SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T.

Special achievements deserve to receive special appreciation!

That’s why we have established annual awards to honour extraordinary projects of Samaritan organisations. They should, while considering current European debates, increase quality of life, solidarity and welfare of the general public.

Depending on the projects’ aims, two prizes will be awarded: SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T. international (Borderless Extraordinary Samaritan Team) will be awarded for projects that demonstrate and foster international cooperation and SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T. local will focus on projects that have a direct and local positive impact.

The SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T. award ceremony took place for the first time during the SAMARITAN Forum on August 22 in Berlin.

The next award ceremony will take place at the SAMARITAN Forum 2015, hosted by WK in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy.

The criteria for nominee projects and the mode of decision can be found in the respective concept document of the awards:

Concept of the award international and local

AWARD 2014, St. Nicholas Train of ASB Austria, Gmunden, Austria

AWARD 2013, SAMARITAN Forum 2013, Berlin, Germany

Events

03/14-16/2025

CIVILPROTECT Bolzano

SAM.I. will be present at the WK booth – Drop by if you’re there!

06/26-29/2025

SAVE THE DATE: ASB Federal Exercise

Large-scale rescue exercise in Kassel, Germany. Participation opportunity for international teams is planned. More info forthcoming.

Our Activities

SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL understands itself as mediator between European institutions and its member associations in questions of development and implementation of emergency preparedness, civil protection, voluntary work as well as disaster relief and humanitarian aid and topics which concern social services.

International Cooperation

The extensive experience and the broad-based know-how of the single organisations offer a good basis for the common international work. Almost three million members, 150,000 volunteers and 45,000 full-time employees form the basis of SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL and the network in the different organisations and countries.

Historical Development

Since they began their work in Germany in 1888, the Samaritans have been operating on a European level. The “Samaritan organisation of workers” was founded in Copenhagen on 28 June 1907 as the first organisation outside of Germany.