Maltese International
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| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | 2005 |
| Seat | Cologne |
| precursor | Foreign service of the Malteser Aid Service |
| purpose | Humanitarian aid |
| Chair | Thierry de Beaumont-Beynac |
| Managing directors | Ingo Radtke |
| sales | 94,486,659 euros (2018) |
| Employees | 952 (2018) |
| Members | 27 (2018) |
| Website | malteser-international.org |
Malteser International has been the worldwide aid organization of the Sovereign Order of Malta for humanitarian aid since 2005 and a registered association since January 1, 2013 . The non-governmental organization , based in Cologne, is active with around 100 projects annually in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia, America and Europe and has regional associations in Europe and the USA.
history
The organization emerged from the German Malteser Hilfsdienst eV and its foreign service department. The forerunner was ECOM (Emergency Corps of the Order of Malta), founded in 1992 by the Sovereign Order of Malta from the German service abroad and several other national associations of the Order of Malta. ECOM's mission was to provide assistance after natural disasters or in other crisis situations such as 1999 in Kosovo or 2003 after the earthquake in Bam (Iran). After the 2004 tsunami in South and Southeast Asia, Malteser International was founded in 2005 as the international relief organization of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid . The tasks go beyond the area of emergency aid in the event of a disaster, because Malteser International also supports the reconstruction towards sustainable development. Malteser International's work focuses on the topics of health, water / sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition and disaster risk management.
Calls:
- 1956: Aid to refugees on the Austro-Hungarian border
- 1966–1975: Refugee Aid Vietnam
- Since 1979: refugee aid in Thailand (for refugees from neighboring countries)
- Since 1980: Relief goods transport to Central and Eastern Europe
- 1989: Humanitarian aid for East German refugees in Budapest
- 1994–1996: Aid to Rwanda
- 1999: Help after the Kosovo crisis
- Since 2001: Emergency and reconstruction aid in Myanmar
- 2004: Refugee aid in Darfur , Sudan
- 2005: Tsunami aid in South and Southeast Asia
- 2010 earthquake relief in Haiti and Chile , flood relief in Pakistan
- 2011 earthquake relief in Japan , drought relief in northern Kenya
- 2012 Emergency aid for Syrian refugees and displaced persons, emergency aid after Hurricanes Isaac and Sandy in Haiti
- 2013 Emergency aid after floods in Germany and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
- 2014 Aid for refugees in South Sudan, emergency aid for displaced people in Northern Iraq
- 2015 earthquake aid in Nepal, refugee aid in the Middle East
- 2016 Emergency aid to Syria and South Sudan
Values and ethical principles
Malteser International provides help for people in need, regardless of their religion, origin or political conviction. Christian values and the humanitarian principles of impartiality and independence form the basis of the work. As a Catholic aid organization, Malteser International also works in non-Christian countries and therefore also employs people with other religious backgrounds. Around 90 percent of the organization works with local employees as well as with local partner organizations and church structures on site. Malteser International is committed to complying with national and international codes and standards. These include, for example, the "Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability" ([www.corehumanitarianstandard.org]), the "Code of Conduct" (Principles of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Response Programs) or the " Sphere Project ".
Organization and structure
27 associations and priories of the Order of Malta are currently members of Malteser International eV The two regional associations in Europe and America are associated members of the association. With the Presidium, the Grand Hospitalier of the Order of Malta, the Spiritual Advisory Board, the Secretary General and his deputy, they form the General Assembly, the highest decision-making body of the association. The full-time general secretary heads the general secretariat of the association and is responsible for operational management within the framework of the budget and the strategy of Malteser International.
Thierry de Beaumont-Beynac has been president since December 15, 2012 and Ingo Radtke, the former head of the Malteser International Service, has been General Secretary since it was founded.
President
- 2005-2011 Nicolas de Cock de Rameyen
- 2011–2012 Johannes Freiherr Heereman
- since 2012 Thierry de Beaumont-Beynac
Networks and memberships
Malteser International is a member of several action alliances, including
- Aktion Deutschland Hilft
- WHO Global Health Cluster
- People in Aid
- VENRO
- VOICE
- WASH network
- Coordinating Committee for Humanitarian Aid of the German Foreign Office (KANK)
- Disability inclusive DRR Network
Figures 2015
Expenditures: 36.2 million euros, including expenses for:
- Africa: € 8 million
- America: € 1.8 million
- Asia: € 18.5 million
- Europe: € 2 million
- Control and administration costs: € 2.4 million
Focus 2015:
- Middle East refugee aid in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq
- Emergency aid and reconstruction after the earthquake in Nepal
- Help for displaced persons and refugees in South Sudan and Uganda
- Health care programs in the DR Congo
- Emergency aid, reconstruction of social infrastructure, basic health care and disaster risk reduction in Myanmar
- Disaster preparedness, hygiene awareness and food security in Haiti
- Help for multiple displaced persons in Colombia
- Flood aid Germany
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.malteser-international.org/de/ueber-uns/wie-wir-arbeiten.html
- ↑ https://www.malteser-international.org/fileadmin/Files_sites/malteser-international/A-About_us/E-Service/C-Publications/Annual_Reports/Annual_Report_2015/Malteser_International_jahresbericht_DE_2015.pdf
- ↑ Annual Report 2015 (PDF)
