[{"bbox": [129, 152, 1145, 264], "category": "Text", "text": "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": [129, 283, 1145, 367], "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": [129, 386, 1145, 470], "category": "Text", "text": "The baseline and target data will be refined at the beginning of the implementation of this Action. The Steering Committee will establish the appropriate monitoring and reporting arrangements among implementers regarding responsibilities, timing, and source of funding."}, {"bbox": [129, 488, 1145, 629], "category": "Text", "text": "Progress monitoring will follow EU guidelines and standards and will be based on the logical framework and the established indicators. Several indicators require a baseline survey and a final data collection survey. The implementing partners will be responsible for making sure that these surveys are carried out by contractors in a timely manner (at the beginning of activities in the case of baseline surveys and at the end of them for final data collection surveys)."}, {"bbox": [129, 647, 1145, 760], "category": "Text", "text": "All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account the human rights based approach and gender equality, based on the logical framework matrix indicators. 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's implementation"}, {"bbox": [129, 779, 1145, 835], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will be overseen by the EU Delegation to Guatemala through day to day programme monitoring activities, visits, and its participation in the Steering Committee and in the events related to planned activities."}, {"bbox": [129, 853, 1145, 1134], "category": "Text", "text": "Furthermore, a Technical Assistance will be engaged in order to capture the impact and build on the outcomes of the Action. To this end, the baseline and targets data will be updated during the implementation of this Action in line with the different components. Measure indicators continuously and report on the change of the indicators 'values, and verify and revise when needed, the validity of the assumptions. This follow up will be on six moths' basis in order to keep the EU Delegation informed about the results as they materialize on the ground. Finally, the AT will be also in charge of compiling and monitoring the implementation of the Team Europe approach, as well as proposing recommendations for future similar interventions. Conduct research, prepare, and submit case studies to show best practice examples to engage and publicly communicate on the rolling out the Global Gateway Strategy. These resources will instead be consolidated in Cooperation Facility established by support measure action documents."}, {"bbox": [129, 1157, 326, 1184], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [129, 1202, 1145, 1283], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a mid-term and final evaluation(s) will be carried out for this action or its components through joint missions to provide an overview of the action within the larger impact of the TEI."}, {"bbox": [129, 1304, 1145, 1361], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the territorial approach to local development."}, {"bbox": [129, 1379, 1145, 1463], "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 it will be the first TEI action and given its complexity, multisectoral and territorial approach."}, {"bbox": [129, 1481, 1145, 1566], "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": [129, 1584, 749, 1611], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1145, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 28 of 30"}]