[{"bbox": [140, 153, 1133, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "reference the logframe matrix (for project modality) and the partner's strategy, policy or reform action plan list (for budget support). Indicators shall also 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": [140, 238, 1133, 319], "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, 324, 787, 352], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [140, 362, 1133, 655], "category": "Text", "text": "The performance monitoring system will follow the intervention logic and contribute to the monitoring of the whole action, concentrated in the PNG and ABG relevant Departments. Reports shall be laid out in such a way as to allow monitoring of the means envisaged and employed and of the budget details for the action. The final report, narrative and financial, will cover the entire period of the action implementation. The action will also include baseline studies to measure satisfaction levels of the public with the action of the ABG administration on anti-corruption, and assess the capacity and awareness of ABG's administration and civil society organisations on transparency and accountability issues. Those studies will be carried out under the regular budget of the relevant related actions. 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, 666, 1133, 770], "category": "Text", "text": "The statistical and monitoring systems as well as the quality of official data in the policy field covered have been assessed. This assessment has fed into the design of the action as follows: strengthening of monitoring and reporting of the PNG and Bougainville government are targeted under the regular budget of the related actions."}, {"bbox": [140, 784, 1133, 918], "category": "Text", "text": "Monitoring and evaluation will assess HRBA principles (meaningful and inclusive participation and access to decision-making, non-discrimination and equality, accountability and rule of law; transparency and access to information and use of disaggregated data) and impact on gender equality. It will be based on gender-responsive indicators and indicators that are disaggregated by sex and age when applicable. Demonstrated gender equality and HRBA expertise will be ensured in M&E teams."}, {"bbox": [130, 931, 287, 958], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [140, 978, 1133, 1058], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term and a final evaluation will be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission. Multidisciplinary evaluation teams will be set up to that effect, including with an expertise in gender and human rights issues."}, {"bbox": [140, 1069, 1133, 1256], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving, learning purposes, and in order to assess the possibility to continue supporting PNG on good governance. A 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 the findings of the evaluation will inform future programming and provide useful information to the implementation of contracts in PNG and the region. 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."}, {"bbox": [140, 1268, 1133, 1376], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partners at least 3 months in advance of the dates foreseen 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": [140, 1389, 1133, 1497], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partner country and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [140, 1508, 757, 1535], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [140, 1546, 1080, 1574], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation may be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 22"}]