[{"bbox": [86, 119, 607, 151], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [97, 166, 1134, 221], "category": "Text", "text": "A Project Steering Committee (PSC) will be established to provide strategic guidance and ensure coherence and coordination between the different activities of the project."}, {"bbox": [97, 231, 1134, 312], "category": "Text", "text": "The PSC will be jointly chaired by a representative from Ministry in charge of Foreign Trade and representatives from the EU Delegation responsible for Mongolia and DG Trade. It will meet at least two times per year at the premises of the Ministry in Ulaanbaatar."}, {"bbox": [97, 323, 1134, 378], "category": "Text", "text": "Members of the PSC will be agreed upon by the co-Chairs and will include representatives from other key beneficiary ministries, other important trade-related public bodies, and key intermediary organizations."}, {"bbox": [97, 389, 1134, 444], "category": "Text", "text": "The PSC will review and endorse annual work plans, monitor project outputs and achievements and not least provide advice on how to address the obstacles and challenges identified during the implementation."}, {"bbox": [97, 455, 1134, 533], "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": [86, 556, 305, 584], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.7 Pre-conditions"}, {"bbox": [97, 603, 364, 630], "category": "Text", "text": "No pre-conditions applicable"}, {"bbox": [86, 683, 638, 717], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [86, 749, 429, 781], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [97, 798, 1134, 1001], "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 (for project modality)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1004, 1134, 1090], "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": [97, 1090, 742, 1116], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1116, 1134, 1222], "category": "Text", "text": "Data collection, analysis and monitoring functions will be one of primary responsibilities of the team leader of the planned action. Baseline survey will need to be conducted at the inception of the planned action to determine baselines of indicators of the log-frame. Project end-line survey will be conducted to provide source of verification of data that are not available. Baseline and end-line surveys are to be funded by the planned action's budget."}, {"bbox": [97, 1222, 1134, 1328], "category": "Text", "text": "Main source of data will be baseline survey, end-line survey, National Statistics Office, Mongolian Customs Office, Reports of the Mongolian Authority for Standardization and Measurement, WTO Trade Policy Review Report, WB Economic Update Report as well as research conducted by the various academia and research organizations."}, {"bbox": [97, 1328, 1134, 1379], "category": "Text", "text": "The team leader of the planned action will monitor and report on the achievement of defined indicators of the log-frame on an annual basis."}, {"bbox": [86, 1422, 264, 1450], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [97, 1468, 1134, 1522], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a mid-term and a final evaluation will be carried out for this action or its components by independent consultants contracted by the contracting authority."}, {"bbox": [97, 1522, 1134, 1575], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to progress achieved and identification of possible difficulties for which corrective actions would be necessary."}, {"bbox": [97, 1575, 1134, 1628], "category": "Text", "text": "The final evaluation will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision) as well as for the authentication of the proposed sustainability strategy."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 21 of 23"}]