A meeting of a work group of Caritas Europa and Caritas Internationalis for the Caritas development fund took place in Belgrade on 17th and 18th of November 2014, on which eight representatives of different national Caritas from Europe and the Managing Director of Caritas Internationalis Jacob Winter were present. Caritas Europe was represented by Annamária Vrzáčková and Miriam Pikaar, while Caritas Serbia was represented by the national coordinator Darko Tot.  A day before the meeting, on Sunday, 16th of November, the representatives of the Caritas network met Belgrade Archbishop and President of Caritas Serbia Msgr. Stanislav Hočevar, who introduced them with the activities of Caritas in Serbia. During the work group the participants were discussing about the management standards of Caritas Internationalis, as also about the development fund, which has the goal to strengthen the national Caritas and make them more self sustainable.

A meeting with the representatives of diocesan Caritas in Serbia

The representatives of Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Europa and Caritas Austria met on 19th of November with the directors and coordinators of diocesan Caritas in Serbia and with the representatives of the national office of Caritas Serbia, to introduce them with the new management standards, a fruit of common work of the organizations members of the Caritas network. In this occasion they represented the structures of the networks of Caritas Europa and Caritas Internationalis, as also the way of decision making inside these networks, strategic goals and priorities and the fields of common interest. The representatives of Caritas network gave their advises and suggestions for future steps to take in the development of Caritas in Serbia and in the use of the international standards.