[{"bbox": [140, 152, 1134, 260], "category": "Text", "text": "Implementing partners will set up, at project level, three Technical Committees (one per SO) that will support the discussion of technical issues between the EU, implementing partners and benefitting institutions per Objective. These will meet on a quarterly basis, prior to the Steering Committee, or as often as required and shall discuss workplans, budgets and monitor the operating environment."}, {"bbox": [140, 264, 1134, 372], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of its prerogative of budget implementation and to safeguard the financial interests of the Union, the Commission may participate in the above governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action and may sign or enter into joint declarations or statements, for the purpose of enhancing the visibility of the EU and its contribution to this action and ensuring effective coordination."}, {"bbox": [130, 405, 681, 440], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [130, 470, 492, 503], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1. Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [140, 523, 1134, 711], "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)."}, {"bbox": [140, 715, 1134, 797], "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": [140, 801, 1134, 909], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring: each implementing partner will be responsible for monitoring and reporting based on the individual project's logframe that will be linked to the indicators in the Programme -level Logframe. Indicators and targets will be agreed at the project design stage. These will be reported on annually by the implementing partner."}, {"bbox": [140, 909, 1134, 1015], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will undertake a study to specify baseline and targets to be defined in the logical framework- this will be informed by ongoing Gender analysis by other partners (namely the World Bank and AFD) and through a specific study on the investment climate enabling environment (ICR Facility) and further technical assistance, as appropriate, to be funded from the ongoing Technical Cooperation Facility (during Q4 2023)."}, {"bbox": [140, 1039, 1134, 1121], "category": "Text", "text": "All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is considering the principle of gender equality, human rights-based approach, and rights of persons with disabilities including inclusion and diversity. Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by sex and preferably also by age and disability."}, {"bbox": [140, 1145, 1134, 1358], "category": "Text", "text": "Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by income. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account inequality reduction. The Distributional Impact Assessment tool (DIA) will be applied, as a data source whenever other sources (national, regional, local data) are not available to monitor whether expected outputs have, to a large extent, benefited socio-economically disadvantaged groups, households and individuals. The DIA can also be performed at the start of the implementation phase to a) locate where the most vulnerable live and target them geographically; b) identify main drivers of inequalities (e.g. reasons for not accessing some services) c) unveil intersectionalities (e.g. bottom 40 income who are women, children etc.)"}, {"bbox": [130, 1372, 326, 1401], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2. Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [140, 1418, 1134, 1474], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, mid-term and final evaluations may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [140, 1498, 1134, 1579], "category": "Text", "text": "The mid-term evaluation will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to progress on capacity building and linkages and complementarities between the various stakeholders involved as well as inform a second phase of the action."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 27 of 29"}]