Aspectos que caracterizan a una empresa socialmente responsable

A continuación, se definen algunas características que evidencian una gestión socialmente responsable:
a. Transparencia: Consiste en la divulgación de informaciones, decisiones e intenciones en términos claros y accesibles para todos los públicos relacionados con la empresa.
b. Establecimiento de compromisos públicos: Al respecto, la empresa deberá asumir públicamente sus compromisos, bien sean éstos relativos a su público interno, o bien al futuro, al mantenimiento de los recursos naturales, a la promoción de la diversidad.
c. Interacción con instituciones que representan intereses variados: Se genera a partir de la creación de ámbitos de contacto y diálogo con organizaciones especialistas, procurando que las mismas colaboren con la empresa en el tratamiento y resolución de sus dilemas.
d. Capacidad de atraer y mantener talentos: Se define como la inversión de esfuerzos tendientes a erigir a la empresa como una alternativa que responde a los intereses de los ciudadanos, particularmente en sus aspiraciones profesionales.
e. Alto grado de motivación y adherencia de los colaboradores: En este sentido, se tratará de involucrar a todos los colaboradores internos y a los proveedores con la gestión de RSE de la empresa, demostrando coherencia en la suscripción y cumplimiento de sus compromisos.
f. Capacidad de lidiar con situaciones de conflicto: Esta característica se adquiere demostrando disposición para la investigación y el diálogo, desarrollando procesos que prevengan situaciones de riesgo, profundizando el contacto con redes de organizaciones y formadores de opinión y reflejando transparencia
en estas acciones y relaciones.
g. Establecimiento de metas a corto y a largo plazo: Incorpora de manera efectiva los diferentes aspectos de responsabilidad social en la gestión de la empresa, con todas las 10 características que poseen otros indicadores de performance.
h. Compromiso de la dirección de la empresa: Se fortalece la confiabilidad, comprobando claramente el entendimiento estratégico que posee la dirección de la empresa con respecto a las cuestiones de responsabilidad social. En general, la empresa tiene uno o más dedicados de modo permanente
a profundizar los aspectos relativos a la responsabilidad social.
Aun cuando la lista es más extensa, los puntos anteriormente mencionados están presentes en todas las empresas que están incorporando la RSE en sus gestiones. Tales características pueden estar bien claras y definidas o es posible que existan evidencias de que la empresa manifieste interés en desarrollarlas.

RSE x Filantropía / Accion social

La responsabilidad social empresarial (RSE), según el concepto adoptado por una serie de instituciones, tales como «Business for Social Responsibility» (BSR), «Corporate Social Responsibility» (CSR-Europe), Instituto Ethos de Empresas y Responsabilidad Social, «International Finance Corporation» (IFC), «Sustainability Institute, Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability» y otras diversas organizaciones para el desarrollo sustentable, es definida por la relación que la empresa establece con todos sus públicos (stakeholders), a corto y a largo plazo. Los públicos correspondientes, en contacto y afinidad con la empresa, comprenden innumerables organizaciones de interés civilsocial- ambiental, además de aquéllos usualmente reconocidos por los gestores –público interno, accionistas y consumidores/ clientes.

En esta medida, el número y los tipos de público que atañen a cada empresa deben ser analizados y definidos según el contexto en el cual dicha empresa actúa o quiere actuar y de acuerdo con su proyecto de futuro.

Para facilitar y generalizar el concepto, se organiza la RSE en siete tópicos a ser considerados:
a. Valores, transparencia y gobernabilidad
b. Público interno
c. Medio ambiente
d. Proveedores
e. Consumidores/clientes
f. Comunidad
g. Gobierno y sociedad

La RSE abarca temas que van, desde códigos de ética, prácticas de buena gobernabilidad corporativa, compromisos públicos asumidos por la empresa, gestión y prevención de riesgos, hasta mecanismos anticorrupción, diversidad, apoyo a las mujeres y a los no blancos, entre otros; contempla además la extensión de esos compromisos por toda la cadena productiva involucrada en la relación con los proveedores.

Los vínculos y los proyectos con la comunidad o las «mejoras» para el público interno constituyen solamente un capítulo –fundamental y estratégico– por el cual transita la RSE.

En este punto puede establecerse claramente la diferencia entre RSE y filantropía/acción social/ciudadanía corporativa, cuyo foco está determinado por los proyectos dirigidos hacia la comunidad en general y algunas veces por las iniciativas orientadas hacia el público interno. Ésta es la primera distinción que un periodista debe estar en capacidad de percibir. Las acciones sociales de una empresa sólo pueden ser consideradas

RSE si forman parte de un conjunto de iniciativas que aborde todos los aspectos arriba mencionados, y detallados en los indicadores Ethos de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial.

ETHICAL ISSUES TABLE

	YES	PAGE
Research on Human embryo/foetus
Does the proposed research involve Human Embryos?
Does the proposed research involve Human Foetal Tissue / Cells?
Does the proposed research involve Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)?
Does the proposed research on human Embryonic Stem Cells involve cells in culture?
Does the proposed research on human Embryonic Stem Cells involve the derivation of cells from Embryos?
Research on Humans
Does the proposed research involve children?
Does the proposed research involve patients?
Does the proposed research involve persons not able to give consent?
Does the proposed research involve adult healthy volunteers?
Does the proposed research involve Human Genetic Material?
Does the proposed research involve Human biological samples?
Does the proposed research involve Human data collection?
Privacy
Does the proposed research involve processing of genetic information or personal data (eg. health, sexual lifestyle, ethnicity, political opinion, religious or philosophical conviction)
Does the proposed research involve tracking the location or observation of people?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL	X
Research on Animals
Does the proposed research involve research on animals?
Are those animals transgenic small laboratory animals?
Are those animals transgenic farm animals?
Are those animals non-human primates?
Are those animals cloned farm animals?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL	X
Research Involving Developing Countries
Does the proposed research involve the use of local resources (genetic, animal, plant etc)?
Is the proposed research of benefit to local communities (e.g. capacity building, access to healthcare, education, etc)?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL	X
Dual Use
Research having direct military use
Research having the potential for terrorist abuse
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL	X

Gender issues

Gender mainstreaming is defined by the EU Commission as ”the integration of the gender perspective into every stage of policy processes – design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation – with a view to promoting equality between women and men”,

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/general_overview_en.html.

The consortium notes that gender is not equal to biological sex. It relates to social and cultural practices, both within science and in society in general, which result in unequal distributions of opportunities, responsibilities, mental and material control of resources. Gender issues therefore go beyond counting the number of women, they also relate to research topics and structures. By using this larger understanding of gender the project will, when selecting stakeholders and DG employees to participate in the workshops and the conference, take into consideration the gender issue.

The proposed support action aims to fully emphazise the engagement of stakeholders for future policy development with regard to the international climate policy regime, to ensure a true co-production of knowledge, build competence/capacities and to secure take-up in the international climate policy process. 

Involvement of partners from developing countries

For the proposed support action it is essential to involve partners from developing countries, as the overriding goal is to initiate a constructive dialogue among stakeholders in developing countries, and between stakeholders from developing countries and from the EU to develop promising policy options all relevant involved stakeholders can agree with. This dialogue will be based on knowledge-sharing, and on the will to understand different culture-based views, as well as to find mutual consent.

The partners from developing countries are equal partners in the consortium. The share of budget for each partner is based on a set amount of person-months, connected with each partners’ individual financial rates.

A mutual consent of the proposed support action’s aim by the project partners from the EU and the developing countries is given, as the partners are all active participants in international climate policy negotiations and know each other personally, as project-internal workshops will be held, and as there will be constant e-mail correspondence. The interest in the subject is high for each partner, be it from the EU or from developing countries. Additionally, the proposed support action will provide benefits for the EU and the emerging countries as well.   

Ethical Issues

The proposed support action does not raise sensitive ethical questions. No national or international regulations have to be taken into consideration. It does not affect human health or integrity of personality. It makes no use of animals or biological samples. It has no relation to genetic information or reproductive medicine. It has no military applications. It does not make use of radioactive or toxic substances.

The proposed support action does not include the implementation of project results as policy. It remains on the level of providing policy options and possible pathways of implementation. Therefore, there are no ethical issues related to implementation of project results. If, in some cases, meetings are recorded on tape, participants will be asked for consent to do so, and no participant will be quoted without asking permission and names will not be used to safeguard the privacy of the participants.

The consortium realises that the proposed support action rests on the support of the inhabitants of the EU and of the partner countries, and that providing information and opportunities for ongoing public discourse of relevant issues is vital. The proposed support action will therefore devote a considerable fraction of its budget to the involvement of the EU Commission and stakeholders of the EU and partner countries, and it will also communicate its performance and results to the wider public. User-friendly versions of best available communication technology will be used, particularly through the internet and target group-oriented publications. Opportunities for interaction through workshops in several countries and through international conferences will be created (see work programme).

COP Side Events

Another key means to disseminate the project results to international climate policy makers and stakeholders will be side events at the annual Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the UNFCCC. The COP is the highest decision-making body of the international climate regime and each year reunites thousands of negotiators, experts and stakeholders on climate policy. Accredited observer organisations may organise “side events” to present and discuss their work with other COP participants. The project proposes to organise side events related to the project at the COPs in 2011, 2012 and 2013. 

International Conferences

Three international conferences will be held over the course of the project. They will involve relevant stakeholders from the EU, national political stakeholders from developed and developing countries involved in climate policy, and representatives of international organisations like the UNFCCC. The aim of the conferences will be to present intermediate and final project results and to foster a further dialogue with additional decision-makers.

Workshops

Project-internal workshops as well as workshops with relevant political stakeholders at country level will be held. Project-internal workshops will be necessary for supporting a direct dialogue between the partners, to discuss relevant issues face-to-face, to ensure common understanding and to clarify aspects. In total, two internal workshops will take place, one kick-off workshop right at the beginning of the project and one to discuss preliminary results on international policy options.

Workshops in each country will be necessary to broaden the focus of the dialogue by involving additional stakeholders, especially relevant political stakeholders and decision-makers of the respective country. Their contribution will stimulate discussions on possible options and will provide a necessary input for the following project steps. Two workshops at country level for each partner country will take place, each to discuss possible policy options for different levels.

Project Website

A website will be established for the project to disseminate the latest project developments and results to interested stakeholders and the public in general. Material will be made available for free download and interested stakeholders will have the possibility to contact the Project Secretariat via e-mail and share their views or provide additional insights.

Spreading excellence, exploiting results, disseminating knowledge

Dissemination and transfer of knowledge is one of the key added-values of the European Framework Programme and will increase the impact and use of the programme results. This is especially true for the proposed project. To move forward in international climate policy cooperation, as much knowledge as possible is needed to identify pathways all relevant countries can agree with.

At the project level, the identification of possible pathways to integrate the developing countries into the future climate regime will be carried out in close collaboration with the partners from the developing countries. In continuous dialogues, experience and excellence from each side will be exchanged to generate possible options. This dialogue between partners will mainly take place via e-mail correspondence and through several internal and external workshops.

Additionally, intermediate and final results will be spread to relevant political stakeholders in respective countries through workshops at country level and international conferences. The general public will be reached mainly via the project website and through information material in English.

The dissemination strategy will focus on different stakeholder groups in developing countries, in Europe and internationally. Several dissemination tools will be applied to assure that all relevant target groups will be reached, which are described in more detail in the following.

Impact

Expected impacts listed in the work programme

The expected impact as stated in the FP7 work programme is the identification of policy portfolios for effective adaptation/mitigation and prioritisation of research needs in EU and international funding programs in support of the implementation of a post-2012 climate change agreement in developing countries and/or emerging economies.

Fighting climate change is a global challenge requiring the willing participation of all countries. The development of a viable portfolio of policy options for international climate policy can therefore not be done from a national or even European perspective. It requires the integration of Southern viewpoints as an integral and equally valid part of the equation.
The key measure foreseen in this project to develop a viable portfolio of policy options is therefore the inclusion of competent project partners from developing countries in a key role. They will contribute to the process by providing substantial inputs in the form of discussion papers, participating in workshops, and joining hands in collaboratively developing climate policy architectures.
The inclusion of Southern partners will also ensure that full consideration is taken of the geographic specifications, socio-economic framework conditions and the current status of climate policy in their respective countries. They will make information on these factors available to the other project partners in the form of background papers and make sure that they are taken fully into account through their active participation in the collaborative development of policy options.
The project will also reach out to other national experts and stakeholders in developing countries by discussing preliminary project proposals in national expert workshops. Through this process, it will be further ensured that national framework conditions and Southern viewpoints are taken into account.
The project consortium also includes three European partners with a very strong background in climate policy development.
As key impact, the project will thus ensure that a portfolio of policy options and research needs is submitted to the European Commission which is practically feasible and acceptable from a European as well as from a Southern perspective.
As a further impact, the project will disseminate these proposals widely. The first means of dissemination will be the workshops and international conferences. In addition, a project website will be established to make all material produced by the project, including the background and discussion papers, electronically available to the whole world. Regular alerts to new content on the project website will be sent out via listservers, such as the Climate-L listserver run by the Canadian International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which alone has thousands of subscribers.
Another impact achieved by the inclusion of Southern partners, workshops and the conferences is to further expand and strengthen the international network of climate policy researchers and practitioners. By having national-level workshops, international conferences, and side events at the Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC, the project will bring a very large number of people into contact with each other who have strong roles to play in the future of climate policy. The project will thus establish a very solid foundation for further climate policy implementation or research activities.
Through the inclusion of Southern partners and other experts, the wide dissemination and the networking, as a further impact the project will also contribute to the development of a shared international perspective of what direction future climate policy should take. So far Northern and Southern negotiators are still very much dug into trenches where they require that the other side should go first. The development of a shared perspective and sense of purpose will therefore be key to overcoming the climate challenge. The project will contribute to some albeit necessarily only limited extent to the development of such a shared perspective.
All consortium partners have a very strong working record on national and international climate policy and have in the past already made important contributions to its further development, as briefly outlined in Section 2.2. The consortium therefore has a good overview of other national and international research areas in this field. Through their substantial climate policy research that will be ongoing in parallel to this project, the partners will be able to quickly become aware of new research results that are relevant for the project’s development of policy proposals. The key results of international climate policy research will be introduced into the policy development through the background and discussion papers to be elaborated as well as orally in the series of workshops to be organised.

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Ponemos en su conocimiento que el sitio Web "Mapeo de Promotores de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en América Latina" (www.mapeo-rse.info), ha sido rediseñado con el apoyo de CAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, Fundación Carolina, y con el acompañamiento de la Fundación Avina. La nueva plataforma permitirá a los usuarios un acceso más dinámico a los contenidos publicados.

¿Qué es el Mapeo de Promotores de RSE?

El Mapeo de Promotores de RSE, es una herramienta en línea gratuita e interactiva que ofrece investigación, sistematización, comparación y difusión de información sobre aquellas organizaciones que trabajan de modo sostenido en diálogo con las empresas, para difundir e implementar una cultura de gestión responsable.

IBCE promotor de RSE

El IBCE es una institución promotora de RSE, que tiene como objetivo social generar fuentes de empleo a través de la consolidación del comercio exterior boliviano. Entre sus líneas de acción en la promoción de RSE, está la Certificación de Triple Sello, la cual busca abrir un espacio en el mercado internacional para productos bolivianos, asi como también mejorar las condiciones de vida de los trabajadores bolivianos y sus familias.

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Sub-contracting

Resources to be committed

The Consortium as a Whole

The SICA-DC consortium brings together a wide spectrum of partners from both the EU and developing countries. The mix of EU and Southern partners will ensure a complementarity of views so as to make sure that the policy proposals that are to be developed in the project will be acceptable to both industrialised and developing countries.

The WI as the coordinating partner has a proven track record of coordinating large-scale international consortiums. For example, the WI has coordinated several EU studies such as the ongoing “EMEES - Evaluation and Monitoring for the EU Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services”, where the WI is coordinating 20 partners from 13 EU member states. Another example is the international “South-North Dialogue – Equity in the Greenhouse” in cooperation with the Energy Research Centre (South Africa) on behalf of the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ). The project gathered 14 researchers from all world regions, most of them from developing countries, to discuss building blocks of a future international framework to combat climate change.

All partners have an extensive record of work on international climate policy and particularly on post-2012 regime-building. To highlight just a few examples:

• The WI recently published a comprehensive proposal for the Copenhagen agreement. It is currently conducting the project “Participation Options for GHG Mitigation of Rapidly Industrialising Countries in the UNFCCC” on behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency. The WI has also conducted a huge variety of other climate policy projects on behalf of the German and Japanese governments and the European Parliament. Examples are the projects “Joint Implementation & Clean Development Mechanism: JIKO”, which the WI has been carrying out on behalf of the German environment ministry in five phases since 1999, a “Survey of Options for Japan to acquire emission certificates from central and eastern european countries to achieve its Kyoto target” on behalf of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, and “Joint Emissions Trading as a Socio-Ecological Transformation (JET-SET)” on behalf of the German research ministry. The WI also has a strong record on domestic climate policy instruments. Examples are the SAVE study “IRP in a Changing Market – Completing the Market for Least-Cost Energy Services”, in the buildings part in the ongoing SAVE study on Public Procurement of Energy-efficient Technologies in Europe (PROST), and in the ongoing SAVE study “Bringing Energy Services to the Liberalised Markets (BEST)”.

• …
All project partners therefore dispose of profound knowledge of national and international climate policy. Due to their immersion in national climate policy, the Southern partners will be fully able to provide the background information on the geographic specifications, socio-economic conditions and current status of climate policy in their countries, which is necessary to develop sound and feasible policy proposals for the future of climate policy.
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Bolivia ()

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Brazil ()

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(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.
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Mozambique ()

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(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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Climate Systems Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town (CSAG)

##For each participant in the proposed project, provide a brief description of the legal entity, the main tasks they have been attributed, and the previous experience relevant to those tasks. Provide also a short profile of the staff members who will be undertaking the work.

(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town (ERC)

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(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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Nepal ()

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(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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Tsinghua University ()

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(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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International Institute for Environment and Development (iied)

##For each participant in the proposed project, provide a brief description of the legal entity, the main tasks they have been attributed, and the previous experience relevant to those tasks. Provide also a short profile of the staff members who will be undertaking the work.

(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

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(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (WI)

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(Maximum length for Section 2.2: one page per participant. However, where two or more departments within an organisation have quite distinct roles within the proposal, one page per department is acceptable.

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The Wuppertal Institute was founded in 1989 by the German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It currently employs more than 70 research fellows in four research groups. The Wuppertal Institute works in the fields of applied policy research on climate, environment, energy and transport. Besides broad working experience on the German national level and for international Institutions such as UNEP, UNFCCC, the World Bank and others, the institute has a long record of consultancy and policy advice for the European Commission and the European Parliament as well as for various national authorities.

The WI has an extensive record of work on international climate policy. For instance, the WI coordinated the international “South-North Dialogue – Equity in the Greenhouse” in cooperation with the Energy Research Centre (South Africa) on behalf of the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ). The project gathered 14 researchers from all world regions, most of them from developing countries, to discuss building blocks of a future international framework to combat climate change. In the run-up to Copenhagen, the Wuppertal Institute published a comprehensive proposal for the Copenhagen agreement. Another focus of work is the implementation of market-based policy instruments, namely the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean De-velopment Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI), with various projects having been undertaken for the German and Japanese governments and the European Parliament.

The staff members who will work on the project are:
• The project co-ordinator will be Wolfgang Sterk, project coordinator in the Research Group Energy, Transport and Climate Policy. He has seven years of experience in coordinating projects on the future of international climate policy and market-based climate policy instruments (CDM/JI and the EU ETS).

Individual Participants

Overview of Partners

No.	Short Name	Participant Organisation Name	Representative
1	WI	Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy	Mr. Wolfgang Sterk
2	SEI	Stockhom Environment Institute
3	iied	International Institute for Environment and Development
4		Tsinghua University
5		Nepal
6	ERC	Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town
7	CSAG	Climate Systems Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town
8		Mozambique
9		Brazil
10		Bolivia

Quality Assurance

Quality assurance will be the responsibility of the Work Package Leaders and the Steeering Group. Final responsibility lies with the Project Coordinator at the Wuppertal Institute.

The Wuppertal Institute has established and implemented rules of good scientific conduct („Regeln guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis am Wuppertal Institut“). These rules fully implement the recommendations of the German Research Union (DFG-Empfehlungen zur „Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis“). This was acknowledged by the German Research Union after examination with letter from 1 August 2002.

The quality management system of the Wuppertal Institute will provide for high quality work – according to the above mentioned rules of good scientific conduct –, systematic regular and consistent quality checks by the Project Coordinator, as well as senior staff outside the project team including the responsible research group director and the scientific coordinator of the Wuppertal Institute.

Measurement of Project Progress

The progress of the project will be measured by whether the deadlines for the deliverables and the milestones are met. Overall progress measurement is the responsibility of the Project Coordinator, assisted by the Project Secretariat.

Each partner will provide an annual progress report to the Project Coordinator, which will form the basis for the annual progress report to be submitted to the Commission.

Meetings

Due to the global distribution of the project participants, there will be only five meetings of the full consortium in conjunction with the two internal workshops and the three international conferences. Further meetings between some of the project partners will take place in conjunction with the national-level workshops. All meeting arrangements will be facilitated by the Project Secretariat.

Information flow

Exchange of information within the project will mainly occur by e-mail and file transfer via the internet. All documentats generated by the project should be exchangeable in electronic format.

Telephone and fax will be used for urgent needs only. Urgent correspondence via email will be sent with a request for explicit acknowledgement. Ordinary mail will be used for strictly formal correspondence, i.e. when executive signatures are required.

Conflict Resolution

Conflicts within given contractual commitments that do not involve a change of contract, a change of budget and/or a change of resources/overall focus will be discussed/solved on the WP level first.

If conflict resolution is not possible on the WP level, the WP Leader will inform the Project Coordinator. The Coordinator will involve the partners concerned or the whole Steering Group, as appropriate. All decisions will be taken by consensus.

2.1.2 Procedures

Decision-Making Process

Decisions on day-to-day and routine issues will normally be taken by the team members involved, based on the project’s underlying documents. Decisions with a wider scope will be taken by the WP Leaders or the Project Coordinator and the Steering Group as appropriate.

Usually, agreement will be reached first by informal contact, followed by official confirmation via electronic mail, letter or agreed written minutes. For important issues, the agreement may take the form of a short report that needs to be signed by those responsible for decision-making. All decisions will be taken by consensus.

Work Package Leaders

WP Leaders will be responsible for managing their WPs. The scope of their responsibilities will include amongst other things coordinating, monitoring, and assessing the progress of the WPs to ensure that output performance, costs, and timelines are met. In cooperation with the Project Coordinator and other related Work Package Leaders, they will be responsible for the integration of their results. The WP Leaders will report to the Project Coordinator and the Steering Group.