D4.1. Data Management Plan

This deliverable is the Data Management Plan (DMP) of the Co-UDlabs project.

This document defines the general principles for data management within the project, the data sources and the persons responsible for the handling of research data during and after the end of the project (including data security, storage and archiving), which data will be made openly available and the definitive list of complete datasets (Annex 1).

This DMP describes how data will be managed during the project according to: i) the FAIR Data Management approach1 that the EC has recommended to be used in Horizon 2020 actions, ii) the requirements of the article 29 of the Grant Agreement (specifically art. 29.3 - obligation to ensure open access to research data), iii) any national legislation regarding the protection of personal data (POPD, as described in Deliverable 11.1), iv) the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and possible commercial confidentiality of Transnational Access users and partners and participants in the Joint Research and Networking Activities. In addition, the project participants will at all times meet their obligations on the access rights and non-disclosure of data as set out in the project Consortium Agreement. Nothing stated in this Data Management Plan removes any rights or obligations as set out in the Consortium Agreement.

The DMP outlines how the partners will collect data, will catalogue it and, when appropriate, how they will make it available on an open access basis during and after the project. The plan also describes the mechanisms the consortium will use to ensure that as much of the data collected during the project is made available as soon as is practicable.

The DMP is intended to be a living document in which information will be updated as the implementation of the project progresses and when significant changes occur.

This document, prepared at M6 (October 2021) is the initial version of the DMP, that will be updated regularly at the end of each reporting period (October 2022, April 2024 and April 2025). Each version of the DMP will also be reviewed by all partners at each General Assembly meeting.