Title II, Chapter V, Article 41, Paragraph 5. · Regulation (EU) 2021/947

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5.The annual report shall contain:

(a)information relating to the previous year on the measures financed;

(b)the results of monitoring and evaluation exercises;

(c)the involvement and level of cooperation of the relevant partners, broken down by type of entity as referred to in Article 62 of the Financial Regulation for both direct and indirect management;

(d)the budgetary commitments, including contracted amounts, and payment appropriations, broken down by country, region and cooperation sector;

(e)qualitative and quantitative information including on measures taken pursuant to Article 9, on the use of the emerging challenges and priorities cushion referred to in Article 17 and on the use of funds dedicated to the incentive-based approach responding to performance in key areas referred to in Article 20.

The annual report shall assess the results of the Union funding using, as far as possible, specific and measurable indicators to show progress towards the targets and objectives of the Instrument as well as the progress made towards mainstreaming issues referred to in Article 8(8). It shall also present a breakdown on the forms of Union funding as set out in Article 27. In the case of development cooperation, the report shall also assess, where possible and relevant, the adherence to development effectiveness principles, including for innovative financial instruments.