[{"bbox": [158, 153, 1073, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "of the means envisaged and employed and of the budget details for the Programme. The final report, narrative and financial, will cover the entire period of the action implementation."}, {"bbox": [158, 219, 1073, 299], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission may undertake additional project monitoring visits through its own staff and 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": [158, 310, 1073, 443], "category": "Text", "text": "All monitoring and reporting shall assess how well the action promotes the principle of gender equality which lies at the heart of this programme and takes a human rights-based approach and enables the rights of persons with disabilities including through strengthening inclusion and diversity. Data collected, where appropriate and possible, will be disaggregated by sex and age, and by disability if tenable."}, {"bbox": [147, 482, 327, 507], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [158, 527, 1073, 633], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term could be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission. It will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision), taking into account in particular the fact that several agencies were cooperating in implementing the programme."}, {"bbox": [158, 645, 1073, 752], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least two months 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": [158, 764, 1073, 898], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports shall be shared with the partner countries 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, in agreement with the partner countries, jointly decide on the follow-up actions to be taken and any adjustments necessary, including, if indicated, the reorientation of the program."}, {"bbox": [158, 909, 1073, 1015], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, all evaluations shall assess to what extent the Action is taking into account human rights-based approaches as well as whether and how the Action contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment and disability inclusion. The evaluation process will include expertise on human rights, disability and gender equality assessment."}, {"bbox": [147, 1054, 462, 1079], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [158, 1099, 1073, 1179], "category": "Text", "text": "Without prejudice to the obligations applicable to contracts concluded for implementing this action, the Commission may, based on a risk assessment, contract independent audit or verification assignments for one or several contracts or agreements."}, {"bbox": [147, 1242, 896, 1267], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [158, 1313, 1073, 1366], "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": [158, 1378, 1073, 1589], "category": "Text", "text": "In line with the 2022 \"Communicating and Raising EU Visibility: Guidance for External Actions\", it will remain 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 will continue 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": [955, 1641, 1081, 1666], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 21"}]