[{"bbox": [85, 121, 660, 154], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [85, 187, 447, 219], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1. Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [97, 231, 1133, 594], "category": "Text", "text": "The performance of the Action will be monitored on a continuous basis. A baseline will be implemented to establish the starting point of the indicators at the beginning of the project. The implementing partner will be responsible to track performance through the collection of appropriate and credible data; analyse the evidence to inform management decisions, and to report on performance and lessons learned. UNFPA will dedicate a full technical and management team for the continuous monitoring of the action, additionally, in coordination with the IPs, Central Office staff will visit the project's sites at least twice in a year for onsite monitoring. To this aim, the implementing partner shall establish a permanent internal, programmatic 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 log frame matrix (for project modality) and the partner's strategy. The action should budget to ensure the monitoring activities will be performed."}, {"bbox": [97, 609, 1133, 728], "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). In this case, the visit should be planned in advance with UNFPA."}, {"bbox": [97, 744, 745, 772], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [97, 787, 1133, 937], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action's Steering Committee will be responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Action and will develop its own monitoring system based on the Contribution Agreement (CA) that will be signed with UNFPA and the Action Document. This monitoring system will be based on the log frame that will be designed in the Contribution Agreement. The EUD will participate in all monitoring committees and will have access to all data and reporting."}, {"bbox": [85, 966, 280, 994], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2. Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [97, 1010, 1133, 1065], "category": "Text", "text": "A mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to learning lessons of the implementation of the action, for problem solving and learning purposes."}, {"bbox": [97, 1089, 1133, 1144], "category": "Text", "text": "The final evaluation will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1169, 1133, 1250], "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": [97, 1274, 1082, 1302], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluations will be appropriately budgeted in the Contribution Agreement by UNFPA."}, {"bbox": [71, 1332, 405, 1360], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3. Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [97, 1378, 1133, 1555], "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. Grants to UNFPA will, subject to the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, the United Nations Single Audit Principle, audit applying established procedures under appropriate provisions of the financial regulations and rules of UNFPA. Any audit or verification will be financed by another commission decision."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 21 of 23"}]