The pilot implementation of the developed national and institutional regulatory framework will be launched from the M6Y2 (the middle of the project): each institution will be working on one Doctoral school establishment and operationalization (with assigned AM and EU partners). To reduce the uncertainty and ensure project sustainability, the project team has agreed on the establishment of DS in advance with the consortium members and clarified the directions. The division was done based on the previous experience, available educational content (to be revised) and human resources (scientific and academic), as well as infrastructure.

The established DS armed with institutional procedures will launch the promotion and admit the 1st student cohort in M5Y3.

The WP will be concluded with the exchange on results of pilot implementation of the developed policy, legal and organizational framework of DE in Vilnius (M6Y3). Based on the feedback collected the national regulative framework and the institutional Handbook with procedures will be updated and finalized (M7Y3, M8Y3) and presented as Major delivarables. Pilot reports of newly established 5 Doctoral Schools will also serve as the major delivarable of the WP.