[{"bbox": [96, 121, 1135, 202], "category": "Text", "text": "- Under the on-going EU-Cambodia Partnership for Public Financial Management Reform (Stage IV), a Twinning on Statistics strengthening is due to start in Q1 2024, focusing at increasing institutional coordination, quality of the data and methodology, as well as capacity building."}, {"bbox": [96, 202, 1135, 281], "category": "Text", "text": "-Among the policy priority of the EU-Cambodia Partnership for Public Financial Management Reform (Stage IV) are: the improvement of the financial management information system and enhanced budget transparency, therefore further reinforcing the quality of the official data."}, {"bbox": [96, 281, 1135, 414], "category": "Text", "text": "- The Education CR is presented to the whole education stakeholders, including provinces, and its results validated after three days of discussions. This document is signed by the Minister and submitted to the National Assembly. It reports based on ESP Joint Monitoring Indicators (JMIs), Core-breakthrough indicators and a comprehensive list of Outcome Indicators covering all the sub-sectors. It has been used, as a reference for previous Budget Support programmes."}, {"bbox": [96, 413, 1135, 519], "category": "Text", "text": "-The Education CR is elaborated under the overall authority of the Directorate General for Policy and Planning and EQAD who is a competent department, which has being supported by donors, EU included for several years. In 2022m the EQAD has been able to carry out the full PISA assessment, based on the OECD methodology, as well as other statistical exercises (e.g. to statistically assesse the COVID learning loss in Grade 6 children).)."}, {"bbox": [96, 545, 1110, 626], "category": "Text", "text": "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 including inclusion and diversity. Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex, ethnicity and disability."}, {"bbox": [86, 639, 267, 667], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [96, 685, 1135, 739], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term and final evaluations may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [96, 739, 1135, 818], "category": "Text", "text": "It will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the appropriateness of the complementary measures and to shape or expand future interventions, e.g. expanding the EU involvement into technical and tertiary education."}, {"bbox": [96, 818, 1135, 898], "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 the proposed action was intended as an enabler to the TEI 1 and 2 on agricultural and industrial value chains in the country."}, {"bbox": [96, 924, 1135, 978], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation of this action may be performed individually or through a joint strategic evaluation of budget support operations carried out with the partner country, other budget support providers and relevant stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [96, 1006, 1135, 1122], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least two 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": [96, 1150, 1135, 1231], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluations shall 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 and disability inclusion. Expertise on human rights, disability and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [96, 1259, 1135, 1340], "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": [96, 1370, 716, 1398], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [86, 1441, 405, 1469], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [96, 1487, 1135, 1568], "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": [1027, 1681, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 33 of 34"}]