[{"bbox": [97, 126, 1134, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "Implementing partners will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on the indicators of the logframe matrix, including the collection of baseline data during the inception phase and general data collection. Monitoring and evaluation will assess non-discrimination and impact on gender equality and will be based on gender-responsive indicators and indicators that are disaggregated by sex and age when applicable."}, {"bbox": [97, 239, 1134, 289], "category": "Text", "text": "This action being a Team Europe Initiative, the EU Delegation will ensure that maximum synergies will be obtained across all actions related to this TEI."}, {"bbox": [85, 307, 266, 334], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [97, 353, 1134, 433], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a mid-term and a final evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission, in collaboration with the implementing partners."}, {"bbox": [97, 433, 1134, 510], "category": "Text", "text": "All evaluations shall assess to what extent the action is considering 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": [97, 511, 1134, 566], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the adjustment of the action in view of a possible phase 2."}, {"bbox": [97, 566, 1134, 645], "category": "Text", "text": "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 that important pilot activities need to be evaluated for the purpose of adjusting and/ or upscaling."}, {"bbox": [97, 645, 1134, 751], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 3 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."}, {"bbox": [97, 751, 1134, 830], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination¹⁴. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [97, 830, 1039, 858], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation may be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [85, 871, 405, 899], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [97, 918, 1119, 997], "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, 1024, 1025, 1058], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [97, 1090, 1134, 1146], "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": [97, 1170, 1134, 1330], "category": "Text", "text": "It will remain a contractual obligation for all entities implementing EU-funded external actions to inform the relevant audiences of the Union's support for their work by displaying the EU emblem and a short funding statement as appropriate on all communication materials related to the actions concerned. This obligation will continue to apply equally, regardless of whether the actions concerned are implemented by the Commission, partner countries, service providers, grant beneficiaries or entrusted or delegated entities such as UN agencies, international financial institutions and agencies of EU member states."}, {"bbox": [97, 1356, 1134, 1516], "category": "Text", "text": "However, action documents for specific sector programmes are in principle no longer required to include a provision for communication and visibility 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. Notwithstanding the above, public diplomacy for FCCB is a key component of this action."}, {"bbox": [85, 1582, 480, 1609], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ See best [practice of evaluation dissemination](#)"}, {"bbox": [85, 1656, 204, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 32 of 32"}]