Dear Ethics Committee Members,

Good afternoon.

(Cc: Executive Board Members)

Glad to announce that the Second ELSA Audit is ready to kick-off next Monday.

For the Second ELSA Audit we will introduce the following improvements:

• Participants:
• Engage additional participants, to ensure at least 1 participant per Beneficiary organization.
• This criteria leads to total count of 46 participants (14 WP Leaders + 32 non- WP Leaders)
• The list of participants is in the attached Excel file “ELSA-Audit-2020-ELSA-Champions.xlsx”. Participation may be delegated, as permitted during last year’s audit.

• Control objectives:
• Minor change in assertion “4 / Fundamental rights / Solidarity and Subsidiarity”, based on feedback received during last year’s audit.
• Depending on whether or not the participant is a WP Leader, the scope of some questions is adapted accordingly (see attached Excel files):
• For WP Leaders: “In the scope of the WP that I lead,…”
• For non- WP Leader: “In the scope of the WPs that I participate in,…”
• Design implications:
• Results from the First and the Second ELSA Audits will be directly comparable.
• Results from the First and the Second ELSA Audits will enable us to compare the answers of WP Leaders against the answers of participants that are not WP Leaders.

• Calendar:
• Timeframe: early November.

Best regards,

Gonçalo

Gonçalo Rodrigues Cadete

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