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SAM.I. thanks all its partners for the productive cooperations in 2014 and wishes everybody happy holidays and a successful start for 2015!
In their decision from 11th December 2014, the European Court of Justice has upheld the special role volunteering organisations fulfil in the rescue- and patient transport systems of many European countries.
The European Commission’s Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion has put out a call for proposals on elderly care.
In November, ASB Germany launched a winter aid project in Ukraine which will provide Internally Displaced Persons with food, hygiene products, winterproof clothing and equipment.
Last Saturday, on 29th November, the SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T. Awards 2014 were handed over in Austria. The local award went to ASBÖ’s Internetcafé ZwischenSchritt, the international award was won by the SAMETS project, headed by ANPAS.
On 29th November, the winners of the 2014 SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T. awards will be announced in Gmunden, Austria.
The last group of interns in the Mob-Lab project will finish their internships at the SAM.I. General Secretariat and ASB Germany’s foreign aid department tomorrow. SAM.I. and ASB hosted a total of six interns (two at a time), between June and October of this year.
Federatia Samaritenilor Romani (FSR) from Romania was officially accepted into our network at the meeting of the presidium last Friday in Stuttgart.
On September 17-21 2014, representatives from 8 SAM.I. members met in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, for project meetings of the two civil protection projects Cross-Border Samaritan Flood Preparedness and SAMETS.
On September 24, Samaritan organisations in 10 countries conducted a series of flash mobs to raise awareness for first aid training among young people. The flash mobs are part of our Year of Youth Engaged in First Aid and therefore followed the motto “Heroes without Superpowers”.
