Deliverable 2.7 Project Plan; Quality Plan; Ethical Procedures- UPDATE 1

The D2.7 “Project Plan; Quality Plan; Ethical procedures-UPDATE 1” is an update of the Deliverable D2.2, which was submitted in M3 and includes updates for D1.1 and D1.2 in terms of Ethical Procedures.

The following updates have been made by the ARETE consortium between M4- M14: ● The project duration has been changed to 42 months;
● The reporting period has been changed;
● The project partner has been changed;

● Annex 1 (Description of Action - DoA) has been changed;
● Annex 2 (estimated budget of action) has been changed;
● The ARETE project External Ethics Advisory Board (EEAB) has been set up; ● The EEAB has been approved the ARETE project ethics requirements;

This document is based on several key documents/meetings including:
● The ARETE Grant Agreement – GA Number 856533 (Revised in July 2020);
● The 1st Project Steering Committee meeting (PSC) 4 March 2020, online;
● The 2nd PSC meeting 26 March 2020, online;
● The 2nd General Assembly (GA) and 3rd PSC meeting 20-21 August 2020, online;

● The 3rd GA and 4th PSC meeting 18-19 November 2020, online;

● The ARETE 12 month review meeting 4 December 2020, online;

● The D2.6 Data Management Plan submitted in M6;

● The D2.4 Management reports (Contractual, Financial and Technical) – UPDATE 1 submitted in M12;

This report is intended to be a live document and although no significant changes to this document are envisioned, some updates will be provided in M26 based on the decisions of the General Assembly (GA).