{"id":1401,"date":"2026-09-23T16:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/activities\/wp1-project-management-and-coordination\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:40:35","slug":"wp1-project-management-and-coordination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/activities\/wp1-project-management-and-coordination\/","title":{"rendered":"WP1 \u2013 Project Management and Coordination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;color:#2575FC;font-weight:600\">WP1 keeps the project on track: planning, coordination of the nine partners, quality assurance, risk management and reporting to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), from the first to the last month.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#F5F3ED;border-left:5px solid #2575FC;padding:10px 16px;margin:0 0 18px 0\">\n<div style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong style=\"color:#10233F\">Lead:<\/strong> UNSTPB \u2013 POLITEHNICA Bucharest (coordinator); co-leader POLIMI<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong style=\"color:#10233F\">Duration:<\/strong> Month 1 \u2013 Month 36 (24 November 2023 \u2013 23 November 2026)<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong style=\"color:#10233F\">Effort:<\/strong> 19 person-months, all partners involved<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color:#10233F\">Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>The work package ensures that the project is properly planned, executed, monitored and controlled so that it meets its objectives within time, budget and quality constraints. It coordinates the partners and keeps communication flowing among all stakeholders; it identifies, assesses and mitigates risks; it monitors and reports progress and takes corrective action where needed; it manages changes to scope, schedule or budget and checks the quality of every deliverable; and at the end it closes the project with a post-project review of lessons learned.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#10233F\">Tasks<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:2px solid #9A6A0B;text-align:left;color:#10233F\">Task<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:2px solid #9A6A0B;text-align:left;color:#10233F\">What it does<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:2px solid #9A6A0B;text-align:left;color:#10233F\">Lead<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">T1.1 Project plan<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">A detailed plan \u2013 scope, objectives, schedule, budget and resources \u2013 as the road map for all activities.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">UNSTPB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">T1.2 Resources and quality assurance<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Allocation of human and material resources; the Quality Strategy and Evaluation Plan followed by all partners.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">UNSTPB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">T1.3 Communications<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Communication plan, regular status meetings and reports to keep every partner and stakeholder informed.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">UNSTPB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">T1.4 Risk management<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Identification and assessment of risks, mitigation plans and continuous monitoring.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">UNSTPB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">T1.5 Monitoring and reporting<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Collection and analysis of progress data; interim and final reports to EACEA.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">UNSTPB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">T1.6 Management meetings<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Transnational project meetings and monthly online management meetings chaired by the coordinator, with minutes for all partners.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">UNSTPB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"color:#10233F\">Deliverables<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:2px solid #9A6A0B;text-align:left;color:#10233F\">Deliverable<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:2px solid #9A6A0B;text-align:left;color:#10233F\">Description<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:2px solid #9A6A0B;text-align:left;color:#10233F\">Due<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/d1-1-quality-and-evaluation-reports\/\">D1.1 Quality and evaluation reports<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Quality Strategy and Evaluation Plan and the evaluation reports of the independent expert.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">M1, M36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/d1-2-interim-report\/\">D1.2 Progress report to EACEA<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Interim report at month 18; final report at month 36.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">M18, M36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">D1.3\u2013D1.9 Meeting reports<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">Agenda, minutes and decisions of each transnational project meeting: <a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/d1-4-kick-off-meeting-report\/\">Milan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/d1-5-2nd-meeting-report-da-nang\/\">Da Nang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/d1-6-3rd-meeting-report-penang\/\">Penang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/d1-7-4th-meeting-report-bucharest\/\">Bucharest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/d1-8-5th-meeting-report-lyon\/\">Lyon<\/a> and the final meeting.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e0d6;vertical-align:top\">M2 \u2013 M36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"color:#10233F\">Where we are<\/h3>\n<p>Five transnational project meetings have been held (Milan, Da Nang, Penang, Bucharest, Lyon), the interim report was submitted to EACEA in June 2025, and the consortium is preparing the final meeting and the closing conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/activities\/\">\u2190 Back to Activities<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/sohoproject.eu\/index.php\/results\/\">See all deliverables in Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#5F6E85\"><em>Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. Project n\u00b0 101129336.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WP1 keeps the project on track: planning, coordination of the nine partners, quality assurance, risk management and reporting to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), from the first to the last month. 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