From October 23 – 26, 2014, in Budapest, Hungary, took place the fourth meeting of the Malteser Youth on the initiation of the International Malteser Youth network, initiated by the Steering Committee for the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Order of Malta Relief Organization (OMRO), with representatives from 6 partaking countries: Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, and Ukraine.
The central aim of the meeting was to develop youth work within the Order of Malta Relief Organisations in Central and Eastern Europe.At the conference opening, the organizers set out the goals for the next period, and listed the objectives and possible progress of the workshop. All the countries gave a short summary about the positive results of the project on a local level.
The next day started with listing the expectations, contributions and fears about the workshop. After that the participants collected positive and negative examples experienced during working with young volunteers.
The central topic was to go through the different stages of volunteer management with getting to know theoretical knowledge and try the steps in practice at the same time.
The last day’s main part was about the next phases of the project, including the study visits in the participating countries and the next international workshop which will be hosted by Romania in January.