Partners’ representatives and several secondees from 4 countries (Greece, Italy, France, UK) gathered for one full day at Laboratory of Plant Pathology, AUA in Athens, on April 25, 2018 in order to exchange ideas, discuss the implementation of the various WPs and plan the experiments of the OchraVine Control project. The main objectives of the meeting were to: 1) present the first year’s research goals, 2) organize the experimental processes, 3) plan the field experiments, 4) plan the first workshop and 5) to make our hosted members to “feel at home” in the Labs of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Machinery (AUA) and in AGENSO where secondees are going to carry out the planned experiments and activities of the project the following months.