• WP1 began immediately with the submission of the project handbook and quality plan within the first 6 months. To date, 2 technical reviews have taken place with the project officer and external reviewers two action plans summarising the main work and results have been submitted. The projects advisory board has also been formed.
• A Digital Ethnography Methodology was designed in WP2 to combat the challenge of travel and physical meeting restrictions due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This toolkit includes a training manual, consent form, information sheet and a ‘guide’ of 250 suggestions for questions across eight core themes. The final versions of the SHAPES Use cases and personas were submitted to the EC.
• Between M1 and M12, important groundwork was carried out in WP3 to establish trends in health and care delivery in Europe (submission of D3.1) best practice examples of technology-enabled integrated care (submission of D3.2). The SHAPES user requirements were developed through 3 iterations of deliverables, the final one being submitted to the EC in April 2021.
• In WP4 has developed the initial architecture for the SHAPES Platform the principles of which include the following; Single sign-on (SSO) to all digital solutions registered to SHAPES, data authorisation managed by users and on Digital Solutions where data is stored, seamless integration of devices, services, platforms and applications, standard-independent interoperability w.r.t IoT data and medical information, future extendibility to additional medical standards and data models, advanced data analytics of data shared among diverse Digital Solutions, management of medical data over diverse Digital Solutions for same individual, GDPR-grade protection of private identifiable private data and optional sharing of capturing anonymised data sets for research purposes.
• In WP5 the technical partners began immediately with the compilation of information of the Digital Solutions and matching them to pilot themes in WP6. Mock ups have been completed for the majority of mature use cases. D5.2 was submitted detailing the base description of the Digital Solutions and their matching to specific use cases.
• WP6 kicked off with the development of an evaluation methodology that includes the technical evaluation as well as the evaluation of the general impact of SHAPES (submission of D6.1) which also included the Set up of the pilots plan. 25 use cases in total have been developed which include the Use case descriptions (including digital solutions included, pilot sites involved, pilot summary and subject profile). Data plans have also been completed. Several use case have initiated prototype testing and hands-on training. Minor delays have been caused due to the pandemic public health restrictions however mitigations have been successfully put in place and the WP is running well.
• WP8 began with establishing the Baseline for the Projects ethics (D8.2) and developing the SHAPES Data Management Plan (D8.13) provided. Ethical self-assessment were collected from each WP. The Initial SHAPES Ethical Framework (D8.4) has been provided. GDPR contents and requirement were provided as part of D8.4 and ethics and privacy risk assessment has begun. The first 18 months also saw the commencement of the regulatory frameworks review. The Data Protection Impact Assessments are underway with each pilot.
• WP9 is focused on building the SHAPES Ecosystem. This WP kicked off with the preparation of ecosystem activities, launching the first two SHAPES think tanks and completing the Initial activities regarding foresight and knowledge collection. The first open call was also launched and completed, inviting new innovative collaborators into the SHAPES Ecosystem.
• In WP10 development of the SHAPES dissemination plan was submitted on time. The main focus was on establishing visibility: set-up of an accessible project identity, website and social media. Connections were established with LSP projects in the EC Health and Care Cluster. 3 successful Dialogue workshops and awareness campaigns have been held. All workshops were held virtually. Each subsequent workshop has attracted more registrations.
