[{"bbox": [140, 152, 1134, 285], "category": "Text", "text": "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": [140, 297, 1134, 378], "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, 390, 787, 418], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [140, 422, 1134, 500], "category": "Text", "text": "It is envisaged that the monitoring and reporting of this Action will be implemented through the technical assistance under this Action. This will imply fine-tuning the logframe and establishing a baseline for this Action."}, {"bbox": [140, 514, 1134, 648], "category": "Text", "text": "In consultation with Government of Liberia and TEI partners, implementing partners of individual projects/contracts will define logical frameworks during the preparation/inception phase of said contracts, so that formulated results and selected indicators match the overarching Action logframe and TEI joint intervention logic (incl. indicators). Monitoring and reporting of individual projects/contracts will be the responsibility of the implementing partners selected."}, {"bbox": [140, 659, 1134, 741], "category": "Text", "text": "Likewise, all monitoring and reporting shall assess how the Action is considering the principle of gender equality, the human rights-based approach and rights of persons with disabilities, including inclusion and diversity. Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex."}, {"bbox": [130, 766, 309, 794], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [140, 812, 1134, 868], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term or final evaluation may be carried out for this Action or its components via an implementing partner."}, {"bbox": [140, 878, 1134, 959], "category": "Text", "text": "In case a mid-term evaluation is envisaged: it will be carried out for problem-solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to sharing lessons learned with the partners of the Action or of individual projects, and consistently feeding subsequent Actions under the TEI SSFSs."}, {"bbox": [140, 970, 1134, 1051], "category": "Text", "text": "In case a final or ex-post evaluation is envisaged: it will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision), taking into account in particular the fact that this and subsequent Actions formulated under the TEI SSFSs are intended to be transformative."}, {"bbox": [140, 1062, 1134, 1117], "category": "Text", "text": "In case an evaluation is not planned, the Commission may, during implementation, decide to undertake such an evaluation for duly justified reasons either on its own decision or on the initiative of the partner."}, {"bbox": [140, 1127, 1134, 1209], "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, 1220, 1134, 1301], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, all evaluations shall assess to what extent the Action is taking into account the human rights-based approach as well as how it contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment and disability inclusion. Expertise on human rights, disability and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [130, 1326, 446, 1354], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [140, 1373, 1128, 1454], "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, 1493, 1066, 1527], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [140, 1559, 1134, 1614], "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": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 28"}]