Preamble Intro The ELIXIR Node Collaboration Agreement (CA) calls for the establishment of an Oversight Group to annually review the position of the Node, to identify areas of concern or consider how the Node might develop in the future. The focus is on those services included in the Node Service Delivery Plan (Annex 1) and Commissioned Services specified in the Annex 2 of the CA. This form is an attempt to capture such information and may contribute to further discussions. Please note; this form can be saved and completed at a later date. There will be an opportunity to preview the form prior to submission.Responses from Collaboration Agreement Oversight (COG) form 2018 can be found here. The Collaboration Agreement asks the Node to implement an internal quality assurance mechanism. Please outline the current position: An independent SAB has been established An alternative mechanism is in place A SAB or other mechanism is in preparation The Node is considering the most suitable approach Other Please add any comments Longterm sustainability Are there any financial issues regarding the sustainability of the Node and associated Services that cause concern? Yes No Please give a brief outline to be followed up shortly Regarding the implementation of the ELIXIR ELSI Policy Please add any comments. The ELIXIR ELSI Policy (opens a new tab) applies to Node-funded services. Are there any aspects of this Policy that are particularly challenging to implement and where an ELIXIR-wide action (training, joint policy actions, etc.) would be useful? Regarding the implementation of the ELIXIR Equal Opportunity Strategy Please indicate the current position: The Node has or in time will implement the recommendations in the ELIXIR Equal Opportunity Strategy The Node has or will apply a National Equal Opportunity policy Node Institutes are or will apply their Institutional Equal Opportunity policy Other Please add any comments. ELIXIR encourage each Node to adopt the recommendations in the ELIXIR Equal Opportunities Strategy (opens a new tab) Node Services For each of the Node Services is the link from the ELIXIR page correct? If not, please identify those services that need updating For each of the Node Services is there an accessible Terms of Use available? - None -YesNoContacted If not, please inform the appropriate person for that service of the need Terms of Use. Do the Node Services follow the Sustainable Software Development process? Yes In part No Further training would be useful. See the F1000 paper (opens a new tab). See the list of ELIXIR-FI Node Services. Node Commissioned Services (Implementation Studies) Please provide details if there are any concerns that need to be addressed. The expectation is not for the Node to update the information in the linked sheet at this point. For those projects that are making good progress there may be nothing further to add. Completed studies or those still in preparation need not be considered. Please also comment if you find the linked sheets useful as these are still developing and any feedback would be helpful. Please see the EMBL-FI Implementation Studies Sheet for a summary of all studies for which ELIXIR-FI receive funding. The linked sheet is for your information, it is a live document, updated from a number of sources to provide a snapshot of the current situation. Final Comments Please add any issues you might like to raise on a conference call with the ELIXIR Director (to be arranged later in the year). Also any comments regarding this Oversight process.