[{"bbox": [96, 120, 1134, 199], "category": "Text", "text": "If and when established, joint government-donor working groups established under a revised aid architecture may also be used as fora for sharing information about the instrument with other relevant government and donor stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [96, 212, 1134, 292], "category": "Text", "text": "High level policy dialogue through the SC, Article 8 engagements and ad-hoc meetings between HoD/HoC and relevant FGS counterparts will be complemented by regular institutional and routine technical dialogue for the day to day monitoring of the reform work-streams supported through the instrument."}, {"bbox": [96, 304, 1134, 411], "category": "Text", "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 and may sign or enter into joint declarations or statements, for the purpose of enhancing the visibility of the EU and its contribution to this action and ensuring effective coordination."}, {"bbox": [86, 451, 639, 484], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [86, 517, 432, 548], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [96, 570, 1134, 757], "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 partner's strategy, policy or reform action plan list (for budget support)."}, {"bbox": [96, 761, 1134, 842], "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": [96, 847, 745, 875], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [96, 879, 1134, 1064], "category": "Text", "text": "To feed into policy dialogue and inform decisions on general conditions and variable tranche indicators, the EUD will rely on information made available by the FGS (ministries of Planning, Finance and Education), as well as reports issued by the World Bank and IMF, given the serious weaknesses affecting data quality and nascent government statistical and monitoring systems (see section 2.3.1 for more details). The involvement of civil society organisations may also be considered in the monitoring of public policy and accountability aspects pertinent to the operation. More specifically, the following sources of information will be consulted to monitor progress with this SRBC:"}, {"bbox": [96, 1066, 1134, 1120], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Annual budgetary documents (draft and enacted budget; quarterly and annual budget execution reports; monthly fiscal reports produced in accordance with the Somalia data reporting requirements to the IMF etc.)"}, {"bbox": [96, 1121, 929, 1148], "category": "List-item", "text": "- NDP annual progress reports (assuming these are regularly and timely made available)"}, {"bbox": [96, 1148, 722, 1174], "category": "List-item", "text": "- FGS/World Bank annual Somalia Economic Update publication"}, {"bbox": [96, 1174, 886, 1201], "category": "List-item", "text": "- World Bank project reports (particularly relating to the RCRF and SERP projects)"}, {"bbox": [96, 1201, 1087, 1228], "category": "List-item", "text": "- IMF Staff reports for Article IV Consultation ECF (and any successor arrangement) programme reviews"}, {"bbox": [96, 1228, 1046, 1255], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The annual MoF's Financial Governance Report (published in the context of the FGC arrangement)"}, {"bbox": [96, 1255, 519, 1281], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Annual audit reports issued by the OAGS"}, {"bbox": [96, 1281, 502, 1307], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Annual Education Joint Sector Reviews"}, {"bbox": [96, 1308, 1134, 1362], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Any analysis or reporting emerging out of joint government-donor working groups established under a revised aid architecture (if applicable)"}, {"bbox": [96, 1387, 1134, 1600], "category": "Text", "text": "The statistical and monitoring systems as well as the quality of official data in the policy field covered have been assessed. This assessment has fed into the design of the action as follows: given the data availability/quality issues highlighted in section 2.3.1, when it comes to specifying variable tranche performance indicators and targets, preference is given to process and output indicators rather than outcome level. More specifically, administrative data collection will be relied upon, particularly fiscal/financial data issued by the MoF and sector specific data (e.g. on the implementation of the National Teacher Initiative) produced by MoECHE. Additionally, the operation will also rely on information regarding progress with policy and reform benchmarks tracked and reported on by the IMF and WB, for which substantive TA will also be at hand to address eventual data quality issues."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 24 of 26"}]