Monitoring, review and evaluation

1. Without prejudice to the Commission's responsibility for implementing the Community financial support, the Home Rule Government of Greenland shall take responsibility in the first instance for the financial control of such support.

The Commission and the Home Rule Government of Greenland shall cooperate and coordinate plans, methods and implementation of checks so as to maximise the usefulness of the checks carried out. They shall immediately exchange the results of the checks carried out.

2. The Home Rule Government of Greenland shall supervise the implementation of the PDSD.

In order to verify the effectiveness and quality of the implementation of assistance, the Home Rule Government of Greenland shall follow and review the progress made towards achieving the specific objectives of the PDSD.

The Home Rule Government of Greenland shall carry out the monitoring by reference to indicators specified in the PDSD and the annual financing agreement. The indicators shall relate to the specific character of the programme and its objectives.

3. The Home Rule Government of Greenland shall draw up and submit to the Commission annual implementation reports in accordance with the timetable set out in the financing agreements to be concluded each year between the Commission and the Home Rule Government of Greenland.

This annual implementation report shall be produced locally and shall be finalised between the Home Rule Government of Greenland and the Commission within a period of 60 days.

It shall include in particular:

an assessment of the results achieved in the focal sector(s) measured against the targets identified in the PDSD and the monitoring indicators and sectoral policy commitments;

an assessment of the implementation of current operations as provided for in the financing agreements and the extent to which the timetable for commitments and payments has been met; and

a statement assuring legality and regularity.

4. In the context of the mid-term review referred to in Article 13 of the Decision, the initial results of the PDSD, their relevance and the extent to which the targets have been attained shall be reviewed, and the use made of financial resources and the operation of monitoring and implementation shall be assessed, as well as the rhythm of disbursements and the overall cooperation between the Home Rule Government of Greenland and the Commission.

This review shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Commission, in cooperation with the Home Rule Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, on the basis of criteria defined in the PDSD, including in respect of the financial allocation, and taking into account the annual implementation reports referred to in paragraph 3.

5. The evaluation of the PDSD shall cover the utilisation of resources and the effectiveness and efficiency of the assistance and its impact, and shall draw conclusions and recommendations, making use in particular of evaluation results already available.

It shall cover the factors contributing to the success or failure of implementation and achievements and results, including their sustainability.

The evaluation of the PDSD shall be the responsibility of the Commission, in coordination with the Home Rule Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark.

The results of the evaluation shall be made available to the public.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 439/2007 of 20 April 2007 implementing Council Decision 2006/526/EC on relations between the European Community on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other ANNEX