[{"bbox": [146, 151, 1083, 281], "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": [146, 311, 700, 343], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [146, 377, 491, 408], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [156, 422, 1074, 608], "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 partners 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 logframe matrix."}, {"bbox": [156, 620, 1074, 674], "category": "Text", "text": "All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account the human rights-based approach and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [156, 686, 1074, 791], "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": [156, 804, 1064, 938], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring: implementing partners will be responsible for data collection on indicators of the logframe matrix. Furthermore, the Action includes specific outputs (2.2 and 2.3) on research and information management systems, and that would entail data collection and analysis that will be useful not only to monitor the performance of ecotourism sector at large, but also will provide evidence on activities implementation."}, {"bbox": [156, 949, 1056, 1030], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will also make use of the monitoring system of another EU funded programme (UCHI - Greening and Growing Malawi - NDICI-AFRICA/2022/043-316), as there are substantial synergies and complementarities with regard to actions on natural resource management."}, {"bbox": [146, 1055, 326, 1082], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [156, 1101, 1074, 1155], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term and a final evaluation will be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants, contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [156, 1166, 1074, 1274], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the financial support to private sector operators and the community involvement in the offer of ecotourism products. The evaluation will also provide an assessment of the partnership with the Department of Tourism and will provide recommendations on scaling up of the Action."}, {"bbox": [156, 1285, 1074, 1364], "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 ecotourism is a new sector of partnership between the Government of Malawi and the EU."}, {"bbox": [156, 1376, 1074, 1483], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 15 days in advance of the dates envisaged for the evaluation missions. The implementing partner shall collaborate efficiently and effectively with the evaluation experts, and inter alia provide them with all necessary information and documentation, as well as access to the project premises and activities."}, {"bbox": [156, 1495, 1074, 1550], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluations shall also 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."}, {"bbox": [966, 1681, 1080, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 21"}]