1
WP1
DMP
D1.1
NIVA
June 2024, e ised Oc obe
2025
Funded by he
Eu opean Union
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Technical e e ences
Deli e able Ti le
Ini ial Da a Managemen Plan
P ojec Ac onym
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P ojec i le
Con aminan s o eme ging conce n: An
in eg a ed app oach o assessing impac s on he
ma ine en i onmen .
P ojec Coo dina o
S e en B ooks
P ojec Du a ion
48 Mon hs (4 yea s)
Wo k Package
1
Wo k Package Lead
NIVA
Deli e able’s DOI
10.5281/zenodo.17464753
Lead Bene icia y
NIVA
Due da e
30 June 2024
Submission da e
28 June 2024, e ised e sion 09 Oc obe 2025
Au ho s
Sophie Men zel, Ma ina Lipize , Dag Øys ein
Hje mann, Saman ha Ma ins, S e en B ooks and
Vi iane Gi a din
Re iewed by
Kim Lei ik
Ve sion
1.2
Ve sion submission da e
07.11.2025
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Con en s
Technical e e ences ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Con en s ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Lis o Figu es and Tables ............................................................................................................................................................4
His o y o Changes ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Disclaime ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Execu i e Summa y ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Abb e ia ions ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Abou he p ojec .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Abou his DMP ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Da a summa y ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Pu pose o he da a collec ion/gene a ion and i s ela ion o he objec i es o he p ojec 9
Use o exis ing da a ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Expec ed da a size ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Da a o igin/p o enance ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
Da a u ili y ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
O e iew o expec ed da ase s ........................................................................................................................................ 10
FAIR da a ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Making da a indable, including p o isions o me ada a .......................................................................... 14
Pe sis en and unique iden i ie s .............................................................................................................................. 15
Naming con en ions........................................................................................................................................................... 15
Ve sioning .................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Making da a accessible .......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Making da a in e ope able .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Re-use o da a (licensing) ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Documen and da a in e nal s o age .............................................................................................................................. 17
Da a managemen pla o m - ARGOS ....................................................................................................................... 21
O he esea ch ou pu s ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
Alloca ion o Resou ces .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Da a secu i y ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
E hical p inciples unde Ho izon Eu ope ...................................................................................................................... 22
O he issues ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Appendix ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
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Lis o Figu es and Tables
Table 1 Gene al desc ip ion o expec ed da a, olume and o ma gene a ed du ing he
execu ion o he CONTRAST p ojec . ................................................................................................................................. 11
Table 2- Me ada a ields o da ase s ................................................................................................................................ 14
Table 3 Lis o he key an icipa ed digi al ou pu s o communica ion and dissemina ion in
he p ojec . ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Figu e 1 O e iew File s o age olde on he Mic oso Teams channel. ................................................ 18
Table 4 O e iew o he da a s o age, eposi o ies, da a handling and access and emba go
pe iods o he p oduced da a se s in he CONTRAST p ojec . ....................................................................... 19
Table 5 O he in o ma ion ypologies p oducing documen s and epo s ......................................... 21
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His o y o Changes
HISTORY OF CHANGES
VERSION
PUBLICATION DATE
CHANGE
1.0
28.06.2024
Ini ial e sion.
1.1
09.10.2025
Re ised e sion wi h mino ex
adjus men s and he ollowing
changes:
Be e explana ion o Open Access
s a egy wi hin he p ojec :
Table 1: Discipline o da a heme eplaced
wi h Da ase desc ip ion
Table 3: Da a access condi ions. A license
was added o all da a, inc easing
anspa ency ha all da a will be open. The
column “emba go pe iod” was emo ed.
Emba go is excep ion and condi ions a e
cla i ied in he ex below he able. This
complies wi h he eques o cla i y ha
da a can be public bu also con iden ial
A pa ag aph cla i ying ha he o he ypes
o da a gene a ed wi hin CONTRAST will
also be made publicly a ailable was added
o he Sec ion “O he Resea ch Ou pu s”
Co ec ion o he links
Addi ion o he link o he CONTRAST
Zenodo communi y
1.2
07.11.2025
Res uc u ed he documen based on
he Ho izon Eu ope Da a Managemen
Plan Templa e,
Upda ed documen me ada a (Au ho
and Re iewe oles, and documen ’s
DOI).
Guidelines o he use o he DMP
added o Zenodo, wi h link p o ided in
his documen
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Disclaime
Funded by he Eu opean Union. Views and opinions exp essed a e howe e hose o he
au ho (s) only and do no necessa ily e lec hose o he Eu opean Union o Eu opean
Commission. Nei he he Eu opean Union no he g an ing au ho i y can be held
esponsible o hem.
This documen has been elabo a ed by he au ho s ollowing he guidelines o da a
managemen in Ho izon 2020.
Execu i e Summa y
This documen ou lines he Da a Managemen Plan (DMP) o he CONTRAST p ojec , as
s ipula ed in he G an Ag eemen and in acco dance wi h EU Ho izon Eu ope
guidelines/ empla es. The DMP de ines he p ojec 's da a and ou lines s eps o ensu e all
ou pu s adhe e o he FAIR p inciples (Findable, Accessible, In e ope able, Reusable). This
ini ial e sion was de eloped based on cu en knowledge (a e 6 mon hs) and will be
egula ly upda ed h oughou he p ojec 's du a ion.
The Da a and Knowledge Managemen ask leade will e iew he DMP e e y 6 mon hs
s a ing om i s ini ial submission. Discussions wi h he p ojec coo dina o will de e mine
necessa y upda es, which will be implemen ed acco dingly.
This DMP p o ides guidelines o pa ne s o ollow and will e ol e wi h speci ic in o ma ion
on CONTRAST da ase s o e ime. I includes a summa y o an icipa ed da a collec ion,
p ima ily h ough moni o ing, ield wo k, and labo a o y expe imen s, and modelling. I also,
de ails how he p ojec will implemen he FAIR da a policy using es ablished amewo ks
and guidelines.
Key da a managemen issues add essed include s anda disa ion o (me a)da a, o ma s,
da a quali y con ol measu es, and mechanisms o da a and me ada a iden i ica ion and
ocabula y.
This e sion ( 1.2) was e ised in Oc obe 2025 ollowing eques by he p ojec o ice ,
changes a e lis ed in he His o y o Changes able. Fu he upda es will be included in he
DMP e sion 2.0 (mid- e m DMP), which will be deli e ed in mon h 24 (D1.2).
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Abb e ia ions
ALLEA
All Eu opean Academies
BODC
B i ish Oceanog aphic Da a Cen e
CC-BY 4.0
C ea i e Commons A ibu ion 4.0
CC0
C ea i e Commons Ze o
CDP
Cus ome da a pla o m
CERN
Eu opean O ganiza ion o Nuclea Resea ch
CECs
Con aminan s o Eme ging Conce n
CF
Clima e and Fo ecas
CSV
Comma Sepa a ed Values
D
Deli e able
DMP
Da a Managemen Plan
DOI
Digi al Objec Iden i ie
DOM
Dissol ed O ganic Ma e
EC
Eu opean Commission
EMODne
Eu opean Ma ine Obse a ion and Da a Ne wo k
EU
Eu opean Union
GB
Gigaby e
IAF
In eg a ed Assessmen F amewo k
ICES
In e na ional Council o he Explo a ion o he Sea
ISO
In e na ional O ganiza ion o S anda diza ion
FAIR
Findabili y, Accessibili y, In e ope abili y and Re-usabili y
GDPR
Gene al Da a P o ec ion Regula ion
M
Mon h
MB
Megaby e
MS
Miles one
MSFD
Ma ine S a egy F amewo k Di ec i e
N/A
No Applicable
OBIS
Ocean Biodi e si y In o ma ion Sys em
ODF
Open Documen Fo ma
ODV
Ocean Da a View
ORCID
Open Resea che and Con ibu o ID
PIDs
Pe sis en Iden i ie s
SPM
Suspended Pa icula e Ma e
TBD
To Be De e mined
UTF
Unicode T ans o ma ion Fo ma
WFD
Wa e F amewo k Di ec i e
WMA
Wo ld Medical Associa ion
WP
Wo k Package
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Abou he p ojec
The Ho izon Eu ope p ojec , CONTRAST, will de elop an in eg a ed assessmen and e ec -
based moni o ing amewo k (IAF) o measu e he impac s o con aminan s o eme ging
conce n (CECs) on he ma ine en i onmen , which will con ibu e o he assessmen o Good
En i onmen al/ Ecological S a us o applica ion in EU policy (i.e., Ma ine S a egy
F amewo k Di ec i e, MSFD/ Wa e F amewo k Di ec i e, WFD). The IAF will in ol e
chemical measu emen s oge he wi h biological e ec s endpoin s op imised o de ec he
p esence and e ec o CECs in he ma ine en i onmen . Chemical p io i isa ion schemes will
iden i y he CECs ha pose he g ea es h ea o ma ine li e and selec which CECs o a ge
in he labo a o y expe imen s, whe e he e ec s on o ganisms and biodi e si y will be
assessed. In silico, in i o and in i o bioassays will be used o de e mine he mechanisms o
oxici y o selec ed CECs. P o iding in o ma ion on how CECs in e ac wi h o ganisms a
en i onmen ally ele an concen a ions, and which biological e ec s ools should be used
in he IAF o co e he ange o oxici y mechanisms ha CECs p oduce. A se ies o Eu opean-
wide case s udies will be used o es he sui abili y o he IAF o measu e he e ec s o
chemicals including CECs on indica o species and biodi e si y. The knowledge gained om
ield es ing and labo a o y s udies will o m he basis o guidance documen s and policy
b ie s on bes p ac ices o pe o ming an IAF on CECs in he ma ine en i onmen and help
o p o ide he necessa y p o ec ion o ma ine ecosys ems.
Abou his DMP
This Da a Managemen Plan (DMP) de ails how da a will be collec ed, gene a ed, p ocessed,
and s o ed h oughou he CONTRAST p ojec , in line wi h he Eu opean Commission's
Open Science policy and FAIR p inciples (Findable, Accessible, In e ope able, Reusable). I
ou lines he sou cing, p ocessing, analysis, and s o age o p ojec da a, he s anda ds and
me hodologies adop ed, and he in ended audience. Da a will be collec ed h ough
moni o ing, ield wo k, and labo a o y expe imen s.
The DMP also add esses e hics and in ellec ual p ope y, acili a ing euse acco ding o he
p inciple “as open as possible, as closed as necessa y” (HE P og amme Guide, 2022), while
ensu ing compliance wi h GDPR. All pa ne s a e esponsible o ensu ing hei da a
con o ms o he DMP and applicable na ional equi emen s.
This DMP will be i e a i ely e ined h ough deli e ables a M24 (D1.2) and M45 (D1.3), keeping
i up- o-da e, lexible, and aligned wi h p ojec objec i es. The ini ial e sion was de eloped
wi h inpu om all pa ne s, including a able summa izing da ase s pe wo k package/ ask
and key cha ac e is ics. The inal e sion will be c ea ed and main ained in he ARGOS online
DMP ool. ARGOS p oduces a s anda dised, machine-ac ionable DMP—enhancing he
in e ope abili y o p ojec da a—and p o ides guidance and empla es aligned wi h unding
agency equi emen s. By using ARGOS, he conso ium ensu es e icien , anspa en , and
ep oducible da a managemen , con ibu ing o FAIR compliance and ad ancing open
science and esea ch da a s ewa dship (Papadopoulou e al., 2023).
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Da a summa y
This sec ion p o ides an o e iew o he da ase s planned in CONTRAST. I desc ibes hei
expec ed o igin, o ma s, and me hods o gene a ion o collec ion, as well as alloca ion ac oss
Wo k Packages (WPs). The p ima y pu pose and u ili y is highligh ed, explaining how he
da a suppo he p ojec objec i es and may be eused. In o ma ion on eposi o ies o
s o age loca ions is p o ided o ensu e secu e p ese a ion and con olled access, ollowing
FAIR p inciples and, whe e applicable, s anda dised me ada a and pe sis en iden i ie s.
Addi ional da ase s and de ails will be included in u u e upda es o he DMP, as applicable.
Pu pose o he da a collec ion/gene a ion and i s ela ion o he
objec i es o he p ojec
The CONTRAST p ojec collec s and gene a es da a o iden i y and p io i ise con aminan s
o eme ging conce n (CECs) ha pose isks o ma ine ecosys ems. This includes da a on he
occu ence, anspo , and a e o CECs in he ma ine en i onmen , as well as hei biological
and ecological e ec s on ma ine o ganisms. The p ojec also ga he s in o ma ion h ough
labo a o y expe imen s, modelling, and ield case s udies o de elop and alida e an
in eg a ed assessmen amewo k.
This da a collec ion di ec ly suppo s he p ojec ’s objec i es: unde s anding how CECs
beha e and impac ma ine li e, de e mining hei in e ac ions wi h clima e change, and
c ea ing ools and guidance o moni o ing and policy implemen a ion. O e all, da a
gene a ion in CONTRAST is cen al o achie ing i s goal o imp o ing ma ine en i onmen al
p o ec ion and ensu ing good en i onmen al s a us in Eu opean seas.
Use o exis ing da a
CONTRAST may use exis ing da ase s o complemen newly gene a ed da a. Rele an
chemical moni o ing da a, eco oxicological da abases, and en i onmen al s a us
assessmen s om p e ious EU and na ional p ojec s, esea ch in as uc u es, and
moni o ing p og ammes migh be in eg a ed whe e app op ia e. Re-use o such da a helps
o s eng hen he p ojec ’s analyses, suppo chemical p io i isa ion, and enhance he
obus ness o he in eg a ed assessmen amewo k. All eused da ase s will be p ope ly
ci ed and c edi ed o hei o iginal sou ces, ensu ing anspa ency, aceabili y, and
alignmen wi h FAIR da a p inciples.
Expec ed da a size
The exac size o he da a o be gene a ed o e-used is no ye de e mined. Howe e , he
size o each da ase will be speci ied once a ailable and documen ed acco dingly in he
DMP.
Da a o igin/p o enance
A high-le el summa y o he cu en ly expec ed da ase s om he di e en WPs a e
summa ized in E o ! Re e ence sou ce no ound.. This lis will be upda ed du ing he
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e m p ese a ion and ensu e ha da a emains accessible and ci able beyond he p ojec ’s
li e ime.
Making da a accessible
Fo da ase s ha do no all wi hin he scope o EMODne , ICES, o OBIS, he conso ium will
deposi inalised da a in he CONTRAST communi y on Zenodo, an open-access eposi o y
de eloped by CERN unde he OpenAIRE ini ia i e. Zenodo is widely used o Ho izon Eu ope
p ojec s and ensu es compliance wi h FAIR and Open Science p inciples. Guidelines on how
o upload da a o ou Zenodo communi y a e a ailable a
h ps://ni ano ge.gi hub.io/con as /
Gi en he he e ogenei y o da a ypes p oduced wi hin CONTRAST, some la ge-scale
da ase s (e.g., genomic o omics da a) may no be sui able o Zenodo due o size limi a ions
o inges ion speed. In such cases, mo e specialised in e na ional eposi o ies will be used.
Code and model de elopmen s will be s o ed in Gi Hub, ensu ing anspa ency and
collabo a i e access.
Da ase s and ou pu s sui able o Zenodo will become publicly accessible once he ela ed
scien i ic publica ion has been eleased, a deli e able has been app o ed o public
dissemina ion, o a he end o he p ojec , in acco dance wi h he conso ium’s open da a
policy.
Making da a in e ope able
To make publica ion and p ojec da a in e ope able, CONTRAST will p io i ise he use o
accessible, non-p op ie a y, and b oadly accep ed o ma s. Whe e e possible, abula da a
will be p o ided in CSV o ma using s anda dized cha ac e encoding (e.g. UTF-8) and
me ada a. When ele an , disciplina y o communi y s anda ds (e.g. ISO 19115 o geospa ial
me ada a, CF con en ions o Ne CDF iles, o Da aCi e me ada a o da ase s) will be
applied o enhance in e ope abili y and long- e m euse.
Table 3 below p o ides an o e iew o he key an icipa ed digi al ou pu s ha will be
gene a ed o communica ion, dissemina ion, and euse wi hin and beyond he p ojec . The
o ma s indica ed a e p elimina y and may be adjus ed o align wi h eposi o y
equi emen s and e ol ing bes p ac ices.
.
Table 3 Lis o he key an icipa ed digi al ou pu s o communica ion and dissemina ion in he
p ojec .
Main deli e able ype: Da a (da ase s, mic oda a)
Type o da a
Cha ac e is ics
Possible o ma s
Chemical and physicochemical
da a
Concen a ion o CECs and
legacy con aminan s in
di e en ma ices,
physicochemical p ope ies
such as empe a u e, salini y,
oxygen, suspended pa icle
ma e (SPM), dissol ed o ganic
ma e (DOM)
Recommended: .cs o . ab
Accep ed: .xls o .xlsx
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Biological Da a
In o ma ion ega ding li ing
o ganisms, encompassing
genomics (o he omics da a),
physiological pa ame e s, and
o he ela ed aspec s, e.g. ield,
lab, mesocosm
Recommended: .cs o . ab
Accep ed: .xls o .xlsx
Compu a ional Da a
Da a p oduced by compu e
simula ions, modelling,
algo i hms, o so wa e
applica ions, e.g., model
ou pu s
Recommended: Ne CDF-CF,
Gi Hub eposi o y uploaded on
Zenodo
Main deli e able ype: Repo s/ o he documen s
Type o da a
Cha ac e is ics
Possible o ma s
Repo s
Policy b ie s
Wo kshops
Scien i ic epo s, wo kshop
abs ac s, b ie s o policy
make s, in e nal documen s
and simila
Recommended: Open
documen o ma (.od )
Accep ed: .pd , .h ml, .docx, .xlsx,
.
Re-use o da a (licensing)
CONTRAST’s ecommenda ion is o a ach a Commons License (CC BY o CC0) o deposi ed
publica ion da a o enable hi d pa ies o access, mine, exploi , ep oduce and especially
dissemina e ou esul s.
Documen and da a in e nal
s o age
As pa o he MS2: Sha ed pla o m o da a submission and sha ing wi hin CONTRAST, he
da a managemen eam (WP1, WP6) oge he wi h he conso ium ha e decided ha he
Mic oso Teams will se e as he in e nal pla o m o collec ing and s o ing wo k-in-
p og ess da a gene a ed wi hin he CONTRAST p ojec .
Gi en he he e ogeneous na u e o he da a p oduced, me iculous a en ion is necessa y o
ensu e accu a e collec ion o da ase s. Th ough collabo a ion wi h all p ojec pa ne s, an
in en o y o da a ypologies has been conduc ed, leading o he p oposal o he ollowing
olde a chi ec u e o o ganise a ious da a ypes.
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Figu e 1 O e iew File s o age olde on he Mic oso Teams channel.
File uploading
Files should be uploaded o he app op ia e sub- olde co esponding o hei espec i e
da a ype. Fo ins ance, da a pe aining o con aminan concen a ions measu ed in
sedimen should be uploaded o he designa ed sub- olde . I uploading he da a is no a
p ac ical op ion (e.g. in he case o e y la ge da ase s, like omics da a), he sub- olde should
con ain links o whe e he da a se can be ound. Ins uc ions o upload da a on he pla o m
a e p o ided in he guidelines a ailable in he Teams olde .
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Table 4 O e iew o he da a s o age, eposi o ies, da a handling and access and emba go pe iods o he p oduced da a se s in he CONTRAST p ojec .
Pa ne ac onym
WP
Task
Da a s o age (highes
managemen sys em)
Ins i u e da a eposi o y
a ailable
(URL Da a Access
p o ided)
Da a handled by a
Na ional Da a Cen es
lis ed?
Use o me ada a
s anda ds
Use da a s anda ds,
p o ide de ails
Da a con ibu ed o
Eu opean Ma ine
In as uc u e, p o ided
de ails
P o iding mapping o
mo e commonly used
on ologies
Da a access condi ions
Assigned pe sis en
iden i ie (e.g. doi) o
he da ase
DEFRA /
CEFAS
2, 3, 5
2.2; 2.5;
5.1; 5.3
Ins i u e da abase
None
N/A2
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
DEFRA /
CEFAS
4
4.1
Ins i u e da abase
CEFAS cdp, Azu e
NA
NA
NA
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
DEFRA /
CEFAS
3,4,5,7
3.2,3.3,4.
3,5.3,7.2
Ins i u e da abase
CEFAS cdp, MERMAN
BODC
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
DEFRA /
CEFAS
5
5.4
High pe o mance
compu ing a chi es
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
HCMR
2, 3, 5
EU o global da a
in as uc u e (e.g.
ICES, EMODne )
h ps://hnodc.hcm .g
HCMR-NODC
SeaDa a
Ne
ODV
EMODNe
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
HCMR
2, 3, 5
EU o global da a
in as uc u e (e.g.
ICES, EMODne )
h ps://hnodc.hcm .g
HCMR-NODC
SeaDa a
Ne
ODV
EMODNe
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IEO-CSIC
2, 3, 5
EU o global da a
in as uc u e (e.g.
ICES, EMODne ,)
CSIC-NODC
N/A
TBD
TBD
TBD
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IFREMER
5
5.1; 5.2
Files on PC3
EMBL
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IFREMER
5
5.2
Files on PC
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IFREMER
3
3.2, 3.3,
5.2, 5.3
Files on PC
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
ILVO
4
4.2
Ins i u e da abase
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
2
N/A – No applicable
3
PC - equen ly backed up h ough ins i u ion.
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Pa ne ac onym
WP
Task
Da a s o age (highes
managemen sys em)
Ins i u e da a eposi o y
a ailable
(URL Da a Access
p o ided)
Da a handled by a
Na ional Da a Cen es
lis ed?
Use o me ada a
s anda ds
Use da a s anda ds,
p o ide de ails
Da a con ibu ed o
Eu opean Ma ine
In as uc u e, p o ided
de ails
P o iding mapping o
mo e commonly used
on ologies
Da a access condi ions
Assigned pe sis en
iden i ie (e.g. doi) o
he da ase
ILVO
2, 5
2.2; 2.4;
2.5; 5.1;
5.3
EU o global da a
in as uc u e (e.g.
ICES, EMODne ,)
Belgium-NODC
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IMR
2, 3, 4,
5, 6
Ins i u e da abase
h p://me ada a.nmdc
.no/Use In e ace/#/
IMR-NODC
SeaDa a
Ne
TBD
TBD
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IMR
3, 4, 5,
7
Ins i u e da abase
h p://me ada a.nmdc
.no/Use In e ace/#/
IMR-NODC
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IMR
3, 4, 5
Ins i u e da abase
h p://me ada a.nmdc
.no/Use In e ace/#/
IMR-NODC
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
IFREMER
3
Ins i u e da abase
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
NIVA
3,4,5
3.2; 3.3,
3.4; 4.3;
5.3
Ins i u e da abase
None
No
Yes
CC BY
4.0
On
publishing
NIVA
6
6.2
NIVA cloud
in as uc u e
None
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CC BY 4.0
On
publishing
NIVA
2
2.3
Ins i u e da abase
None
Yes
Yes
TBD
Yes
CC BY
4.0
On
publishing
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Da a managemen pla o m - ARGOS
The CONTRAST p ojec has selec ed he ARGOS Da a Managemen pla o m
(h ps://a gos.openai e.eu/home) as he ool o de eloping he inal e sion o he p ojec ’s
DMP.
ARGOS is he chosen ool because i di ec ly ul ills EU Ho izon equi emen s and
ope a ionalizes ou commi men o FAIR da a p inciples:
• Ho izon Compliance & Machine-Ac ionabili y: ARGOS gene a es a machine-
ac ionable DMP, s uc u ed o align wi h cu en unde s anda ds. This s uc u ed
o ma inhe en ly suppo s he In e ope abili y p inciple, mo ing beyond he
limi a ions o a s a ic ex documen (Papadopoulou e al. 2023).
• FAIR In eg a ion: The pla o m in eg a es wi h Zenodo, enabling he au oma ic
linking o he DMP o p ojec da ase s, me ada a, and assigned DOIs. This capabili y
di ec ly imp o es he indabili y and accessibili y o he p ojec da a.
• Go e nance: ARGOS p o ides he equi ed empla es and wo k lows o documen
da a p ocesses, assign necessa y me ada a, and main ain da a go e nance
h oughou he p ojec li ecycle.
O he esea ch ou pu s
In addi ion o he da a speci ied in Table 1, o he ypes o da a will be p oduced wi hin
CONTRAST (Table 5). All da a will ollow he same open access s a egy as desc ibed in he
p e ious sec ions and will be made openly a ailable in Zenodo o o he app op ia e
eposi o ies.
Table 5 O he in o ma ion ypologies p oducing documen s and epo s
Pa ne
ac onym
WP
Task
Task name
Ou pu
ILVO
2
2.1
Iden i ica ion o CECs
ele an o he ma ine
en i onmen applying
an op imised
p io i isa ion scheme
Repo
IMR
3
3.1
Selec ion o species and
bioma ke s
Repo
IFREMER
6
6.1
Analysing, ha monising,
and op imising exis ing
in eg a ed assessmen
amewo ks
DEM — Demons a o ,
pilo , p o o ype
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OGS
6
6.3
Enabling ease o da a
ans e o biological
e ec s assessmen s o
Eu opean da a
eposi o ies
DATA — da ase s,
mic oda a, e c. (D6.2),
Repo (D6.6)
UGOT
7
7.1
T aining wo kshops
aining, ideo
p oduc ion
SHIRE
8
8.1
Educa ion and ou each
o he nex gene a ion
DEC —Websi es, pa en
ilings, ideos, e c
NIVA
8
8.2
Ad ising policy make s
a he EU le el
Wo kshop, policy b ie s
NIVA
8
8.3
Commonly used ools
o dissemina ion
esul s om CONTRAST
Popula science
publica ions
Alloca ion o Resou ces
We ha e alloca ed speci ic esou ces o ensu e p ope da a managemen h oughou he
p ojec . This includes budge p o isions o da a s o age, p ocessing, and open-access
publishing ees. Long- e m da a p ese a ion will be co e ed unde he p ojec 's Open
Science budge . The p ojec p o ides secu e s o age in as uc u e, and dedica ed da a
manage , along wi h da ase esponsible ha will o e see compliance wi h FAIR p inciples
and DMP implemen a ion. I addi ional cos s a ise, we will explo e ins i u ional suppo o
ele an unding mechanisms.
Da a secu i y
All p ojec da a will be s o ed on secu e ins i u ional se e s wi h con olled access. I any
sensi i e o pe sonal da a a e gene a ed, i will be enc yp ed and handled in ull compliance
wi h GDPR and ins i u ional policies. Access will be es ic ed o au ho ized eam membe s,
wi h au hen ica ion and logging measu es in place o ensu e secu i y. Regula backups will
be main ained in mul iple loca ions o p e en da a loss. I cloud s o age is used, i will be
limi ed o p o ide s ha ully comply wi h EU da a p o ec ion egula ions.
E hical p inciples unde
Ho izon Eu ope
E hics a e an in eg al pa o esea ch and o Ho izon Eu ope p ojec s. The e hical
equi emen s unde Ho izon Eu ope a e ancho ed in he Ho izon Eu ope F amewo k
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23
P og amme Regula ion (EU) 2021/695 o 28 Ap il 2021, as amended and consolida ed on 1
Ma ch 2024. A icles 18 and 19 de ine he p o isions ega ding eligible ac ions and he e hical
p inciples go e ning esea ch.
CONTRAST ollows exis ing EU and na ional egula ions as well as in e na ionally ecognised
e hical s anda ds, including:
• The Eu opean Code o Conduc o Resea ch In eg i y, ALLEA (2023),
• The Decla a ion o Helsinki, WMA (2024),
• The Cha e o Fundamen al Righ s o he Eu opean Union and he Eu opean
Con en ion o he P o ec ion o Human Righ s and Fundamen al F eedoms (and i s
Supplemen a y P o ocols), in acco dance wi h A icle 19(1) o he HE F amewo k
P og amme Regula ion, and
• The Con en ion on Biological Di e si y.
All p ojec ac i i ies will comply wi h hese e hical p inciples and ele an legisla ion,
including en i onmen al p o ec ion laws, pe mi s o ma ine sampling, and egula ions o
he sa e handling and disposal o haza dous subs ances. Any da a collec ed will ollow he
FAIR p inciples and espec con iden iali y and p i acy equi emen s whe e applicable,
including he esponsible epo ing o sensi i e en i onmen al da a.
E hical compliance will be ensu ed h ough in e nal p ojec moni o ing, adhe ence o
na ional and EU legisla ion, and, whe e necessa y, submission o ele an e hics e iew
boa ds o compe en au ho i ies.
O he issues
A his s age, we do no an icipa e any legal, e hical, o echnical issues a ec ing da a
managemen . Howe e , should any challenges a ise, we will add ess hem in consul a ion
wi h ins i u ional and unding body ep esen a i es. The DMP will be ea ed as a li ing
documen , upda ed as needed o e lec any changes in p ojec scope, new policies, o
un o eseen de elopmen s.
Re e ences
Dillen M, G oom Q, Agos i D, Nielsen L (2019) Zenodo, an A chi e and Publishing Reposi o y:
A ale o wo he ba ium specimen pilo p ojec s. Biodi e si y In o ma ion Science and
S anda ds 3: e37080. h ps://doi.o g/10.3897/biss.3.37080
Eu opean Union. (2021). Regula ion (EU) 2021/695 o he Eu opean Pa liamen and o he
Council o 28 Ap il 2021 es ablishing Ho izon Eu ope – he F amewo k P og amme o
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Resea ch and Inno a ion, as amended and consolida ed on 1 Ma ch 2024. EUR-Lex.
h ps://eu -lex.eu opa.eu/eli/ eg/2021/695/2024-03-01
Ho izon Eu ope Da a Managemen Plan Templa e (2022) (HE):V1.1 – 01.04.2022
Papadopoulou, E., Ba di, A., Kakale is, G. e al. (2023). Da a managemen plans as linked
open da a: exploi ing ARGOS FAIR and machine ac ionable ou pu s in he OpenAIRE
esea ch g aph. J Biomed Seman 14, 17. h ps://doi.o g/10.1186/s13326-023-00297-5
Wilkinson, M., Dumon ie , M., Aalbe sbe g, I. e al. (2016) The FAIR Guiding P inciples o
scien i ic da a managemen and s ewa dship. Sci Da a 3, 160018.
h ps://doi.o g/10.1038/sda a.2016.18
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Appendix
O e iew o he wo k packages (WP), asks, deli e ables (D) and miles ones (MS) o he
CONTRAST p ojec
WP
Task
n.
Task name
Timeline
Lead
Pa icipan s
D
MS
1
1.1
P ojec communica ion
and p ojec wo k plan
1-48
NIVA
All pa ne s
MS1
1
1.2
Appoin men o SAB
and s akeholde
commi ee
1-6
NIVA
All pa ne s
MS5
1
1.3
Adminis a i e, inancial
and legal p ojec
managemen
1-48
NIVA
All pa ne s
D1.1, D1.2, D1.3
1
1.4
P ojec managemen
1-48
NIVA
All pa ne s
2
2.1
Iden i ica ion o CECs
ele an o he ma ine
en i onmen applying
an op imised
p io i isa ion scheme
1-19
ILVO
NIVA,
DEFRA, IEO-
CSISC,
IFREMER,
HCMR, OGS
D2.1, D2.2
MS6
2
2.2
Ha monised analysis
me hods o CECs in he
ma ine en i onmen
2-15
ILVO
NIVA,
DEFRA, IEO-
CSIC, IMR,
HCMR,
IFREMER,
IMR
MS12
2
2.3
Modelling e ical
dis ibu ion o selec ed
CECs in he wa e
column and ma ine
sedimen s
7-17
NIVA
DEFRA,
IFREMER,
IMR
D2.3
MS13
2
2.4
Unde s anding he
in e ac ions be ween
CECs and clima e
change ac o s
13-21
IEO-CSIC
NIVA, ILVO
D2.4
2
2.5
Suspec and non a ge
sc eening app oaches
o de ec ing p io i ised
CECs in he ma ine
en i onmen
15-36
DEFRA/
CEFAS
ILVO, NIVA,
IEO-CSIC,
HCMR,
IFREMER,
IMR
Con ibu e o D5.1,
D5.2, D5.3
3
3.1
Selec ion o species and
bioma ke s
2-12
IMR
NIVA, IEO-
CSIC,
IFREMER,
DEFRA,
UGOT
MS10
3
3.2
Bio ans o ma ion,
oxici y and
mechanisms o ac ion o
CECs in ma ine
o ganisms
5-21
IFREMER
IMR, NIVA,
DEFRA, ILVO,
UGOT
D3.1
3
3.3
De elopmen and
op imisa ion o
bioma ke s o CECs
moni o ing
6-25
NIVA
IEO-CSIC,
IFREMER,
DEFRA,
D3.2
MS15