[{"bbox": [97, 129, 1165, 184], "category": "Text", "text": "with the EU and its implementing partners. It is also anticipated that this third party will provide regular verbal and written briefings to the EU and its partners."}, {"bbox": [97, 194, 1165, 329], "category": "Text", "text": "To empower women, youth, IPs and other vulnerable and marginalised populations representatives of CSOs will be consulted in the design, application, and use of monitoring activities and reports including approaches to data collection, dissemination of findings, and adaptation based on findings. When and where appropriate government officials at the regional and LGU level may also be involved in such participatory and inclusive monitoring, learning, adaptation, and reporting processes."}, {"bbox": [97, 339, 1165, 421], "category": "Text", "text": "If and when appropriate the EU may partner with and/or support international, national, regional, and local universities, think tanks, and/or independent experts to conduct more in-depth research into specific topics related to the Action and its specific objectives. This may include longitudinal study to monitor change over time."}, {"bbox": [97, 431, 744, 460], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [97, 464, 1165, 519], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Baselines and targets will be provided at contracting level. Information will be collected by Implementing Partners, which will foresee adequate human resources and arrangement to allow for this process."}, {"bbox": [97, 523, 1165, 579], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Data collection and reporting: Surveys will be carried out by dedicated staff of Implementing Partners, who will foresee adequate human resources and arrangements for this purpose."}, {"bbox": [97, 583, 1165, 664], "category": "List-item", "text": "* M&E Capacities: This action foresees to provide support to and strengthen the M&E capacities of local actors/CSOs to monitor progress. All implementing partners will put adequate resources in place to ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation."}, {"bbox": [97, 668, 1165, 723], "category": "List-item", "text": "* For the sake of accountability vis-à-vis stakeholders, their participation will be ensured by a constant consultation which will accompany all interventions."}, {"bbox": [97, 729, 1036, 757], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Gender equality and inclusion results will be monitored in line with each of the actions provisions."}, {"bbox": [97, 761, 1165, 817], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The application of a HRBA will be monitored, in line with the working principles (human rights for all, non-discrimination and equality, participation, transparency and access to information and accountability)."}, {"bbox": [115, 836, 295, 864], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [97, 882, 1165, 990], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, mid-term and final evaluations will be carried out for this Action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission. A mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to adapting existing interventions and potentially launching an additional phase of the programme."}, {"bbox": [97, 1000, 1165, 1135], "category": "Text", "text": "A final or ex-post evaluation will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision), taking into account in particular the fact that the action is responding to a comprehensive framework for supporting the implementation and consolidation of the peace process in Mindanao. More specifically, the EU has been one of the leading donors involved in supporting peace and development in the BARMM. Lessons from this experience can potentially be applied to other comparative situations globally."}, {"bbox": [97, 1145, 1165, 1200], "category": "Text", "text": "A component of the foreseen evaluation will assess the impact of relevant interventions on the bottom (poorest) 40% or socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, households, or groups."}, {"bbox": [97, 1210, 1165, 1264], "category": "Text", "text": "This may be done by adapting the Distributional Impact Assessment (DIA) tool to the context of the Action and/or individual interventions."}, {"bbox": [97, 1276, 1165, 1385], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least two months in advance of the dates foreseen for the evaluation missions. 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": [97, 1395, 1165, 1477], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [97, 1487, 716, 1516], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [982, 1635, 1100, 1662], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 27 of 28"}]