[{"bbox": [147, 153, 327, 181], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [147, 195, 1084, 250], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, mid-term and final evaluations will be carried out for this action or its components via an implementing partner."}, {"bbox": [147, 260, 1084, 394], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the involvement of smallholders organisations and with respect to how programme is faring in new districts and new schools and ECDs. 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 the Government will build on this action to reach out to more schools."}, {"bbox": [147, 405, 1084, 460], "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": [147, 471, 1084, 553], "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 and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [147, 564, 466, 593], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [147, 606, 1084, 688], "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": [147, 714, 883, 785], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [147, 814, 1084, 868], "category": "Text", "text": "The 2021-2027 programming will adopts a new approach to pooling, programming and deploying strategic communication and public diplomacy resources."}, {"bbox": [147, 879, 1084, 1066], "category": "Text", "text": "In line with the 2022 \"Communicating and Raising EU Visibility: Guidance for External Actions\", it will remain a contractual obligation for all entities implementing EU-funded external actions to inform the relevant audiences of the Union's support for their work by displaying the EU emblem and a short funding statement as appropriate on all communication materials related to the actions concerned. This obligation will continue to apply equally, regardless of whether the actions concerned are implemented by the Commission, partner countries, service providers, grant beneficiaries or entrusted or delegated entities such as UN agencies, international financial institutions and agencies of EU Member States."}, {"bbox": [147, 1077, 1084, 1235], "category": "Text", "text": "However, action documents for specific sector programmes are in principle no longer required to include a provision for communication and visibility actions promoting the programmes concerned. These resources are instead consolidated in a Cooperation Facility established by a support measure action document, allowing the Delegation to plan and execute multiannual strategic communication and public diplomacy actions with sufficient critical mass to be effective on a national scale."}, {"bbox": [966, 1680, 1084, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 25 of 26"}]