January 16-18, 2019, the the kick-off meeting of project participants took place. Rrepresentatives of six European partner organizations and nine Ukrainian organizations took part in the meeting. DonNTU was represented by reseach and development Vice-rector Yevgen Bashkov and associate professor Natalya Kostyukov.

Representatives of each partner organization told about their institution, their experience in digital competencies, and represented a team of performers. During the meeting the goals and objectives of the project were discussed, the expected results, the content of each stage of implementation was discussed in detail.