29-30 September 2016 the project Steering Group had its first meeting in the premises of Odessa State Environmental University. An external expert, Prof. Marek Frankowicz, from Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland) was also invited. Professor M. Frankowicz, one of the performers of the project 544524-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-PL-TEMPUS-SMHES ‘Qualifications Framework in Environmental Science at Ukrainian Universities’, a consortium of which includes OSENU, presented two reports on the Use of Bologna Tools and the draft of Quality Assurance Strategy for ECOIMPACT (Project Coaching).