2.1 Project objectives for the period

Please provide an overview of the project objectives for the reporting period in question, as included in Annex I to the Grant Agreement. These objectives are required so that this report is a stand-alone document.

Please include a summary of the recommendations from the previous reviews (if any) and indicate how these have been taken into account.

2.2 Work progress and achievements during the period

Please provide a concise overview of the progress of the work in line with the structure of Annex I to the Grant Agreement.

For each work package, except project management, which will be reported in section 3.2.3, please provide the following information:

• A summary of progress towards objectives and details for each task;
• Highlight clearly significant results;
• If applicable, explain the reasons for deviations from Annex I and their impact on other tasks as well as on available resources and planning;
• If applicable, explain the reasons for failing to achieve critical objectives and/or not being on schedule and explain the impact on other tasks as well as on available resources and planning (the explanations should be coherent with the declaration by the project coordinator) ;
• a statement on the use of resources, in particular highlighting and explaining deviations between actual and planned person-months per work package and per beneficiary in Annex 1 (Description of Work);
• If applicable, propose corrective actions.

2.3 Project management during the period

Please use this section to summarise management of the consortium activities during the period. Management tasks are indicated in Articles II.2.3 and Article II.16.5 of the Grant Agreement.

Amongst others, this section should include the following:

• Consortium management tasks and achievements;
• Problems which have occurred and how they were solved or envisaged solutions;
• Changes in the consortium, if any;
• List of project meetings, dates and venues;
• Project planning and status;
• Impact of possible deviations from the planned milestones and deliverables, if any;
• Any changes to the legal status of any of the beneficiaries, in particular non-profit public bodies, secondary and higher education establishments, research organisations and SMEs;
• Development of the Project website, if applicable;

The section should also provide short comments and information on co-ordination activities during the period in question, such as communication between beneficiaries, possible co-operation with other projects/programmes etc.