[{"bbox": [85, 151, 605, 184], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.8 Pre-conditions [Only for project modality]"}, {"bbox": [85, 199, 129, 222], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [85, 252, 638, 286], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [85, 318, 429, 350], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [85, 371, 1078, 505], "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."}, {"bbox": [85, 510, 1131, 591], "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": [85, 611, 264, 638], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [85, 657, 1135, 737], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a final evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants and/or through a joint mission contracted by the Commission and/or via an implementing partner."}, {"bbox": [85, 763, 1123, 843], "category": "Text", "text": "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 South Sudan is going through a transitional period where an election would be the first electoral process since the country's independence."}, {"bbox": [85, 872, 1124, 987], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 1 month 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": [85, 1016, 1112, 1097], "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": [85, 1127, 1025, 1155], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation may be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [85, 1169, 402, 1197], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [85, 1216, 1129, 1295], "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": [85, 1323, 1023, 1356], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [85, 1388, 1107, 1443], "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": [85, 1468, 1089, 1627], "category": "Text", "text": "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": [1027, 1680, 1141, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 11"}]