[{"bbox": [135, 136, 1133, 187], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The European Union (EU) Delegation in charge of the OCTs' portfolio who will co-chair with Curaçao, as the coordinator on behalf all OCTs."}, {"bbox": [135, 212, 1133, 291], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Representatives of EU institutions and other EU Delegation, EU Member States, other major EU funded programmes in the region and programme's beneficiaries (civil society organisations, private sector, research, youth) could be invited."}, {"bbox": [97, 310, 1133, 417], "category": "Text", "text": "The Steering Committee will meet physically -if possible- at least once a year to approve strategic orientations, annual workplan and budget, attended by representatives at a level appropriate to the proposed agenda and the decision to be taken. Decisions will be taken by consensus. If consensus cannot be reached, the EU Delegation may exercise its right to decide."}, {"bbox": [97, 436, 1133, 623], "category": "Text", "text": "A Management Committee to supervise the programme coordination and monitoring will be established at the inception meeting. It will allocate responsibilities and tasks in order to operationalise work plans. It will meet several times per year and will be attended by representatives of the 7 OCTs with Curaçao as the coordinator, EU Delegations and institutions, implementing partners and other organisations/experts on a case-by-case basis, at a level appropriate to the proposed agenda and the decisions to be taken. The Management Committee will focus on the identification of needs and the selection of requests and activities. The EU Delegation in charge of the OCTs' portfolio may have the final word on the choice of activities and proposals if a compromise is not found."}, {"bbox": [97, 642, 1133, 802], "category": "Text", "text": "To increase knowledge sharing and data and to avoid to create additional initiatives on sargassum, it is also crucial for the implementing partners of this Action to ensure strong coordination with relevant EU-funded programmes (such as Euroclima, the Copernicus centre in Chile on marine observation/sargassum and the Caribbean Interreg) and with relevant regional organisations in the Caribbean (such as the Caribbean Community CARICOM to which Curaçao is an associated member, the Association of Caribbean States to which the 7 Caribbean OCTs are associated members and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to which no Caribbean OCT is a member)."}, {"bbox": [97, 821, 1133, 954], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementing partners will be responsible for the day-to-day management and the implementation of these activities. They will take an active role to support the process of policy dialogue with the OCTs and the regional dimension of this programme. Their main responsibility will be the implementation of agreed activities as per work plans approved by the Steering Committee. The implementing partners will cooperate closely with the EU Delegation to ensure effective programme implementation."}, {"bbox": [97, 973, 1133, 1080], "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": [131, 1148, 684, 1181], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT"}, {"bbox": [86, 1209, 432, 1240], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.1 Monitoring and Reporting"}, {"bbox": [97, 1262, 1133, 1449], "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."}, {"bbox": [97, 1468, 1133, 1550], "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": [97, 1569, 1133, 1623], "category": "Text", "text": "The concerned EU Delegation will also be monitoring the projects through continuous communication with the implementing partners and though field visits."}, {"bbox": [1016, 1653, 1143, 1680], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 23 of 25"}]