[{"bbox": [72, 120, 577, 153], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# APPENDIX 1 REPORTING IN OPSYS"}, {"bbox": [72, 181, 1157, 342], "category": "Text", "text": "An Intervention³⁰ (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": [72, 343, 1157, 474], "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": [72, 500, 1157, 553], "category": "Text", "text": "Primary Interventions are identified during the design of each action by the responsible service (Delegation or Headquarters operational Unit)."}, {"bbox": [72, 554, 1157, 607], "category": "Text", "text": "The level of the Primary Intervention is defined in the related Action Document and it is revisable; it can be a(n) (group of) action(s) or a (group of) contract(s)."}, {"bbox": [72, 632, 1157, 684], "category": "Text", "text": "Tick in the left side column one of the three possible options for the level of definition of the Primary Intervention(s) identified in this action."}, {"bbox": [72, 686, 1157, 736], "category": "Text", "text": "In the case of 'Group of actions' level, add references to the present action and other action concerning the same Primary Intervention."}, {"bbox": [72, 739, 1145, 767], "category": "Text", "text": "In the case of 'Contract level', add the reference to the corresponding budgetary items in point 4.6, Indicative Budget."}, {"bbox": [72, 816, 1159, 1420], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"3\">Option 1: Action level</th></tr><tr><td>☑</td><td>Single action</td><td>Present action: all contracts in the present action</td></tr><tr><th colspan=\"3\">Option 2: Group of actions level</th></tr><tr><td>☐</td><td>Group of actions</td><td>Actions reference (CRIS#/OPSYS#):<br/><span style=\"background-color:yellow;\">&lt;Present action&gt;</span><br/><span style=\"background-color:yellow;\">&lt;Other action&gt;</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan=\"3\">Option 3: Contract level</th></tr><tr><td>☐</td><td>Single Contract 1</td><td>Subventions (gestion directe) – voir section 4.4.1</td></tr><tr><td>☐</td><td>Single Contract 2</td><td>Service contract– voir section 4.4.2</td></tr><tr><td>☐</td><td>Single Contract 3</td><td><span style=\"background-color:yellow;\">&lt;foreseen individual legal commitment (or contract)&gt;</span></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>(...)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>☐</td><td>Group of contracts 1</td><td><span style=\"background-color:yellow;\">&lt;foreseen individual legal commitment (or contract) 1&gt;</span><br/><span style=\"background-color:yellow;\">&lt;foreseen individual legal commitment (or contract) 2&gt;</span><br/><span style=\"background-color:yellow;\">&lt;foreseen individual legal commitment (or contract) #&gt;</span></td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [72, 1560, 1131, 1660], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁰ 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, 1157, 1684], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 28 of 29"}]