[{"bbox": [134, 122, 1134, 228], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Honduran Ministry of Finance (SEFIN) and State-Owned Development Banks will be in charge to define the correct baselines and regularly collect data as part of their internal monitoring systems. Data collection, monitoring and reporting will be performed periodically and will be defined at contractual level. Impact level indicators will require accessing data provided by national institutions."}, {"bbox": [134, 228, 1134, 280], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Reports shall be laid out in such a way as to allow monitoring of the means envisaged and employed and of the budget details for the action."}, {"bbox": [134, 281, 1066, 308], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The final report, narrative and financial, will cover the entire period of the action implementation."}, {"bbox": [134, 309, 1134, 361], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Indicators shall be disaggregated at least by income. All monitoring and reporting shall assess how the action is taking into account inequality reduction."}, {"bbox": [134, 362, 1134, 442], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Gender equality results will be monitored and reported, thus, the inclusion of sex-disaggregated information within the monitoring tools used will be ensured along with including specific gender and questions in the monitoring protocols."}, {"bbox": [86, 455, 280, 483], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2. Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [97, 502, 1134, 555], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the action, a mid-term evaluation may be carried out for this action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [97, 558, 1134, 758], "category": "Text", "text": "It will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to the level of loan placement in target areas, geographical focus, reduction of costs for final beneficiaries, among others. loan placement target areas, geographical focus, reduction costs for final beneficiaries, among others. 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": [97, 760, 1134, 841], "category": "Text", "text": "The evaluation reports may be shared with the partners and other key stakeholders following the best practice of evaluation dissemination⁴⁶. The implementing partner and the Commission shall analyse the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluations and, where appropriate, apply the necessary adjustments."}, {"bbox": [97, 841, 715, 867], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [97, 870, 1134, 984], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluations shall assess to what extent the action is taking into account inequality reduction, human rights as well as how it impacts the most vulnerable (bottom 40% contributes to gender equality and socio-economically disadvantaged individuals) women's empowerment and inclusion. Expertise on inequality reduction, human rights, and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [86, 998, 418, 1026], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3. Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [97, 1045, 1134, 1125], "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": [86, 1152, 1022, 1186], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [97, 1219, 1134, 1272], "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": [97, 1298, 1134, 1484], "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": [97, 1510, 1134, 1564], "category": "Text", "text": "However, action documents for specific sector programmes are in principle no longer required to include a provision for communication and visibility actions promoting the programmes concerned. These resources will"}, {"bbox": [86, 1600, 1145, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴⁶ See best practice of evaluation dissemination. European Union, (2023). Disseminating Evaluations[On-line]. Available from: CLIP Honduras | Capacity4dev (europa.eu)"}, {"bbox": [1028, 1681, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 36 of 38"}]