[{"bbox": [166, 150, 1103, 205], "category": "Text", "text": "why. The monitoring system will include both quantitative and qualitative indicators to facilitate participation and understanding by all stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [166, 210, 813, 237], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [166, 248, 1103, 379], "category": "Text", "text": "The monitoring system will focus on process monitoring, progress and results indicators. Both implementing partners will be responsible for internal monitoring of the programme's outputs and impact results and regularly reporting to the Steering Committee. This monitoring will include periodic collection of information, and primary sources of verification will be activity reports, field visit reports, and checklists."}, {"bbox": [166, 393, 1103, 528], "category": "Text", "text": "All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is considering the principle of gender equality, human rights-based approach and rights of persons with disabilities. Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex and age, and disability if possible. External monitoring under the form of external Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) exercises will be commissioned by the EU Delegation at selected times of the project."}, {"bbox": [166, 539, 1103, 647], "category": "Text", "text": "Where information for the indicators is not currently available a baseline survey will be undertaken. Once the baseline data are available, the programme's logical framework and activities framework will be updated to reflect the baseline value before, and target values after the Action. This update will be a joint exercise and will follow a joint monitoring mission."}, {"bbox": [166, 657, 1103, 712], "category": "Text", "text": "Regular monitoring will also be assured by partner institutions providing immediate feedback on the pace and quality of activity implementation for immediate corrective action to achieve annual targets."}, {"bbox": [166, 722, 1103, 804], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU delegation will participate in joint monitoring missions. Annual joint reviews will provide the formal mechanism through which all parties can agree to modify the logical frameworks and adapt the programme accordingly."}, {"bbox": [144, 842, 317, 872], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [166, 916, 1103, 970], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the Action, mid-term and final evaluations will be carried out for this Action, contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [166, 981, 1103, 1063], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to implementation processes, emerging impacts, and programme adjustments necessary to ensure that programme objectives are met on completion of the Action."}, {"bbox": [166, 1074, 1103, 1235], "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 lessons from research, pilots, and implementation of other programme activities will serve to inform future interventions regarding conservation and private sector linkages and dependencies, coordination and cross sectoral working between multiple blue economy-related Ministries and their directorates/agencies, inclusion and participation, and building resilience."}, {"bbox": [166, 1246, 1103, 1326], "category": "Text", "text": "Both evaluations will assess to what extent the Action is considering the human rights-based approach as well as how it contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment. Expertise on human rights and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [166, 1337, 1103, 1445], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 2 months 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": [166, 1456, 1103, 1564], "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. Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [968, 1666, 1083, 1692], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 23 of 25"}]