After a two-year definition phase, the SMARTilience project has now officially started on 01.02.2019. On the 20th of March the project partners met for the kick-off event at the Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart to discuss and define the milestones and activities for the next 3 years. In the coming months, two basic trainings on climate mitigation and adaptation will take place in the cities of Mannheim and Halle an der Saale, as well as a large syntegration® of experts on this topic. We are looking forward to an interesting and successful cooperation.