On 4th -5th June 2015, members of the TransSOL project came together on the premises of Saint-Louis University in Brussels to kick off the project. During the two-day meeting, the project team discussed administrative, technical, conceptual and methodological issues; the work plan for the coming 36 months; and its strategy for effective and target-specific dissemination and communication activities. Apart from the project consortium, the meeting was attended by members of the Advisory Board, a scientific officer from the European Commission and civil society stakeholders.