[{"bbox": [140, 164, 1134, 322], "category": "Text", "text": "The government will provide all information relevant to the implementation of the SESP including the following: FMR reports for each trimester; the ASIP and AWPB for the next fiscal years before the BRM each year; a Consolidated Status Report before the JRM each year, among others, presenting progress in achievement of results as per the SESP programme results framework; a report on progress in achievements of DLIs before the JRM and BRM each year; an annual audit report from the external audit; reports from other reviews."}, {"bbox": [130, 338, 326, 367], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [140, 384, 1134, 465], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation of this action may be performed individually or through a joint strategic evaluation of budget support operations carried out with the partner country, other budget support providers and relevant stakeholders as part of the SESP mid-term and final evaluations."}, {"bbox": [140, 490, 1134, 572], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the decentralisation process and to make any course corrections as required as well as feed in to the programming and financing needs for the last years of SESP."}, {"bbox": [140, 597, 1134, 651], "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 deadline for Nepal's graduation for LDC status."}, {"bbox": [140, 676, 1134, 758], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners 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, 787, 760, 815], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [130, 828, 442, 857], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.4. Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [140, 875, 1130, 957], "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, 983, 1079, 1017], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [140, 1049, 1084, 1103], "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": [140, 1103, 1134, 1261], "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": [140, 1288, 1134, 1419], "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."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 26"}]