[{"bbox": [142, 154, 785, 179], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [142, 207, 1133, 391], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementing partner must establish a permanent internal, technical and financial monitoring system for the action and prepare regular progress reports and final reports. Monitoring system and tools should promote and ensure local beneficiaries and stakeholders' quantity and quality participation. The project will use: a) existing accountability mechanisms to obtain feedback that feeds into a constant revision and adaptability of actions and, b) new accountability mechanisms such as stakeholders' committees. As part of the accountability mechanisms, a complaint response mechanism, accessible by vulnerable groups such as women, IDPs and PwD, will be put into place."}, {"bbox": [142, 393, 1133, 550], "category": "Text", "text": "In the initial phase, the indicative logical framework agreed in contract and / or the agreement signed with the implementing partner must be complemented with baselines, milestones and targets for each indicator. In addition, a gender analysis and an conflict assessment will be conducted at the beginning of the intervention. Progress reports provided by the implementing partner should contain the most recent version of the logical framework agreed by the parties and showing the current values for each indicator. The final report should complete the logical framework with initial and final values for each indicator."}, {"bbox": [142, 552, 1133, 656], "category": "Text", "text": "The final report, financial and descriptive, will cover the entire period of the implementation of the action.\nThe 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": [130, 672, 308, 699], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [142, 718, 1133, 771], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the importance and nature of the action, a mid-term and a final evaluation will be carried out for this action via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [142, 798, 1133, 904], "category": "Text", "text": "An mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the effectiveness and complementarity of the action with other initiatives; while the final 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 progress on issues tackled under these action are part of a process."}, {"bbox": [142, 930, 1133, 1009], "category": "Text", "text": "All evaluations shall assess to what extent the action is considering the human rights-based approach as well how it contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment. Expertise on human rights and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [142, 1036, 1133, 1142], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 30 days in advance of the dates envisaged 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": [142, 1168, 1133, 1248], "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": [142, 1275, 757, 1300], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [130, 1316, 445, 1343], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [142, 1362, 1127, 1442], "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": [130, 1470, 1066, 1502], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [142, 1536, 1133, 1588], "category": "Text", "text": "The 2021-2027 programming cycle will adopt a new approach to pooling, programming and deploying strategic communication and public diplomacy resources."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 28 of 30"}]