Johanniter International (JOIN) 3174 views

Johanniter International (JOIN) is an international network of charities affiliated to the Alliance of the Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem. Founded in 2000 and with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, its 20 member organisations are located in Europe and the Middle East and focus on emergency rescue, health and social services, and international humanitarian assistance, amongst other aims. Together, the charities have a volunteer base of over 100,000 persons at their disposal. JOIN’s primary goal lies in facilitating exchange of best practices between its members, achieving closer cooperation among its members on the European and international level, and advocating the interests of its members on the European level.Since 2006, JOIN has been registered as an association without lucrative purpose (association sans but lucratif), a non-profit organisation under Belgian law. Today JOIN has 20 members, 16 of which are from Austria, Cyprus, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Wales, plus the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and the four Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem (the Johanniterorden, the Venerable Order of St John, the Johanniter Orde in Nederland,[3] and the Johanniterorden i Sverige) which cooperate within the Alliance