Translation of "Indicateur de contrôle " (French → English) :

be vigilant in its observance of Article 61(2) of the Cotonou Agreement and, in coordination with the other donors, carry out more thorough appraisal of the direction taken by public finance management in the beneficiary countries and monitor the progress of the reforms that are intended to improve it; incorporate into its Methodological Guide the relevant instructions issued since March 2002 on the programming and implementation of budgetary support for third countries, and make the necessary improvements; make use of performance indicators that genuinely encourage beneficiary countries to press ahead with their reforms and that focus ...[+++] more closely on results that reflect improvements in management; do everything within its power to complete the public financial management performance measurement framework being developed within the framework of PEFA and improve coordination between donors by taking account of the results that will be available at the end of the testing stage and of the Court's suggestions, especially the proposal concerning tests of controls; strengthen coordination between donors' local representatives as regards the production of assessments, evaluations and audits, the implementation of institutional support and the use of conditions and performance indicators; systematically structure relations with the authorities in the beneficiary States and take them beyond the government level to include parliaments and supreme audit institutions, whose powers must be strengthened to enable them to undertake the reforms that concern them and to audit those that are a matter for the executive branch".

The new working methods implemented in the context of the EES, based on multilateral surveillance, and the setting of targets and of indicators to monitor progress, have proven very valuable in fostering cooperation and coordination between Member States.

the further development of indicators to monitor the integration process.

By 31 December 2003 at the latest, each Member State will, in close consultation with the Commission, assess the implementation of its OPs and SPDs on the basis of the mid-term results and specific monitoring indicators.

In its report, the Commission sets out 18 specific recommendations (attached) in four main areas - learning, work, public services and enterprise - the specific target dates and monitoring.

In terms of the broad social indicators of how we're doing on the national children's agenda, there's a supplementary paper with regard to measuring and monitoring that's focusing around trying to pull together some common indicators to which all governments would subscribe, reporting on how our children are doing around the four goals laid out and in terms of the environments that we know to affect and determine children's well-being.