On July 10, 2018, the kick-off meeting of the project was carried out in Athens in the premises of the Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization ‘Demeter’. All project partners attended the meeting, while the guidelines for the implementation of the project were discussed and agreed, as well as the action fields and timetable for each partner. Moreover, in the context of the kick-off meeting, partners elaborated on the partnership agreement where all their individual obligations are determined, which was then signed between the Project Coordinator, who represents all Project Partners, and the European Commission.