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The consortium of the project INDRIX held its last workshop in Palermo. They took stock of the work done in the previous two years and prepared the final result and recommendation document.
SAM.I. congratulates two member organisations on their 25th anniversary (LSA and LSB) and one member organisation for their 10th anniversary (IDC).
From 11-12 October, the SAM.I. Brussels office held a workshop on EU funding opportunities for all interested member organisations.
In the run-up to Restart a Heart Day 2017, Samaritan organisations from eight countries conducted 18 public first aid awareness events and flash mobs all over Europe to raise awareness for the importance of first aid training.
From 27-28 August, the project group of INDRIX met in Riga. They worked on a revised questionnaire for data acquisition in preparation of the creation of the final resilience index later this year.
At the 9th Samaritan Forum, experts and stakeholders from all over Europe discussed current challenges and innovations in social services and social affairs.
On August 24 the SAMARITAN’s B.E.S.T. awards 2017 for international and local projects of the SAM.I. members were handed over in Riga.
The advisory committee of SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL (SAM.I.) decided the founding of working groups consisting of experts of the member organisation on different topics, so called „competence centres“.
The SAM.I. GS will hold a workshop on EU funding from 11-12 October in Brussels. Employees or volunteers of the SAM.I. member organisations can participate free of charge.
The EC First Aid came together in Vienna on 28-29 July 2017. They worked on the guidelines of the Samaritan Contest and on the new SAM.I.-internal first aid certificate.