[{"bbox": [128, 147, 1142, 264], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Grants - total envelope under section 4.4.1</td><td>4 000 000</td></tr><tr><td>Procurement - total envelope under section 4.4.2</td><td>3 300 000</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>12 000 000</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [188, 277, 701, 310], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.7. Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [139, 331, 1133, 413], "category": "Text", "text": "A Steering Committee of the project (PSC) shall meet twice a year to decide the overall direction of the project, to monitor the indicators and to supervise the implementation of the project's activities. Additional meeting can be arranged ad hoc at the request of the Delegation of the EU or any of the members."}, {"bbox": [139, 416, 1133, 578], "category": "Text", "text": "The PSC will be co-chaired by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the EU Delegation with the participation of the implementing partners and main stakeholders. The participation to the PSC of beneficiaries of the project such as local MSMEs/agricultural cooperatives, non-financial BDS providers, financial services providers and EU companies will be ensured. Other stakeholders, including civil society organizations, other donors and development partners may be invited in order to improve coordination and complementarity of interventions."}, {"bbox": [139, 581, 1133, 690], "category": "Text", "text": "The PSC will be supported in their work by the Technical Committee (TC), which will work in close cooperation with the beneficiary departments and stakeholders. The TC will consist of members of the implementing partners, the concerned stakeholders involved in the activities. The TC will meet every quarter to define, follow-up and monitor the implementation of activities."}, {"bbox": [128, 723, 684, 756], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [128, 789, 475, 821], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [139, 841, 1133, 1055], "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)."}, {"bbox": [139, 1059, 1133, 1141], "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": [139, 1145, 785, 1173], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [177, 1173, 1106, 1200], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Implementing partners are in charge of collecting data for the indicators in the logical framework."}, {"bbox": [177, 1200, 1133, 1306], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Information provided by the implementing partners would be verified by independent evaluation missions and audits. In the case of Outcome 1 and 3, the Technical Assistance (TA) would assist the implementing partners in monitoring and reporting. It will be also in charge of verifying the validity and reliability of the values of indicators provided by the implementing partners."}, {"bbox": [177, 1306, 1133, 1385], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Evaluation missions and TA will also check the reliability and accuracy of the indicators by conducting surveys and interviews with the direct beneficiaries of the project (MSMEs, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, BDS providers, financial services providers and public bodies)"}, {"bbox": [177, 1385, 1133, 1571], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Evaluation missions and TA will also have to pay attention not only on the number of activities that were held but also their impact (usefulness for the beneficiaries). For instance, in case of providing non-financial BDS to a company, it is important to be evaluated whether/how these trainings have supported the company to increase its revenues and to grow. In case of business environment reforms, attentions should be paid not only on how many regulations or laws were updated/revised but how they facilitated MSMEs to do business (optimisation of tax procedures, time to export/import, time to or register a company, quality of digital services, etc.)."}, {"bbox": [1014, 1678, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 22 of 24"}]