The Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of Malta about his work
The Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of Malta, H.E. Dr. Josef D. Blotz, about his worldwide work and the role of Malteser International.
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The structure of Malteser International
Malteser International is the relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Malteser International’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of suffering and displaced people around the world. In this regard, Malteser International contributes to fulfill the Sovereign Order of Malta’s perennial mission “Tuitio fidei et obsequium pauperum” (i. e. nurturing, witnessing, and protecting the faith, and serving the poor and the sick).
Malteser International has two organizational units with their own structures that carry out programs and relief operations: Malteser International Europe (a division of Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V.) based in Cologne, Germany, and Malteser International Americas based in New York, USA.
Both organizations are connected by an international board consisting of experts from the Sovereign Order of Malta worldwide (who hold their position on a voluntary basis). This board is elected by 30 Order of Malta Associations, who also contribute financially to the work of Malteser International. The international board is elected for a four-year term and anchors Malteser International within the Order of Malta, while guaranteeing its neutrality and independence as a humanitarian organization.
The full-time Secretary General is responsible for operational management of the organization.
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The Board of Directors, which is elected for a four-year term, consists of the President, the Vice-President, the Treasurer, and up to two additional elected members, as well as the representatives from the regional branches in Europe and the Americas, and from the Asia-Pacific region. The Board of Directors works on a purely voluntary basis and is responsible for approving the financial plans and the annual budget, as well as commissioning the financial auditing of the annual accounts. The Board of Directors bears the overall responsibility for the organization’s operative tasks. The Board of Malteser International e.V. consists of:
President
(United Kingdom)
Treasurer
(Switzerland)
(France)
Vice President
(Austria)
Chaplain
Bishop of Troyes (France)
(Hungary)
President, Malteser International Europe
(Germany)
(Austria)
President, Malteser International Americas (USA)
(Italy)
The salaried Secretary General manages the organization’s General Secretariat. He is responsible for the operational management activities in line with the financial plan and the annual budget. The presidents of the Board of Directors nominate the Secretary General. The Secretary General is responsible for preparing meetings of the Board, and takes an advisory part in these meetings. The management of Malteser International presently consists of:
Secretary General
The member bodies, together with the Board of Directors, the Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, the Chaplain, the Secretary General and the Vice-Secretary General form the General Assembly: the organization’s highest decision-making body. The General Assembly is responsible for electing and discharging the Board of Directors, accepting the annual accounts, ordering financial audits as well as passing amendments to the by-laws. The President convokes the General Assembly once a year. The following associations and priories of the Order of Malta are presently members of Malteser International:
| Australia Belgium Bohemia Germany France UK Ireland | Italy Canada Colombia Cuba Lebanon Malta Mexico | Netherlands Austria Philippines Poland Portugal Switzerland Scandianavia | Singapore Spain Hungary American (USA) Federal (USA) Western (USA) |
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The Sovereign Order of Malta
More than 900 years of service to the poor and the sick
The Sovereign Military and Hospitaler Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta is one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilization. The lay Catholic Order has 13,500 members who have committed to the exercise of Christian virtue and charity. The Order of Malta remains true to its founding principles, summarized in the motto “Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum”: nurturing, witnessing, and protecting the faith; and serving the poor and the sick. The Dames and Knights bring these principles to life by engaging in voluntary work, humanitarian assistance and medical and social activities. Today, the Order carries out charitable and humanitarian activities in over 130 countries.
The Order is based in Rome and has full diplomatic relations with 114 countries, as well as to European and international organizations. It has permanent obsever status at the United Nations. Thanks to this diplomatic network, the Order can react quickly and flexibly to crises and disasters. Its embassies also have the mission of supporting the medical and humanitarian activities of the national associations of the Order and Malteser International. As a neutral and non-political party, the Order is able to act as mediator in civil and armed conflicts and to intervene as a protective force.
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Timeline: A selection of past aid projects
Malteser International been helping people around the world for over 60 years. Developed out of the Foreign Aid Service of the German Malteser Hilfsdienst, Malteser International received its current name in 2005, when it was designated the international aid agency of the Order of Malta.
1956: Aid for refugees at the Austro-Hungarian border
1966-1975: Aid for refugees and hospital construction, Vietnam
2005: Aid following the Indian Ocean Tsunami in South Asia
2010: Aid for survivors following the earthquake in Haiti
1994- 1996: Aid following the Ruandan genocide
1999: Rebuilding the Balkans after the Kosovan war
2013: Emergency relief for the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan
2015: Emergency relief after the Nepalese earthquake
Branches of Malteser International
Germany/Cologne
Erna-Scheffler-Str. 2
51103 Cologne
Germany
Phone: +49 221 9822-7101
Fax: +49 221 9822-7498
Email: info@malteser-international.org
Website: www.malteser-international.org
Austria/Vienna
Johannesgasse 2
1010 Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43 1 512 72 44
Fax: +43 1 513 92 90
Email:
Website: www.malteser-international.org
Americas/New York
122 East 42nd Street, Suite 1900
New York, NY 10168
United States
Phone: +1 646 794 3457
Fax: +1 646 794 3459
Email: contact@malteser-international.org
Website: orderofmaltarelief.org
