[{"bbox": [157, 152, 1074, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "reviews (or recruited by the responsible agent contracted by the Commission for implementing such reviews)."}, {"bbox": [157, 218, 804, 247], "category": "Text", "text": "Roles and responsibilities for data collection, analysis and monitoring:"}, {"bbox": [157, 256, 1074, 365], "category": "Text", "text": "Regarding the intervention contributing to the Objective, the selected implementing partners will be in charge of data collection, analysis and monitoring of the projects. The selected implementing partner will be in charge of monitoring and yearly reporting on indicators of the project logframe matrix, including the collection of baselines and data collection."}, {"bbox": [157, 374, 1074, 430], "category": "Text", "text": "The statistical and monitoring systems as well as the quality of official data in the policy field covered have been assessed. This assessment has fed into the design of the action."}, {"bbox": [157, 441, 1074, 549], "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 whenever possible and meaningful and age and disability where feasible."}, {"bbox": [147, 574, 327, 603], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [157, 620, 1074, 676], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a final evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components contracted by the Commission via an implementing partner."}, {"bbox": [157, 685, 1074, 768], "category": "Text", "text": "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 an innovative action such as Digital Governance should be thoroughly reviewed in order to scale up the project to other areas."}, {"bbox": [157, 777, 1074, 886], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least 2 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": [157, 897, 1074, 1005], "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": [157, 1015, 1074, 1068], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation may be covered by another measure constituting a Financing Decision."}, {"bbox": [157, 1080, 1074, 1186], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluations shall assess to what extent the action is taking into account the human rights-based approach as well as how it contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment and disability inclusion. Expertise on human rights, disability and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [147, 1213, 466, 1242], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [157, 1260, 1074, 1343], "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": [147, 1380, 883, 1456], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [157, 1488, 1074, 1544], "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": [157, 1553, 1074, 1608], "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"}, {"bbox": [954, 1654, 1082, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 34 of 36"}]