1. For Copyright:

   Copying or using any part of someone else's intellectual work, such as books, articles, visual or applied arts, without the creator's permission, is illegal. This includes the translation, the adaptation of the work, regardless of the format (printed, electronic, photographic, etc.). Violating this law is both a civil and criminal offense, and can also result in serious disciplinary offense.

   1. Every creator/author or co-creator/co-author of a work has the right to be mentioned and recognized as such, as well as to any property rights derived from it.

   2. The failure to acknowledge the intellectual contribution of third parties in a published work, or the inclusion of a person as a creator/author in a work to which he did not contribute, are major disciplinary offenses with potential legal consequences. In the case of a work that is the result of number of people's creative contribution, these people must all be mentioned/named as co-creators/co-authors of the work.

   3. The exploitation of property rights arising from industrial or intellectual property rights by the creator or inventor may be restricted, particularly for works funded by the UOWM or another institution

   4. d. Agreements or MOU between the UOWM, the project funder, the project manager, and all members of the research team are required to regulate the copyrights of research projects developed at the UOWM.

   5. e. The UOWM acquire property rights to the results, if the research is carried out on its facilities, funded by the university, or conducted under its name. Should the research produce any financial gains, the researchers are obliged to inform the Institution in written form and mutually engage in an agreement.

2. Regarding the Plagiarism Issue:

   1. Committing plagiarism or directly violating the obligations arising from the network of intellectual property provisions in works that appear to be original works of their author, particularly when committed by academic members of the university, constitutes a serious disciplinary offense.

   2. b. In order to implement the guidelines of the European charter of the researcher and fulfill the educators’ professional obligation to prevent plagiarism, the UOWM offers professors and other academic staff the opportunity to use software such as turnitin (http://turnitin.com/) to verify assignments.

Personal Data Protection

The Special Account for Research Funds through the Lifelong Learning Education Center will process the personal data included in the application for expressing interest and in the documents supporting the participation of the interested parties in this call for the purpose of their selection and their participation in the training program. Paragraph 1 point e of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5 of Law 4624/2019 (fulfilling a duty in the public interest or exercising public authority) serve as the legal basis for processing. On a case-by-case basis, the University of Western Macedonia, cooperating bodies, and those responsible for the management and control of the Lifelong Learning Education Centers will legally receive the personal data. Interested parties possess the right to access their data, correct inaccurate or incomplete data, delete data no longer necessary for the purposes of collection or processing, object to processing if no compelling reasons or legitimate grounds exist, and restrict processing. Any interested party may contact the Data Protection Officer by e-mailing dpo@uowm.gr for any issue regarding the processing of personal data. Should the interested party perceive any impact on the protection of their personal data, they have the option to file an appeal with the Personal Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr).