[{"bbox": [141, 152, 1134, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "sector coordination and to provide high-level strategic steering and oversight of the project. It will also be used as a forum to stimulate exchange of information and coordination among the cooperating partners active in these sectors. Further technical committees might be set up as required to ensure efficient implementation and monitoring of the project. The final organisational set up will be confirmed and further detailed during the inception of the project, in agreement with the Government of Nepal."}, {"bbox": [141, 291, 1134, 370], "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 above governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [130, 433, 685, 467], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [130, 499, 476, 531], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [141, 546, 1134, 760], "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 partner's 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, as well as the degree of achievement of its results (Outputs and direct Outcomes) as measured by corresponding indicators, using as reference the logframe matrix (for project modality) and the partner's strategy, policy or reform action plan list (for budget support)."}, {"bbox": [141, 770, 1134, 851], "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": [141, 861, 786, 891], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [141, 901, 1134, 1114], "category": "Text", "text": "Monitoring and reporting of the Project will be result-based and focused on achieving the planned outputs, outcomes and impacts. The tentative indicators and targets are presented in the log frame. A baseline study will be conducted by the project, and updated at least once for end line and for those results where it would be necessary, several intermediate results. The monitoring of the programme will also serve to increase the monitoring capacity of the local governments. Specific attention will be paid to follow the data and results for women and girls and excluded groups and groups in vulnerable situations, including on their participation at decision level, what initiatives for their inclusion worked (or not, and why, in order to generate evidence on the transformational capacity of the activities."}, {"bbox": [141, 1125, 1134, 1207], "category": "Text", "text": "Municipalities will be improving their data management from their own resources and the programme will facilitate that in the applicable way to capacitate in collection, management and distribution in a nationally agreed format."}, {"bbox": [130, 1232, 309, 1261], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [141, 1279, 1134, 1387], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a mid-term and a final evaluation(s) will be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants, through a joint mission contracted by the Commission. The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the implementation modality and to prepare the exit strategy of the programme."}, {"bbox": [141, 1387, 1134, 1572], "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 the federalisation process has entrusted local governments with the provision of basic services, and the role of women in leadership. The evaluation will assess their progress in fulfilling this mandate, both from a technical and financial point of view. Moreover, 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": [141, 1572, 1134, 1625], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 3 in advance of the dates envisaged for the evaluation missions. The implementing partner shall collaborate efficiently and effectively with the evaluation"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1142, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 21"}]