The project "Promoting innovative approaches and developing entrepreneurial skills among university students by creating favourable conditions for graduate employability in Central Asia (TRIGGER)" aims to support higher education in three Central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Although these countries have undergone major positive socio-economic changes in recent years, they still face a number of serious challenges. A total of 125 projects were submitted under the European Commission's call for projects (CBHE-Capacity Building of Universities), of which only 15 projects from the Central Asia region received funding, representing a 12% success rate. The project is coordinated by the Technical University of Košice - Faculty of Economics, within the CBHE 2020 call. The project will run from 2021 -2024 and has received EC support of €999,573. Due to Covid19 restrictions the series of 4 online kick-off meetings of the project was held in January and February 2021. The meetings provided the opportunity for all the project partners to meet and set the base for the following project phase. The Project Officer from EACEA, Brussels and  representatives of National ERASMUS + Offices from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part as well. The TRIGGER project successfully started and continues, despite the measures taken due to the Covid19 situation. The consortium is trying to overcome as much as possible the limitations that have occurred. The TRIGGER partnership has adopted specific measures to overcome difficulties and move forward. Keep following TRIGGER!