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Highlights of the Kick-Off meeting

Coordination (ISS-CNT-CNS): Paola Di Ciaccio presented the coordination WP. The consortium

WP1 is composed by 18 European Countries and 40 partners The Action will last 36 months (from
May 1st 2018 till April 30th 2021) and EU is contributing for the 80% of the total amount (1.5
M euros).

WP2 Dissemination and communication (PGH and 7 HR Crete, Greece): Eleni Papadaki presented
the work of dissemination Work-Package co-lead by the two Greek organisations. The identity
of the Action (logo, ppt template, layout for documents) was presented by Lambros Dermet-
zoglou. The website was showed and it was launched soon after the kick off meeting. In the
private area of the website it will be possible to upload all the relevant document, meeting
presentations, agenda, minutes. At the end of the Action a multistakeholder conference will be
organised back to back to another international conference. EHA conference may be an option.

Evaluation (MoH HR, Croatia) - Role and nomination of the EAB: The main task of WP 3 is to

WP3 ensure that the project is being implemented as planned. The work will be carried out in two
aspects; internal and external evaluation. Internal evaluation will assess and evaluate all the
relevant project’s events and outputs through: data recording from routine documentation and
pre-release deliverables, surveys, observation, timeline tracking of all projects milestones and
deliverables.

Integration in national policies and sustainability (IVO, Sweden): Mona Hanson presented
WP4 the content of WP 4. The work of WP 4 will start at M15 with a pilot in Sweden and a report

on the implementation will be prepared by M26. IVO will be supported in this activity by the
National Council for Organs, Tissues & Cells and Blood.
As far as the implementation in other member states is concerned IVO will prepare a “tool box”
containing all the results of WP 5, 6, 7 and 8.

WP5 Development of Overall Guidance on organisation of PPA system (HPRA, Ireland; CatSalut,
Spain): Gerard Sheridan and Ruth Barrio presented the content of WP 5. This WP will develop
the guidance on organisation of PPA systems defining minimum requirements and guidance
for Competent Authorities for the assessment and authorisation of preparation processes for
SoHO. WP 5 has a very central role and it will be supported by the preparation of three technical
annexes respectively in WP 6, 7 and 8. Strong effort from all associated partners will be asked.
The work will start with the revision of existing guidance relevant to PPA procedures including
those that were developed by previous projects: EUSTITE, VISTART, Euro-GTP II and ECCTR. For
blood and blood components, revision of guidance will be ensured by ad hoc subgroups.

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