Division 6 MONITORING

The implementation of the Accession Partnership shall be examined using the mechanisms established under the Association Agreement as appropriate and through the Commission’s progress reports.

The Association Agreement sub-committees provide the possibility of reviewing implementation of the Accession Partnership priorities and progress as regards legal approximation, implementation and enforcement. The Association Committee discusses overall developments, progress and problems in meeting the Accession Partnership priorities as well as more specific issues referred to it by the sub-committees.

The monitoring of the pre-accession financial assistance programmes shall be carried out jointly by Turkey and the Commission through a joint monitoring committee (JMC)/IPA Monitoring Committee. In order to ensure the effectiveness of monitoring, projects being funded under each financing agreement must incorporate verifiable and measurable indicators of achievements. Monitoring based on these indicators will assist the Commission, the JMC/IPA Monitoring Committee and Turkey in subsequently reorienting programmes where necessary and in the design of new programmes. The JMC/IPA Monitoring Committee ensures that actions financed under the pre-accession programmes are compatible with the Accession Partnership.

The Accession Partnership will continue to be adjusted as necessary in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 390/2001.