109, 1067], "category": "Text", "text": "It is envisaged that a contract for communication and visibility may be contracted (under a framework contract.)"}, {"bbox": [1040, 1661, 1158, 1686], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 19"}]