On 5 November 2013 a  Regional Kick-off meeting LIFE was held in in hedquarters of  National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Warsaw. Over 20 projects that had obtained financing under LIFE+ this year were presented. New beneficiaries comming from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary were acquainted with rules for accounting projects. LIFE APIS/PL was represented by: of the beneficiary (University of Wrocław): Anetta Drzeniecka-Osiadacz (project coordinator) and Żaneta Hajnowska (financial and administrative manager of LIFE-APIS/PL Project), and of the co-beneficiary (Wojewódzki Inspektorat Ochrony Środowiska we Wrocławiu) by: Piotr Cyganek (head of wrocławskiego WIOŚ). European Commission representatives, members of monitoring team ASTRALE as well as representatives of National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (co-founder of Poland) also took part in the meeting.