The kick-off meeting of the project “Boosting the Soft Skills of Higher Education Students and Graduates” – BEGIN (Project number: 2019-1-PL01-KA203-065412) was successfully conducted in Sofia, Bulgaria on 04-05 December 2019. A total number of 15 representatives from all six partner organizations took part in the meeting and discussed the work plan and timetable that will form the basis of the work for the next 24 months.

During the two-day meeting, partners took a closer look at project management and coordination procedures, the peculiarities of the administrative and financial management, the project quality control, and the vision for dissemination and exploitation activities to be conducted during the project lifetime. In addition, the consortium planned their tasks and responsibilities for the whole period of the project – responsibilities; setting up workgroups; setting clear deadlines for the expected results, and final deliverables of the project.

The next meeting of the project partners will be hosted by LUISS University, Italy in May 2020, where progress and milestones achieved will be reviewed.