About us

The bodies of SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL

The advisory committee

The advisory committee meets every two years. It accepts the report of the praesidium, approves the budget, elects the members of the praesidium and the auditor, makes decisions on amendments to the statutes and the admission of new members. The advisory committee is composed of the representatives of the ordinary membersm and the auditor, the representatives  of the extraordinary members that are not entitles to vote and the full members that are not legal entities.

The praesidium

The praesidium consisting of five members is responsible for administering the facilities and the assets of the organisation, presenting business and financial reports at the meetings of the advisory committee, supporting the members in their work and ensuring a coordination of international measures for aid.

The praesidium of SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL ensures through its regular meetings the continuous exchange of information and experience between the member organisations. The meetings form a common basis for work in order to coordinate projects and allow common actions.

The workshops

There is also active cooperation between the full-time employees and volunteers of the member organisations below the level of the presidium. Projects are worked out in workshops in order to submit these to the steering committee for voting. The exchange on the planned activities of the single organisations helps everyone to work target-oriented.

The working groups

Permanent working groups each headed by one of the member organisations have been set up for the long-term co-operation in common main areas of operation.

The General Secretarial office of SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL

The General secretarial office is currently based in the federal office of the ASB in Cologne. The general secretarial office organises the coordination between the members and is both information centre for the international level as well as for the local groups of its member organisations. In this connection the general secretarial office also sees itself as service partner for the local groups of the member organisations.

The set-up and the administration of the international database located here with the most important information on the partner organisations supports the information flow between the organisations.