Within the Work Package 1, IEEPS project kick-off meeting took place in Jagodina, at the Faculty of Education from 12-13th December 2013. Project aims and objectives and the forthcoming project activities were presented at this meeting. Besides the representatives of the Faculty of Education and the Institute for Educational Research, the meeting was attended by colleagues from other partner institutions, including leading experts in the field of educational effectiveness and leadership in education, prof. dr. Jan van Dam from the Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium), prof. dr. Leonidas Kyriakides from the University of Cyprus and dr. Gašper Cankar from the National Examination Centre (Slovenia).