[{"bbox": [129, 153, 636, 191], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# Appendix 1 REPORTING IN OPSYS"}, {"bbox": [129, 217, 1141, 300], "category": "Text", "text": "A Primary Intervention⁴² (project/programme) is a coherent set of activities and results structured in a logical framework aiming at delivering development change or progress. Identifying the level of the primary intervention will allow for:"}, {"bbox": [129, 316, 1141, 372], "category": "Text", "text": "* Articulating Actions or Contracts according to an expected chain of results and therefore allowing them to ensure efficient monitoring and reporting of performance;"}, {"bbox": [129, 386, 1141, 442], "category": "Text", "text": "* Differentiating these Actions or Contracts from those that do not produce direct reportable development results, defined as support entities (i.e. audits, evaluations);"}, {"bbox": [129, 456, 936, 483], "category": "Text", "text": "* Having a complete and exhaustive mapping of all results-bearing Actions and Contracts."}, {"bbox": [129, 496, 1141, 553], "category": "Text", "text": "Primary Interventions are identified during the design of each action by the responsible service (Delegation or Headquarters operational Unit)."}, {"bbox": [129, 567, 1141, 620], "category": "Text", "text": "The level of the Primary Intervention chosen can be modified (directly in OPSYS) and the modification does not constitute an amendment of the action document."}, {"bbox": [129, 636, 992, 663], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention level for the present Action identifies as (tick one of the 4 following options):"}, {"bbox": [129, 675, 1140, 1318], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Action level (i.e. Budget Support, blending)</strong></td></tr><tr><td><input type=\"checkbox\"/> Single action</td><td>N/A</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Group of actions level (i.e. top-up cases, different phases of a single programme)</strong></td></tr><tr><td><input type=\"checkbox\"/> Group of actions</td><td>N/A</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Contract level</strong></td></tr><tr><td><input type=\"checkbox\" checked/> Single Contract 1</td><td colspan=\"2\">Each contract will constitute a Primary Intervention</td></tr><tr><td><input type=\"checkbox\" checked/> Single Contract 2</td><td colspan=\"2\">Each contract will constitute a Primary Intervention</td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\">(...)</td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Group of contracts level (i.e. series of programme estimates, cases in which an Action includes for example four contracts and two of them, a technical assistance contract and a contribution agreement, aim at the same objectives and complement each other)</strong></td></tr><tr><td><input type=\"checkbox\"/> Group of contracts</td><td colspan=\"2\">Group of contracts under a same Primary Intervention</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [129, 1520, 1134, 1626], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴² For the purpose of consistency between terms in OPSYS, DG INTPA, DG NEAR and FPI have harmonised 5 key terms, including ‘Action’ and ‘Intervention’ where an ‘Action’ is the content (or part of the content) of a Commission financing Decision and ‘Intervention’ is a coherent set of activities and results which constitutes an effective level for the operational follow-up by the EC of its operations on the ground. See more on the concept of intervention."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1141, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 33 of 33"}]