Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) of COVID-19 and Influenza – Tender Specifications ECDC/2021/12924  DL 1.6.1. Site-specific  training/visit Training/Site visit performed (up to 6 hours) with restricted group of study site  contact persons (10-15 individuals), depending on topic (such as first-time  application of protocol or quality control once the protocol is applied) and as  agreed with ECDC. Training/site visit aims to ensure that site personnel will  have sufficient skills and knowledge of study protocol, procedures, data  collection, management, and analyses to run the study independently.  The deliverable includes presentations, minutes, actions points, feedback from  participants, recommendations and plans on how to implement the  recommendations.  Irregular  frequency, up to  eight units during  the framework  contract duration  Word, Power Point;  videoconference DL 1.6.2. Training  workshops for study sites  / information sharing  workshop The contractor will propose to ECDC the topics to be covered at least four  weeks before the training. The contractor will either deliver the training or will  facilitate the workshop and organized the delivery of the study sites  presentations, in close collaboration with the study sites. The training is to be  addressed to study sites to ensure site personnel will have sufficient skills and  knowledge of study protocol. The training will facilitate the sharing of  information which could help other study sites to build capacity and conduct  the studies. Training sessions will need to be considered in the form of  workshops addressed to all study sites or targeted to specific sites. The  deliverable includes presentations, minutes, actions points, feedback from  participants, recommendations and plans on how to implement the  recommendations.   Once a year  Video / telephone  conference  Word, Power Point  DL 1.6.3. Report on  capacity building  Report on the steps taken by the contractor throughout the course of the  implementation of the specific contract to ensure study sites can become  independent in implementing the protocols and validate the data. The  deliverable includes presentations, minutes, actions points, as well as  recommendations. The report should be at least 15 pages and include a table  of content, description of the steps taken throughout the project to support  and train the study sites, executive summary, discussion on results/lessons  learned, conclusions and plans on how to implement the recommendations  and action points.  Once a year  Word - ECDC  template 