[{"bbox": [129, 153, 653, 185], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.7 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [141, 203, 1134, 283], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is expected to involve different stakeholders and its implementation requires strong coordination mechanisms. The implementing partners will be responsible for the financial and technical reporting and overall management and coordination of the activities as defined in section 3.2."}, {"bbox": [141, 288, 1134, 422], "category": "Text", "text": "A Steering Committee will be established for oversight and overall coordination and monitoring of the Action's implementation process. The Steering Committee will meet at least once a year to discuss strategic issues and provide direction in addressing programme implementation challenges. The composition and mandate of the Steering Committee will be decided by the EU Delegation and implementing partners upon signature of contracts."}, {"bbox": [141, 427, 1134, 505], "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": [129, 541, 685, 575], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [129, 604, 477, 636], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [141, 647, 1134, 887], "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. Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex when relevant. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the actions is taking into account the human rights-based approach, gender equality and disability inclusion."}, {"bbox": [141, 898, 1134, 980], "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": [141, 1015, 1134, 1176], "category": "Text", "text": "The performance of the programme will also be closely monitored by the Steering Committee through reviewing biannual progress reports. Implementing partners will present a summary of project implementation progress and the Steering Committee will discuss at strategic level and provide direction in addressing key challenges. In addition, when negotiating contracts, the Commission and implementing partners will align with the logframe matrix in this Action Document, and implementing partners will provide baseline and suggest targets."}, {"bbox": [141, 1181, 1134, 1396], "category": "Text", "text": "Collection of data will be ensured by UN agencies and the NGO implementing the Action. The choice of measurable indicators for tracking the programme performance has been done according to the EU Results Framework and considering the availability of data sources as means of verification, which are not abundant in Ethiopia. Choice of indicators and targets have been to the extent possible aligned to the ESDP VI key performance indicators, where targets have been already determined in a consultative process with United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) technical quality assurance. When missing, baselines and suggested targets will be proposed through conducting surveys, which will be a responsibility of the implementing partners, and will be conducted at the inception phase."}, {"bbox": [141, 1405, 1134, 1589], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will also benefit from the data gathering from the Education Cluster, which is coordinated by the Minister of Education, UNICEF and Save the Children, and which has a revised strategy for education in emergency response for 2021/23. The Education Cluster intends to harmonize partner's activities and coordinate the monitoring and evaluation approach in alignment with ESDP-VI, with a monthly data collection format on the emergency response and a result framework, at national level and sub-national level. Coordination will also be ensured with the Education in Emergencies sub-cluster and the Education Cannot Wait initiative."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 19"}]