Nine participants from five partner organizations coming from four European countries attended the 1st Transnational kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project ‘’C.A.R.E.: Ceramic Artworks to Raise Esteem and Employability”. 

This project kick-off meeting took place in Athens on 17th – 18th January 2023 and was hosted by SIGMA BUSINESS NETWORK. 

The outcome of this three-year (2022-2025) project – funded through EU “Strategic Partnership” program – is to increase the self-esteem of young people with visual impairment (V.I.P.), by strengthening their psychomotor skills through ceramics workshops. 

Representatives from SIGMA BUSINESS NETWORK and all participating partners attended the meeting and had the chance to present their company and business area of their engagement as well as their role in the project. Project Management and implementation planning, Financial Management were also presented, while Project Quality Assurance Strategy and actions, Valorization and Sustainability were also explained, and their management was discussed in detail in relation to this project. 

The meeting also provided the opportunity for the partners to exchange ideas and thoughts on the program and discuss the arrangements for the next transnational project meetings to follow.