15. Report from the Quality WG Debriefing from the 20th and 21st Quality WG meetings of 14 June and 9 October 2017 DIME/ITDG meeting – 22-23 February 2018

20th meeting of the Quality WG Strategic quality developments – update on The work of the High-level Group on Quality (HLG-Q) The progress of the QUAL supporting framework Revision of the ES Code of Practice Review of the version resulting from the May 2017 meeting of the HLG-Q First discussion of the Quality WG members on the changes proposed

20th meeting of the Quality WG Quality reporting in the ESS – interactive workshop Group exercises on the aspects of statistical and technical implementation, as well as harmonisation and reduction of burden Reporting back to the plenary, conclusions New ESS Handbook on Q and Metadata Reporting State of play, next steps Quality conference 2018 Update on the preparation process, next steps

20th meeting of the Quality WG Monitoring of the Peer review Improvement Actions and the Commitments on Confidence (CoC) Outcome of the second round of monitoring, May 2017 report to the ESSC Progress with the CoC, next steps Open discussion, questions and answers Conclusions of the WG meeting

21st meeting of the Quality WG QUAL@ESS Vision 2020 Supporting Framework Action 1 – Revision of the ES Code of Practice Second, in-depth discussion of the Quality WG members on the changes proposed Concrete proposals and answers on the questions raised by the HLG-Q members Conclusions, next steps Work of the High-level Group on Quality – Progress, next steps

21st meeting of the Quality WG Quality conference 2018 Presentation of the main themes and key dates of the conference Set-up of the Scientific and Programme Committee, next steps QUAL Action 3 'Quality for the institutions as a whole' – Progress, next steps Conclusions of the WG meeting

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