[{"bbox": [85, 116, 935, 345], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td><strong>Evaluation</strong> – cf. section 5.2<br/><strong>Audit</strong> – cf. section 5.3</td><td>The financing of the evaluation may be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Contingencies</strong></td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Totals</strong></td><td>2 000 000</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [85, 359, 606, 391], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [95, 413, 1085, 519], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation of a Twinning project is overseen by a Project Steering Committee, whose members are the Contracting Authority, the EUD (if applicable), the Member State Project Lead (PL), the junior Member State PL(s) (in case of consortium) and the Beneficiary PL, as well as the Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA) and the RTA counterpart."}, {"bbox": [95, 532, 1085, 585], "category": "Text", "text": "Member State Component Leaders and Beneficiary Component Leader counterparts should participate in the debates on topics related to their competences."}, {"bbox": [95, 597, 1085, 704], "category": "Text", "text": "Other relevant entities should be invited to the meetings, taking into consideration the broader reform picture in the partner country, aiming at ensuring coherence and coordination between the project and other actions, especially ongoing horizontal public administration reform efforts and sectorial activities that could have an impact on the project."}, {"bbox": [95, 716, 1085, 848], "category": "Text", "text": "The Project Steering Committee convened by the RTA meets at quarterly intervals and is jointly chaired by the Member State PL and the Beneficiary PL. The main duties of the Project Steering Committee include verification of the progress and achievements vis-à-vis the results, ensuring good coordination among the actors, finalising the quarterly interim reports and discussing the updated work plan and any new CVs of experts implementing upcoming activities."}, {"bbox": [95, 860, 1085, 1074], "category": "Text", "text": "With regard to the part of the Action that may be implemented under indirect management with an entrusted entity(ies), a Project Steering Committee will be established and co-chaired by the EU, and the relevant Mongolian counterparts, and the selected implementing partner(s) will provide the secretariat. This committee, which may also be joined by other development partners, civil society and other beneficiaries if relevant, if contributing to the same overall objective, will meet a minimum of twice a year and will be instrumental to ensure policy dialogue and contribute to specific sector coordination and high-level strategic steering and oversight of the project. The final organisational set up will be confirmed and further detailed during the inception of the project."}, {"bbox": [95, 1086, 1085, 1192], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of its prerogative of budget implementation and to safeguard the financial interests of the Union, the Commission may participate in the above governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action and may sign or enter into joint declarations or statements, for the purpose of enhancing the visibility of the EU and its contribution to this action and ensuring effective coordination."}, {"bbox": [85, 1232, 637, 1265], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [85, 1299, 427, 1330], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [95, 1351, 1085, 1536], "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, as well as the degree of achievement of its results (Outputs and direct Outcomes) as measured by corresponding indicators, using as reference the logframe matrix."}, {"bbox": [982, 1681, 1097, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 27 of 30"}]