Project H2020 CLIC Circular Models Leveraging Investments in Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse - CLIC WP7 D7.2 Ethical and Legal Manual

The purpose of this report is to provide ethical guidelines, which have to be followed by each partner of the H2020 project CLIC CIRCULAR MODELS LEVERAGING INVESTMENTS IN CULTURAL HERITAGE ADAPTIVE REUSE. This manual shall ensure that matters of data safety, privacy, legality, authorization, protection, ethics and general conduct regarding personal information and research results are considered and implemented properly in the research process in compliance with national and EU legislation. Researchers have overall responsibility for ensuring that research activities is carried out in accordance with these guidelines, and for ensuring that clients and other parties to the research agree to comply with its requirements. This Ethical and Legal Manual will define the project strategy to address any issue that could be raised during the project lifecycle and it may be used as a reference book for Consortium management bodies, when monitoring and assessing the proper ethical and legal procedures during the project. The Ethics and Legal procedures laid down in the Manual will focus on ethical procedures for the consortium to follow to ensure that adequate ethical standards are met and that data protection measures are taken.