[{"bbox": [85, 115, 1119, 604], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th>Variable tranche</th><th>30+8</th><th>6</th><th>NIL</th><th>NIL</th><th>12</th><th>12</th><th>8</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th>Total</th><td>217 + 28</td><td>49</td><td>42</td><td>NIL</td><td>58</td><td>68</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><th>Complementary support</th><td>6.47+2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Audit &amp;Evaluation</th><td>0.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Communication and visibility</th><td>0.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Total</th><td>253.97</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [85, 607, 647, 633], "category": "Text", "text": "*Assessment of performance made in the previous fiscal year"}, {"bbox": [85, 647, 1142, 846], "category": "Text", "text": "The annual assessment of the general conditions (four eligibility criteria) and performance indicators will start at the beginning of each fiscal year. It will review performance made in the previous fiscal year. Each year, one single, joint request for disbursement covering both subsectors (primary education and TVET) will be submitted by the Government following the annual assessment of each sub-sector through the agreed process with respective Ministries - MoF, MoPME and TMED-MoE. This joint request for disbursement for both sub sectors will be in line with the objective to process only one payment per fiscal year. However, compliance will be assessed separately for the two sub sectors to avoid penalising a well-advancing subsector if progress is lagging behind in the other one."}, {"bbox": [85, 864, 570, 892], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Criteria for Disbursement of Budget Support"}, {"bbox": [96, 908, 227, 932], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### a) Conditions."}, {"bbox": [96, 934, 740, 959], "category": "Text", "text": "The general conditions for disbursement of all tranches are as follows:"}, {"bbox": [170, 961, 1130, 1013], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Satisfactory progress in the implementation of the National Education policy through PEDP 4 and TVET policy and continued credibility and relevance thereof or of the subsequent policy."}, {"bbox": [170, 1015, 1130, 1066], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Maintenance of a credible and relevant stability-oriented macroeconomic policy or progress made towards restoring key balances."}, {"bbox": [170, 1068, 1130, 1147], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Satisfactory progress in the implementation of reforms to improve public financial management, including domestic revenue mobilisation, and continued relevance and credibility of the reform programme."}, {"bbox": [170, 1149, 1130, 1200], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Satisfactory progress with regard to the public availability of accessible, timely, comprehensive, and sound budgetary information."}, {"bbox": [96, 1225, 1130, 1358], "category": "Text", "text": "b) The performance indicators for disbursement to be used for variable tranches may focus on the following policy priorities: Enhancement in the teaching learning practice mainly focusing on the improvement of the teachers' education and recovery from the consistent learning gaps in the primary education sector and for TVET, increased number of TVET certified trainers along with improvement in the planning and performance monitoring with M&E practices."}, {"bbox": [96, 1384, 254, 1408], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### c) Modifications."}, {"bbox": [96, 1410, 1130, 1516], "category": "Text", "text": "The chosen performance indicators and targets to be used for the disbursement of variable tranches will apply for the duration of the action. However, in duly justified cases, the partner country and the Commission may agree on changes to indicators or on upward/downward revisions of targets. Such changes shall be authorised in writing ex-ante, at the latest at the beginning of the period under review applicable to the indicators and targets."}, {"bbox": [96, 1542, 1130, 1621], "category": "Text", "text": "In exceptional and/or duly justified cases, for instance where unexpected events, external shocks or changing circumstances have made the indicator or the target irrelevant and could not be anticipated, a variable tranche indicator may be waived. In these cases, the related amount could either be reallocated to the other indicators of"}, {"bbox": [601, 1677, 628, 1701], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "24"}]