Common use of ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH Clause in Contracts

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH. PARTY 16. To realise the objectives and commitments in this Agreement, each Party has specific roles and responsibilities, as outlined below. 17. The Commonwealth agrees to be responsible for: (a) providing a financial contribution to assist the States to provide universal access and achieve the agreed performance benchmarks; (b) monitoring and assessing the performance in the delivery of services under this Agreement; (c) compiling and publishing an annual National Report as set out in clause 28 of this Agreement, in consultation with the Australian Education Senior Officials Committee (AESOC); and (d) coordinating the development of new, or the amendment of existing, Implementation Plans in partnership with the States and in accordance with clause 21 of this Agreement. 18. The States agree to be responsible for: (a) developing and/or amending Implementation Plans in partnership with the Commonwealth and in accordance with clause 21 of this Agreement; (b) delivering on outcomes and outputs agreed in their Implementation Plan; (c) reporting on the delivery of outcomes and outputs as set out in Part 4 of this Agreement; (d) providing funding to support all children’s quality early childhood education participation, regardless of whether the program is delivered through schools (government and non-government), standalone preschools or long day care centres; and (e) ensuring funds under this Agreement are expended on quality early childhood education programs and initiatives to facilitate quality early childhood education participation.