[{"bbox": [128, 147, 1141, 303], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td><strong>Evaluation</strong> – cf. section 5.2</td><td>280 000<sup>9</sup></td><td>N.A.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Audit</strong> – cf. section 5.3</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Contingencies<sup>10</sup></strong></td><td>N.A</td><td>N.A.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Totals</strong></td><td>19 880 000</td><td>N.A</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [128, 343, 650, 375], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [140, 396, 1132, 504], "category": "Text", "text": "Organisational set-up and responsibilities will be negotiated and agreed upon with the entrusted entity and will be relevant to their proposal. The European Union Delegation to Tajikistan will be closely involved in the discussion together with the partner country and will participate in any Steering Committee in order to ensure the appropriate steer and leverage."}, {"bbox": [140, 508, 1132, 616], "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": [128, 677, 683, 710], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [128, 744, 473, 776], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [140, 796, 1132, 1063], "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 (for project modality) and the partner's strategy, policy or reform action plan list (for budget support). Indicator values will be measured depending on the nature of the activities, including gender disaggregation. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the Action is taking into account the human rights-based approach and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [140, 1067, 1132, 1148], "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": [140, 1153, 1132, 1260], "category": "Text", "text": "The entrusted entity will be in charge of reporting progress on indicators based on data collection, analysis and monitoring in coordination with government ministries and agencies. This will be more detailed at the time of contracting. Baseline, targets, sources of data and assumptions of the Logical Framework Matrix will be quantified and provided at the time of signature of the contract at the latest."}, {"bbox": [128, 1352, 307, 1380], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [140, 1399, 1132, 1452], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term and final evaluations will be carried out for this Action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [128, 1524, 1141, 1596], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ Where the action is not covered by a financing agreement (see section 4.1), but 'will be covered by another Decision' as it is unlikely that evaluation and audit contracts on this action would be concluded within N+1. These contracts have to be authorised by another Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [128, 1597, 1141, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ Consider that for contracts where no financing agreement is concluded, contingencies must be covered by individual and legal commitments by 31 December of N+1."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1141, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 20"}]