[{"bbox": [130, 153, 684, 187], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [130, 218, 476, 250], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [140, 265, 1134, 479], "category": "Text", "text": "The day-to-day technical and financial monitoring of the implementation of this action will be a continuous process, and mostly 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 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": [140, 490, 1134, 571], "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, 582, 1111, 663], "category": "Text", "text": "Monitoring and reporting will take into account the disaggregated data (sex, age and disability where possible). All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account the human rights based approach and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [140, 674, 787, 702], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [140, 713, 1128, 793], "category": "Text", "text": "For budget support, the statistical and monitoring systems as well as the quality of official data in the policy field covered have been assessed through a budget support evaluation. This assessment has fed into the design of the action as follows:"}, {"bbox": [158, 806, 1132, 859], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The monitoring of the implementation of the budget support component will be responsibility of the Ministry of Environment and Water (MEW)."}, {"bbox": [158, 859, 1132, 913], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Indicators baselines and results will be defined and reported by the MEW with information available from national statistics as well as the Ministry's own information management system."}, {"bbox": [158, 913, 1134, 1019], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The national policy's Performance Assessment Framework will enable the strategic monitoring of sector policy in conjunction with the government of Bolivia and donors, and for the overall sector policy (not only variable tranche indicators). Performance assessment exercises are expected to take place yearly with a review of results achieved in Y-1."}, {"bbox": [158, 1019, 1134, 1073], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Institutional and capacity assessments will be part of the Delegation's policy progress reports, and policy dialogue issues will be reported as part of budget support disbursement dossiers."}, {"bbox": [140, 1084, 1116, 1112], "category": "Text", "text": "For the joint EU-SIDA component, four different mechanisms are envisaged for monitoring and reporting:"}, {"bbox": [158, 1123, 1134, 1257], "category": "List-item", "text": "- In the first place, data on key aspects such as forest coverage and biodiversity will be continuously and systematically collected by the implementing partners. Among the sources of data in this regard are established Swedish counterparts in Bolivia such as FAN, Nativa, WWF, CEDLA, Fundación Tierra and SEI. As information production and dissemination is a key aspect in the programme, it can be expected that programme-funded studies will generate additional useful data."}, {"bbox": [158, 1257, 1134, 1443], "category": "List-item", "text": "- In addition, SIDA proposes to engage an independent monitoring team composed of consultants for the duration of the programme. Ideally, such a team should be composed of two or three independent consultants (a mix of Bolivians and internationals) with expertise both in environmental and social matters. Their main task would be to generate and assess data at the levels of activities, outputs and – when possible and relevant – outcomes, through visits to intervention sites. Procurement of the consultants could take place either through an open tender or by using SIDA's (independent) help-desk for environmental issues, and the costs would be covered within the seven per cent surcharge."}, {"bbox": [158, 1443, 1134, 1576], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Finally, the joint programme will be subject to SIDA's regular monitoring, including a stringent assessment of possible new partners, close follow-up of substantial and financial aspects of the interventions, and frequent visits and dialogues with the partners. Moreover, throughout the programme, the embassy will be able to draw on support systems centrally at SIDA (e.g. environmental and evaluation experts)."}, {"bbox": [158, 1576, 1132, 1604], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Besides the annual written reports, there will be oral presentations to the steering committee meetings."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 33 of 35"}]