[{"bbox": [96, 121, 1134, 467], "category": "Text", "text": "selected EU Member States, EU Development Financial Institutions e.g.). The overall objective of the Project Steering Committee is to facilitate the effective and efficient collaboration between participating organisations and beneficiaries, and to provide the overall guidance and direction to the work of the Project Management Team to ensure a successful implementation of the project and address possible bottlenecks and challenges. The exact composition and the detailed ToRs of the Project Steering Committee will be decided during the Inception Phase. It is proposed that the PSC convene its first meeting six months after the start of the project to approve the work plan, which will be formulated during the inception period. Thereafter, the PSC will convene once a year unless otherwise requested by a Steering Committee member. The meetings will serve as multi-stakeholder forward-looking discussions to reflect on the project's progress, lessons learned, challenges and recommendations for next steps. Decisions in the Project Steering Committee will be eventually made by consensus between the European Union Delegation and the implementing partner, with due considerations for views and comments made by PSC members. Particular attention will be paid to meaningful participation of women and persons with disabilities, in all their diversity, in this Committee."}, {"bbox": [96, 504, 1134, 586], "category": "Text", "text": "A Project **Technical Advisory Committee** may also be set up to gather views and recommendations of relevant experts and specialised institutions on specific themes and areas of work. As above, special attention will be paid to meaningful participation of women and persons with disabilities, in all their diversity, in this Committee."}, {"bbox": [96, 623, 1134, 730], "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, 763, 640, 797], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [70, 829, 417, 861], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [96, 881, 1134, 1042], "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 (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": [96, 1079, 1134, 1161], "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": [96, 1192, 743, 1220], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [96, 1226, 1134, 1279], "category": "Text", "text": "- The implementing entity will fully coordinate and monitor the activities and report to the Commission on a regular basis."}, {"bbox": [96, 1285, 1134, 1497], "category": "Text", "text": "- The implementing entity will conduct and inception phase at the beginning of the project implementation, for defining/refining indicators, baselines and targets of the logframe to measure/monitor the action progress during implementation. A comprehensive Performance and Monitoring Framework (PMF) aligned with the Global Europe Results Framework (GERF) and CLIP/GAP indicators will be developed during the inception phase. The PMF will define specific data collection tools (e.g., internal activity tracking tools) and methods (e.g., results-based surveys) to systematically source quantitative and qualitative data throughout the project lifecycle, in line with the project's results-framework. Additionally, the PMF will include the frequency of data collection and responsible stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [96, 1503, 1134, 1636], "category": "Text", "text": "- The implementing entity will be responsible for conducting any necessary baseline and final surveys as well as regular monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and reporting of all project activities. In addition to its regular M&E functions, and when applicable, the entrusted entity will also be responsible for M&E, including financial monitoring and management of grants (if applicable), as well as any sub-contracting that might be envisaged, and will include relevant details in the reports referred to above."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 24 of 25"}]