[{"bbox": [85, 154, 1108, 211], "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 governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [85, 242, 639, 275], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [85, 308, 432, 339], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [96, 360, 1148, 521], "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 partners' 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. Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account the human rights-based approach and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [96, 524, 1148, 607], "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": [85, 626, 266, 654], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [96, 672, 1116, 699], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, an evaluation will not be carried out for this action or its components."}, {"bbox": [85, 714, 404, 742], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [96, 760, 1141, 840], "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": [85, 867, 1025, 901], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [96, 934, 1148, 988], "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": [96, 999, 1107, 1027], "category": "Text", "text": "Regional and global strategic communication and public diplomacy funds will be managed from headquarters."}, {"bbox": [96, 1052, 1148, 1183], "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": [96, 1211, 1148, 1319], "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": [96, 1342, 314, 1370], "category": "Text", "text": "These plans will cover:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1381, 386, 1407], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. The audiences targeted"}, {"bbox": [135, 1408, 1068, 1434], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. For each group targeted, the principal communication objective, in terms of measurable outcomes"}, {"bbox": [135, 1435, 1105, 1461], "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": [135, 1462, 1148, 1510], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. Preliminary suggestions for content (messages, straplines, hashtags), partnerships (influencers) and channels"}, {"bbox": [135, 1514, 1148, 1568], "category": "List-item", "text": "5. Key administrative information: timeline, budget and the programme manager responsible for implementation."}, {"bbox": [1063, 1680, 1160, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 9"}]