This deliverable establishes the ethical and governance framework guiding all research activities within the ID-DarkMatter-NCD project. Building on the work of the Ethics and Governance Committee and existing ethical approvals, it outlines the principles, procedures, and compliance measures that ensure research is conducted responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with applicable ethical, legal, and data protection requirements across the consortium.

This deliverable provides the project's Data Management Plan, outlining how research data will be collected, stored, managed, shared, and preserved throughout the project lifecycle. Developed in line with Horizon Europe requirements, it ensures that data management practices support transparency, accessibility, legal compliance, and the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles.

This deliverable establishes a harmonised and interoperable repository of existing HLA and whole genome sequencing (WGS) datasets from the participating project cohorts. It defines common data standards and analysis pipelines to enable consistent cross-cohort comparisons, facilitate data sharing, and support downstream analyses such as HLA promiscuity and clustering studies.