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Capacities
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Leadership
The society has a structure where the role
of governance and staff are well defined.
The General Assembly has around 600 members
and meets at the beginning of every year to
approve the President's administrative
report, endorse the audit report for the
previous year and approve the budget for the
forthcoming year. Every three years it
elects the Society's President and Vice
President, together with the eight member
Executive Committee which meets monthly to
discuss progress and future planning in the
H.Q and branches. The President has an
active day-to-day involvement in the running
of the society. The President is entrusted
by the General Assembly to represent the
society locally and internationally. Thus he
is a member of the National Centre for Human
Rights, Vice-Chairman of the National AIDS
Committee, the Higher Council for Civil
Defence in times of major disasters and the
National Committee for De-mining and
Rehabilitation.
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Organisational Capacities
In 1953 the JRC had only two branches in
Madaba and the Women's branch in Amman with
just a few hundred members. Now there are
branches throughout the country with a
membership in excess of 1.4 million. The JRC
is active nationally through its centres and
branches and at international level through
its active involvement in the Movement.
The Society runs four centres; its hospital
and vocational training facility are both
located adjacent to its HQ near the largest
Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan and
operate on a non-profit basis. The National
Centre for First Aid and Risk Prevention
offers courses from basic to trainer. The
Community Development Centre is situated in
a disadvantaged area of Amman and is
supported in cooperation with the University
of Jordan and McGill University’s Middle
East Programme for Civil Society and Peace
Building in Canada.
The society was instrumental in establishing
the National Committee for International
Humanitarian Law and assisted in the
drafting of its Act of Law. The President of
the JRC is Vice Chairman of this committee
and its Secretariat is situated at JRC
headquarters. It is currently working on a
project to register historical properties at
UNESCO.
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Human resources
To a large
extent, the JRC works as a volunteer-based
organization. The volunteers take full
responsibility for leadership and management at
HQ and branch levels down to those who assist on
a day to day basis. In view of the Society's
limited income and being aware of the importance
of volunteers, their number has now increased to
1.4 million.
The role of paid staff in the management of the
Society is marginal. The only exception is the
management of the Society's hospital in Amman,
and some projects implemented through branches
where a few employees are hired to ensure
sustainability of these projects - this
indicates the contribution the Society makes,
albeit in a small way, to reduce growing
unemployment.
Organization planning
The JRC
produced a five-year 2003-2007 strategic plan
which represents an Alignment of national and
local priorities with the overall ideals
reflected in Strategy 2010 of the Federation and
the Strategy of the Movement.
This strategic plan marks an important stage in
the development of the Society and is designed
to address the main challenges facing the
society in the years ahead. It aims to
strengthen the capabilities of both staff and
volunteers so as to respond to disasters and
take on new projects in the fields of human
resource development and income generation.
Its success will be based on broader and deeper
participation of the communities in the planning
and implementation of the Societys services
ensuring further integration into the community,
as well as a more effective utilization of
lessons learnt, both within the JRC and within
the wider context of the Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement.
Financial
Resources The JRC is a self-financed organization. The
society's finances are based on annual budgets
and funds are collected in a number of ways to
support the wide range of activities supported
by the JRC, staff salaries and other operational
costs. Funds are acquired through grants
provided by other organizations and a small
percentage from membership fees, government,
property rental, personal donations, fundraising
activities, patients’ transfer fares, rents,
investment profits, and nominal fees for our
first aid and risk prevention courses.
The
International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (the ICRC) was formed in 1863 and is the founding body of the Movement. Under the terms of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC undertakes the role of neutral intermediary in times of armed conflict, providing protection and assistance to victims, visiting detainees, providing medical care to the sick and wounded, and tracing and reuniting separated families.
www.IFRC.org
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