Sotiris Themistokleous, Assistant Director of CARDET, and Member of the Coordination Committee of the Mediterranean Migration Network, participated at the second meeting of the Advisory Group of the project VREN - Voluntary Return European Network, where he delivered a presentation on “How to foster the sustainability of newly set up networks: Lessons learned from the Mediterranean Migration Network”.

The AG meeting of the VREN (8 November 2012, Brussels) was co-chaired by the International Organization of Migration and the UK Government. The meeting primarily focused on fine-tuning the tools VREN offers in order to increase its effectiveness and foster cooperation among its members. Secondly, it discussed ways to maximize the use of VREN for the design and implementation of regional activities among Member States, civil societies and agencies working in the field.