University of Novi Sad, the coordinator of Erasmus+ Boosting Engagement of Serbian Universities in Open Science (BE-OPEN project), organized the Kick-off meeting with all partner institutions involved in the project on December 12 and 13, 2016 at the Central University Building at the University of Novi Sad. The E+ BE-OPEN project is funded by the European Commission – Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture - within the Erasmus+ programme in the amount of 866,801.00 EUR and it will be realized together with partner institutions from Serbia, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece and United Kingdom. Serbian partner institutions include six state universities from Serbia (Novi Sad, Belgrade, Art Belgrade, Kragujevac, Nis, Novi Pazar) as well as Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, while EU partners are University of Udine, National Technical University of Athens and Goldsmith’s College, University of London.