[{"bbox": [85, 152, 828, 185], "category": "Section-header", "text": "4.8 Pre-conditions Only for project modality: NOT APPLICABLE"}, {"bbox": [85, 213, 639, 246], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [85, 278, 432, 310], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [96, 330, 1135, 465], "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."}, {"bbox": [96, 469, 1135, 551], "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": [96, 555, 1135, 663], "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": [85, 702, 266, 731], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [96, 774, 1103, 803], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, evaluation(s) will not be carried out for this action or its component."}, {"bbox": [96, 825, 1135, 880], "category": "Text", "text": "In case an evaluation is not planned, the Commission may, during implementation, decide to undertake such an evaluation for duly justified reasons either on its own decision or on the initiative of the partner."}, {"bbox": [96, 903, 1135, 985], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination¹². The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [96, 1008, 1135, 1113], "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": [96, 1139, 716, 1167], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [85, 1207, 405, 1236], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [96, 1253, 1120, 1334], "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": [85, 1361, 1025, 1395], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [96, 1427, 1135, 1482], "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": [96, 1505, 1135, 1588], "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"}, {"bbox": [85, 1620, 493, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹² See best practice of evaluation dissemination"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 17"}]