[{"bbox": [96, 127, 1136, 234], "category": "Text", "text": "Any monitoring and evaluation will be gender-sensitive, assess gender equality results and implementation of rights-based approach working method principles (participation, non-discrimination, accountability and transparency) in terms of implementation of the project and project outcomes. Key stakeholders will be involved in the monitoring process."}, {"bbox": [85, 255, 264, 282], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [96, 300, 1134, 354], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance of the action, a mid-term evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [96, 380, 1134, 566], "category": "Text", "text": "It will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to assessing the project's effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, as well as prospects for sustainability and impact. It will also assess the project's contribution to the broader Women Economic Empowerment context and seek to identify best practices, lessons learned and future recommendations. It will inform any necessary adjustments and correction to the programme design as well as to inform a possible top-up/second phase of the action. Importantly, such evaluation will have to assess how the action has benefitted women and girls of various socio-economic background, age, and ethnicity."}, {"bbox": [96, 598, 1134, 713], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 3 months in advance of the dates envisaged for the evaluation mission. 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, 742, 1134, 822], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination³⁶. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [96, 850, 1039, 878], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation may be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [85, 892, 401, 919], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [96, 938, 1118, 1018], "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": [85, 1046, 1023, 1079], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [96, 1111, 1134, 1166], "category": "Text", "text": "The 2021-2027 programming cycle has adopted a new approach to pooling, programming and deploying strategic communication and public diplomacy resources."}, {"bbox": [96, 1190, 1134, 1378], "category": "Text", "text": "In line with the 2022 “Communicating and Raising EU Visibility: Guidance for External Actions”, it remains a contractual obligation for all entities implementing EU-funded external actions to inform the relevant audiences of the Union's support for their work by displaying the EU emblem and a short funding statement as appropriate on all communication materials related to the actions concerned. This obligation continues to apply equally, regardless of whether the actions concerned are implemented by the Commission, partner countries, service providers, grant beneficiaries or entrusted or delegated entities such as UN agencies, international financial institutions and agencies of EU Member States."}, {"bbox": [96, 1403, 1134, 1534], "category": "Text", "text": "However, action documents for specific sector programmes are in principle no longer required to include a provision for communication and visibility actions promoting the programmes concerned. These resources are instead to be consolidated in Cooperation Facilities established by support measure action documents, allowing Delegations to plan and execute multiannual strategic communication and public diplomacy actions with sufficient critical mass to be effective on a national scale."}, {"bbox": [85, 1621, 480, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁶ See best [practice of evaluation dissemination](#)"}, {"bbox": [1028, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 25 of 25"}]