QSI Supervisory Board.

The main role of the Supervisory Board (SB) of the network is to oversee the entire programme conduct and to have overall responsibility for decision making in all the areas related to the network-wide training and research activities, as well as for all the communication with the European Commission (EC).

In particular, the responsibilities and tasks of the SB, include the following:

• To ensure that the needs of each Doctoral Candidate (DC) are met through provision of high quality scientific and technical training, complementary-skill (CS) training, individual research projects and meaningful exposure to industry and other sectors.
• To formally ratify the individual career development plans of the DCs and to review the progress of the DCs against these plans.
• To review progress against the stated objectives, milestones and deliverables, and approve variations of the plans as required and as opportunities arise.
• To oversee the initial recruitment process of the DCs, ensuring that a consistent recruitment process is applied to every DC.
• To take overall responsibility for ethics, ensuring all necessary approvals are obtained and offering advice as necessary.
• To develop ways of ensuring continued cooperation between the partners after the life of the project, including exploring opportunities to maintain and develop training and research activities.

Needless to say, the SB will ensure that all activities within the network respect basic European values such as respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, and the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of minorities, and they are carried out in line with the highest ethical standards and the applicable EU, international and national law on ethical principles, as described within the Grant Agreement. In addition, the SB will take measures to promote equal opportunities between men and women in the implementation of the action and, where applicable, in line with the gender equality plan.