[{"bbox": [141, 156, 1133, 213], "category": "Text", "text": "country, jointly decide on the follow-up actions to be taken and any adjustments necessary, including, if indicated, the reorientation of the project."}, {"bbox": [141, 215, 864, 241], "category": "Text", "text": "The financing of the evaluation may be contracted under a framework contract."}, {"bbox": [130, 256, 446, 282], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.3 Audit and Verifications"}, {"bbox": [141, 303, 1133, 382], "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": [130, 409, 1067, 442], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 6 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"}, {"bbox": [141, 475, 1133, 529], "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": [141, 555, 1133, 740], "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": [141, 767, 1133, 897], "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, allowing Delegations to plan and execute multiannual strategic communication and public diplomacy actions with sufficient critical mass to be effective on a national scale."}, {"bbox": [141, 926, 1133, 1029], "category": "Text", "text": "At country level, resources required for strategic communication and public diplomacy will be consolidated in Cooperation Facilities established by support measure action documents. This will allow Delegations to plan and execute multiannual strategic communication and public diplomacy actions with sufficient critical mass to be effective on a national scale."}, {"bbox": [141, 1033, 1133, 1139], "category": "Text", "text": "To that end, Delegations will develop short strategic communication and public diplomacy plans that reflect the objectives of the Delegation as a whole in this domain, initially covering the period up to the Mid-Term Review (MTR). The strategic plan will include key administrative information ( timeline, budget and the programme manager responsible for implementation) and cover the following main elements:"}, {"bbox": [178, 1139, 394, 1164], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Audiences targeted"}, {"bbox": [178, 1166, 599, 1192], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The principal communication objective(s)"}, {"bbox": [178, 1194, 384, 1217], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The core narrative"}, {"bbox": [178, 1220, 794, 1246], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Preliminary suggestions for content, partnerships and channels."}, {"bbox": [1023, 1680, 1140, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 21 of 21"}]