// 7. November 2017: Kick-Off Meeting at Leuphana
We are proud to announce the beginning of CREATES – an Erasmus+ Funded Strategic Partnership. The kick-off meeting of the Steering Committee took place on 31 October at the new “Zentralgebäude” at Lüneburg University, welcoming all five partner institutions.
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Among the six universities, fruitful exchanges and cooperations of various kinds have already existed in the past, creating a basis of mutual understanding and trust to make CREATES a success. This common ground was apparent during the first meeting of the Steering Committee that was dedicated to calibrating the long-term schedule for the project.
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