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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">RELAX-DN DCs,</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This mail is sent to all RELAX-DN students,
including the 3 new ones that are joining us shortly.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></div>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The RELAX Supervisory Board (SB) is a key
component of the management structure of the RELAX network. The SB consists of one representative per beneficiary, one representative per partner,
<b>and two DCs</b>. The DCs will elect two representatives as soon as all DCs are recruited.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With this email I would like to kick-off
the process of electing these two DCs. These 2 DCs do not have to be the same during the duration of the project, you can go for a rotation scheme if you wish. It is up to you how to select the 2 DCs. It would be great if you could select the 2 DCs before
Wednesday next week so that the 2 DC representatives can participate at the Consortium meeting on Wednesday next week.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Regarding the role of the SB, please find
an extract from the Grand Agreement (GA) below. The GA is attached.<span class="_Entity _EType_OWALink _EId_OWALink _EReadonly_1" style="display: inline-block;"><span></span></span></span></p>
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you have any questions, please let me know.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><u>Grant Agreement</u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Supervisory Board
</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">(SB) is in charge of all important decisions and contains representation from all participating organisations and the DCs. Details are described in Section
3.2.2.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">A number of sub-committees of the SB, each lead by a partner nominated in the CA, will lead different aspects of the RELAX DN:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">● The
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Scientific Committee (SC),
</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">responsible for achieving the scientific goals of the project and the coherence between work packages, and assisted by the WP leads.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">● The
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Training and Doctoral Studies Committee (TDSC),
</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">leading the planning and quality monitoring of the training activities and secondments.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">● The
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Committee (CDEC)</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">,
leading the planning, execution and quality monitoring of communication and public engagement activities, scientific</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">dissemination, and exploitation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">● The
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>DC committee</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">, providing a platform for gathering
DC input and feedback, and for organising DC-lead activities, including joint research, public engagement, and exploitation. The PM will check and</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">record outreach and dissemination activities.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>3.2.2 Supervisory Board (SB)</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The SB consists of one representative per beneficiary, one representative per partner, and two DCs. The SB will be constituted at the kick-off of the project. The
DCs will elect two representatives as soon as all DCs are recruited.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The task of the SB is to
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>oversee the quality of the research and training programmes</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">.
The SB will ratify the DCs’ Personal Development Plans, plan and approve secondments, plan dissemination and</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">outreach activities, perform quality control and invite visiting researchers. The SB will
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>meet in-person twice per year
</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">and will use teleconferences and e-mail at other times.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The SB is chaired and convened by the coordinator when
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>joint decisions
</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">need to be made. Decisions of the SB will be
</span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>based on agreement as much as possible</b></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The DCs and SB is responsible to bring any issues related to ethics and/or scientific misconduct to the attention of the independent ethics advisor.</span></p>
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