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All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account the human rights-based approach and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [140, 207, 1134, 285], "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": [140, 286, 1134, 471], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition to regular reporting, the programme will include a **baseline survey** (including a public perception survey) during the inception phase to determine baselines (both quantitative and qualitative) against which outcome and output indicators may be measured and an **endline survey** (within six months of end of programme) to determine progress. All data in the surveys will be disaggregated by sex, age, region and income level. All training provided will include specific monitoring tools such as **pre- and post-course evaluation**, immediately after the course has been concluded, and at least twice at six-monthly intervals thereafter to determine what trainees have been able to do with the knowledge and skills acquired."}, {"bbox": [140, 496, 826, 524], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:**"}, {"bbox": [140, 550, 1053, 577], "category": "Text", "text": "Indirect Management with a Member State Organisation or international organisation (UN Agency)"}, {"bbox": [140, 578, 1134, 764], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementing partner will be responsible for conducting the baseline and endline surveys as well as regular monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and reporting of all project activities according to an M&E plan to be annexed to the contribution agreement and approved by the Commission. In addition to its regular M&E functions, the partner will also be responsible for M&E, including financial monitoring and management of grants to CSOs and/or media organisations and will include relevant details in the reports referred to above. To this end, the partner will ensure the inclusion of a full- or part-time M&E Officer and a full- or part-time Financial Management Officer in its project team."}, {"bbox": [130, 789, 311, 817], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [140, 835, 1134, 1338], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, mid-term and final evaluations will be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission. The **mid-term evaluation** will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to determining the degree to which the Action is on track (and where adaptation may be required) and to determine the degree to which the Office of the Special Prosecutor is established and functional, when it will be fully operationalised, and whether or not activities need to be redesigned or budget reallocated to ensure objectives will be met. The **final evaluation** will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision), taking into account in particular the fact the degree to which activities may continue to be supported under any potential further phase of support. The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least three months in advance of the dates envisaged for the evaluation missions. The implementing partner shall collaborate efficiently and effectively with the evaluation experts, and inter alia provide them with all necessary information and documentation, as well as access to the project premises and activities. The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination³⁷. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments. Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract. All evaluations shall assess to what extent the action is taking into account the human rights-based approach as well as how it contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment. Expertise on human rights and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [140, 1351, 759, 1378], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [130, 1405, 449, 1433], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [140, 1451, 1134, 1532], "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": [130, 1622, 485, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁷ See best practice of evaluation dissemination"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 28"}]