[{"bbox": [141, 153, 1174, 230], "category": "Page-header", "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, 266, 683, 299], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [130, 331, 474, 362], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [141, 384, 1174, 571], "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)."}, {"bbox": [141, 577, 1174, 656], "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, 662, 786, 689], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [212, 691, 1174, 771], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Baselines setting:** data collection for setting/confirmation of baselines and targets will be conducted during the first year of the action. The data collection and analysis will be under the responsibility of the implementing partner and their costs may be included in the budgets."}, {"bbox": [212, 778, 1174, 859], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Stakeholder participation:** community consultations will be undertaken as part of the action to ensure context specific response. Communities' capacities to engage in education and in the learning, activities offered in the community centres should also be reinforced, ensuring a continued monitoring."}, {"bbox": [141, 882, 1174, 989], "category": "Text", "text": "**Monitoring and evaluation** will be based on indicators that are disaggregated by sex and age. In order to monitor development and inequalities, data/indicators will be disaggregated even further, including disability, group, location/country/region, ethnic background, displacement/migratory status, etc., when applicable. Key stakeholders will be involved in the monitoring process."}, {"bbox": [130, 1028, 308, 1056], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [141, 1075, 1174, 1129], "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."}, {"bbox": [141, 1134, 1174, 1187], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term review/evaluation will be carried out for learning purposes or for readjustment/reprogramming if necessary."}, {"bbox": [141, 1193, 1174, 1274], "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 extraordinary context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the military coup."}, {"bbox": [141, 1279, 1174, 1333], "category": "Text", "text": "Both evaluations will pay special attention to report on the action's impact on gender equality, promotion of human rights, and empowerment of people with disabilities and conflict sensitiveness of the actions."}, {"bbox": [141, 1338, 1174, 1419], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with 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": [141, 1425, 757, 1451], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [141, 1456, 1083, 1483], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation shall be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [130, 1498, 445, 1526], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [141, 1545, 1160, 1624], "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": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 20"}]