On February 26, 2019, in the seminar room of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Košice, 74, Mäsiarska St., Management Board Meeting was held, combined with the Expert Advisory Board Meeting. There were people from Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Lithuania and Portugal. The meeting lasted from 9.30 to 12.00. The meeting was held to discuss the current state of the project, its results and dissemination of results including public outreach activities and compliance of the project implementation with the plan. Risks related to the implementation of the project were identified as well as ways to minimize these activities (mitigation measures). The first drawings containing elements of the active grooved zone were presented and the objects that need to be bought and made to construct the entire extruder were generally discussed. A plan of future secondments and methods of financing the construction of an extruder were discussed. The Project Coordinator also presented the current status of the Periodic Report and the Termination Report. Decisions were made, which according to MB and EAB are the most effective for achieving the project’s goals and for its positive completion. The impact of the project on the development of employees participating in the project and on SME was discussed.
