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1. At the initiative of or on behalf of the Commission, the Specific Regulations may support the preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical assistance, evaluation, audit and control measures and activities necessary for the implementation of this Regulation and the Specific Regulations.

2. The measures and activities referred to in paragraph 1 may include:

(a) assistance for project preparation and appraisal;

(b) support for institutional strengthening and administrative capacity building for the effective management of this Regulation and the Specific Regulations;

(c) measures related to the analysis, management, monitoring, information exchange and implementation of this Regulation and the Specific Regulations, as well as measures relating to the implementation of control systems and technical and administrative assistance;

(d) evaluations, expert reports, statistics and studies, including those of a general nature concerning the operation of the Specific Regulations;

(e) actions to disseminate information, support networking, carry out communication activities, raise awareness and promote cooperation and exchanges of experience, including with third countries. To bring about greater efficiency in communication to the public at large and stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of the Commission, the resources allocated to communication actions under this Regulation shall also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, provided that those are related to the general objectives of this Regulation and the Specific Regulations;

(f) the installation, updating, operation and interconnection of computerised systems for management, monitoring, audit, control and evaluation;

(g) the design of a common framework for evaluation and monitoring, as well as a system of indicators, taking into account, where appropriate, national indicators;

(h) actions to improve evaluation methods and the exchange of information on evaluation practices;

(i) conferences, seminars, workshops and other common information and training measures on the implementation of this Regulation and the Specific Regulations for competent authorities and beneficiaries;

(j) actions related to fraud detection and prevention;

(k) actions related to audit.

3. The measures and activities referred to in paragraph 1 may also concern the preceding and subsequent financial frameworks.