On 7th – 8th of November 2013, our annual meeting took place at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV) in Cluj-Napoca in Romania. About 100 guests participated in the conference, among them numerous rectors and other representatives of the 56 member universities. From 2014 on, eleven new members will join our Network. The new memberships were approved during the DRC General Assembly.