[{"bbox": [142, 153, 1133, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "Indicators shall be disaggregated by sex, age and disability (where feasible) and in part taken from Spotlight's \"menu of indicators\" to allow for global consolidation."}, {"bbox": [131, 233, 308, 260], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.2 Evaluation"}, {"bbox": [142, 289, 1133, 343], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the nature of the Action, a mid-term evaluation will be carried out for this Action or its components via independent consultants contracted by the Commission."}, {"bbox": [142, 355, 1133, 409], "category": "Text", "text": "It will be carried out for problem solving and learning purposes, in particular with respect to identifying and sharing lessons learned and feeding subsequent interventions."}, {"bbox": [142, 421, 1133, 631], "category": "Text", "text": "A final or ex-post evaluation will be carried out for accountability and learning purposes at various levels (including for policy revision). The evaluation plan could assess the distributional impact of activities undertaken on the bottom 40% or socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, households or groups. This can be done through the Distributional Impact Assessment tool (DIA). The DIA analysis looks at the effective targeting of beneficiaries of development interventions, identifying if more than 40% of beneficiaries are at the bottom two quintiles of the income or wealth distribution. It also allows to evaluate whether effective targeting has been done towards women, children and youth or other disadvantaged groups (e.g. ethnic minorities) or at territorial level."}, {"bbox": [142, 645, 1133, 752], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission shall inform the implementing partner at least three 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": [142, 764, 1133, 844], "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": [142, 857, 757, 883], "category": "Text", "text": "Evaluation services may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [142, 895, 1133, 975], "category": "Text", "text": "All evaluations shall assess to what extent the Action is taking into account the human rights-based approach and its contribution to gender equality and women's empowerment and social inclusion. Expertise on human rights, disability and gender equality will be ensured in the evaluation teams."}, {"bbox": [131, 1003, 445, 1030], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [142, 1058, 1133, 1138], "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": [131, 1178, 1066, 1211], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [142, 1253, 1133, 1308], "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": [142, 1319, 1133, 1506], "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": [142, 1517, 1133, 1598], "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 instead be consolidated in Cooperation Facilities established by support measure action documents,"}, {"bbox": [1023, 1680, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 25 of 27"}]