IPA monitoring committee
Article 18
1. The Commission and the IPA II beneficiary shall set up an IPA monitoring committee no later than six months after the entry into force of the first financing agreement. 2. The IPA monitoring committee shall review the overall effectiveness, efficiency, quality, coherence, coordination and compliance of the implementation of all actions towards meeting their objectives. For this purpose, it shall, where relevant, base itself on the information provided by the sectoral monitoring committees. It may make recommendations for corrective actions whenever needed. 3. The IPA monitoring committee shall be composed of representatives of the Commission, the NIPAC and other relevant national authorities and bodies of the IPA II beneficiary and, where relevant, international organisations, including international financial institutions and other stakeholders, such as civil society and private sector organisations. 4. A representative of the Commission and the NIPAC shall co-chair the IPA monitoring committee meetings. 5. The IPA monitoring committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. 6. The IPA monitoring committee shall meet at least once a year. Ad hoc meetings may also be convened at the initiative of the Commission or of the IPA II beneficiary, in particular on a thematic basis.