D2.1 Collaboration with ethical boards and secured formal approvals on local levels

This deliverable adds to the ethics requirements and safeguarding of ethical standards of the EU YouCount project by securing proper recruitment and informed consent procedures and ethics/safety considerations on local level, especially for participating youths under 18 years and vulnerable groups. The report shortly describes the establishment of collaboration with the local data protection office/ethical approval institutions and the Safety and Ethics Board (SEB) as well as procedures and status of formal ethics approvals of the multiple case- and evaluation studies according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and national regulations.