NEWSERA (873125) Deliverable 1.1 - Project Management Handbook

The present document provides an overview of the management structures and procedures that will ensure an efficient execution and high quality excellent implementation of the NEWSERA project and thus contribute to the production of high quality project results and outcomes. The aim is to provide the project beneficiaries with a handbook that indicates the management structures, tasks and responsibilities at all levels in project execution.

The established procedures’ main goal is to assure quality implementation of NEWSERA. Those are based on the general principles and policies defined in underlying basic regulations (H2020-SwafS-2018-2020, Science with and for Society), EU rules for participation in Horizon 2020, contracts and agreements and official guidelines. Likewise, the general principles for project execution have been defined in the Grant Agreement, the Description of Action and in the Consortium Agreement provisions. The project handbook shall not replace any of the established agreements within the consortium or with the European Commission
(EC), or any of the EC guidelines for project implementation and documentation. If any inconsistencies appear between these documents, the following protocol of order will be applied:
1. Grant Agreement with EC and its annexes
2. Consortium Agreement
3. Project Handbook [present document]

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 873125