On 13 December, the MINTS Consortium had its Pre-kick off meeting which consisted of an informative session given by the General Coordinator on the implementation of the project, focusing on the ‘start-up’, the ‘planning’ and the ‘next steps’ to kick off. Furthermore, the European Projects Advisor at LRD department of KU Leuven gave a presentation on the Project Execution, Budget Rules and the Consortium Agreement according to the H2020 Programme rules and regulations.