During the kickoff meeting of the NICHE project submitted information on the NICHE project partners, and in particular, the situation in the food sector. The important elements of the discussion were: the identification and determination of local groups of recipients relevant to the project, the creation of interregional innovation system, mutual communication, discussion about monitoring methodology, presentation of good practices in the partner regions, communication and dissemination of information about the project, as well as project management. It was also established date of the launch conference connected to a site visit and interregional workshop.