Annual report 2005 Malteser International - Ordine di Malta

Malteser management conference in
Central and Eastern Europe concludes
partnership codex
At the third annual conference in
Timişoara, Romania, the management
representatives of the Central and Eastern
European Malteser relief agencies reached
a milestone in their networking process:
On 5 October 2005, representatives from
Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Czech
Republic, St. Petersburg/Russia, the
Ukraine and from Malteser International,
plus Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager,
Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta,
signed a partnership codex regulating
the fundamentals and basic principles of
their international cooperation; the heads
of Malteser associations in Hungary,
Latvia and Albania, plus the President of
the German Malteser relief agency, Dr.
Constantin von Brandenstein-Zeppelin,
also signed the codex since then.
Conference participants also discussed
the spiritual basis of their work and their
understanding of voluntary work. In the
run-up to the conference, the hosts gave
participants an insight into some of their
projects.
First introductory seminar for
Malteser volunteers working in
foreign aid
For the first time, Malteser International
offered a seminar for voluntary Malteser
staff working in foreign aid, between 9 and
11 December 2005 at the Malteser training
centre in Ehreshoven. The introductory
seminar ‘Competence in Foreign Aid’
Participants in the first basic seminar for work abroad in Ehreshoven.
provided theoretical and practical basic
knowledge for volunteer usage abroad
for the 15 participants from Germany
and Austria. A task force of experienced
volunteer and employed foreign service
workers compiled the course concept,
which was tested in a pilot run in 2004
and then developed into a form ready for
the seminar.
Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, signs the partnership codex.
“The introductory seminar on foreign aid
offered a very successful mixture of theory and
practice in a very appealing atmosphere for
me. The variety of subjects under discussion,
highlighting basic segments of Malteser
work abroad, was also a success in terms
of form, thanks to the expert, competent
and humorous presentations by the course
team. Joint discussions about the current
path of our work abroad benefited from
both the future-orientated presentation from
Malteser International and an appreciation of
decades of experience in aid and application
that makes it possible for foreign aid to be
experienced always ‘at its best’ as a Malteser
presence – particularly in its aid for the needy
which I feel personally to be so affecting.” – as
summarised by one of the participants.
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