The Kick-off Meeting of RESPONSE project

The official Kick-off Meeting of RESPONSE project was held on November 3rd and 4th, 2020. EIFER, the project coordinator organised it virtually via Zoom Meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to extensive participation of the involved 53 partners, the event gathered distinguished individuals such as Jens Bartholmes, Policy Officer at the European Commission. City representatives of Turku and Dijon were represented by welcome message videos.

The first day of the KoM mainly focused on the cities and their integrated solutions, followed by Work Packages (WP) leaders’ presentations which were held on the second day. The content of presentations included description of tasks, deliverables, and upcoming actions of the respective WPs. In order to facilitate discussions, a Q&A session was organised after each presentation. This helped to spark useful discussions leading to significant conclusions.