; and (vi) indicators of efficacy for security assistance programs, projects, and activities, for purposes of planning, monitoring, and evaluation. (B) Monitoring implementation of security assistance programs, projects, and activities to measure progress toward achieving specific targets, metrics, or indicators, as well as desired outcomes. (C) Evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of security assistance in achieving desired outcomes. (D) Identification of lessons learned in carrying out security assistance and recommendations for improving future assistance. (3) Oversight and framework The Coordinator shall guide and support, in coordination with relevant regional and functional bureaus, the assessment and monitoring described in paragraph (1) and shall create a common evaluation framework. (4) Independent research entity Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with an independent research entity, such as a federally funded research and development center or other nonprofit entity, that demonstrates appropriate expertise and analytical capability to evaluate the capacity of security assistance to achieve desired outcomes in accordance with the framework created pursuant to paragraph (3). (5) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the ability of the Department to measure and assess the effects of United States security assistance programs and activities on governance, rule of law, professionalism of recipient security forces, and institutional capacity weaknesses of recipient security forces would benefit from the increased availability of independent research and data. (d) Security assistance planning (1) Prioritization Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Working Group shall develop a list of priority recipient countries to receive security assistance, on the basis of policy objectives determined by the Department, and submit such information in accordance