The ANCE Consortium successfully held its first Consortium meeting for the new Framework Contract SIEA 2018, for Lot 4 (Human Development and Safety Net) in Athens on the 28th of June 1018. The majority of the 16 partner companies attended the meeting, which was chaired by Ms Lola Lyberopoulou, Framework Contractor Director for ANCE. The meeting was an opportunity for all partners to meet informally, present their own companies and understand the functioning of the FWCs, from the preparation of offers for requests for services to the successful project implementation. Other issues such as financial issues, awareness raising and visibility as well as in-house training were also tackled.