Category: Projektor_en

On 18 December, SAM.I. welcomed Pompiers Humanitaires Français (PHF) as its 21st member organisation. PHF has become the second French member in the network next to the Fédération des Secouristes Français Croix Blanche. “I am very happy to welcome Pompieres Humainataires Français to Samaritan International. They will certainly enrich our network with their high expertise in the […]

On 14 November 2023, Samaritan International organised a policy debate with high-level stakeholders to discuss the importance and value of qualified volunteering for our societies. Volunteering is not only an expression of civic engagement, which is vital for living democracies, but structurally committed volunteers are also a necessity for the work of the members of […]

From 8-10 August “Inclusive First Aid” (INFA) met in Copenhagen. INFA is an Erasmus+ co-financed project that revisits practices of the Samaritan organisations in offering first aid education to persons with disabilities.

In May, SAM.I. Secretary General Ivo Bonamico and SAM.I. President Knut Fleckenstein travelled to Kiev to visit our Ukrainian member organization SSU, who has uninterruptedly continued to provide services and helped to distribute aid shipments to the Ukrainian people since the start of the Russian invasion. The SAM.I. delegation travelled jointly with representatives from the […]

In March 2023, the European Commission presented its proposal COM(2023)127 for a revision of the current Driving Licences Directive, to modernise driving licence rules. The European Parliament and the Council have started their work on the file, with the objective to find an agreement before the European elections in 2024. Samaritan International (SAM.I.) welcomes the […]

Last weekend, from 12-14 May, the project group of the DIGIFIRSTAID project met in Bolzano, Italy. White Cross presented their current practices in using digital teaching elements in first aid education.

From 5-7 May, the project “Inclusive First Aid” met in Florence, Italy. The project revisits practices of the Samaritan organisations in providing first aid training to persons with disabilities to improve this educational offer.

I_TEM conducted a second pilot training from 19-23 April 2023. Learning from the previous training, a shift in balance of e-learning and in-presence training was implemented.

SAM.I. president Knut Fleckenstein met with Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement to discuss the social dimension of the EU accession process and more specifically the Social Dimension Initiative (SDI)

From 17-19 March, the project group of DIGIFIRSTAID, an Erasmus+ partnership, met in Modena, Italy, on the premises of the local ANPAS association.