On 18th April, high-ranking representatives of the Order of Malta, the Johanniterorden, the Venerable Order of St John, the Johanniter Orde in Nederland and the Johanniterorden i Sverige came to Berlin for the annual meeting of the “Co-Operation Group”.
From 23 to 27 February, the TeamUP consortium gathered in Ranst, Belgium with more than 90 participants from 7 countries to evaluate over 20 CBRN-E technologies in an operational setting.
The JOIN Board held its first meeting of the year online. Participants included our Chair, Christian Velten-Jameson (France), our Vice-Chair, Petra Grell-Kunzinger (Austria), Friederike Moser von Filseck (Germany) and Andrew Grech (Malta).
Following several online meetings, the fourth face-to-face meeting of the Erasmus+ project PROBANT was held at the premises of Johanniter International in Brussels.
From 27 to 29 January 2026, the consortium of the SHIELD project held its Kick-off Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania. Led by the German Johanniter-Akademie Mitteldeutschland in Leipzig, SHIELD aims to strengthen the resilience, safety and participation of people with disabilities to emergency preparedness and disaster management.
The JOIN Board held its final meeting of the year online. Participants included our Chair, Christian Velten-Jameson (France), our Vice-Chair, Petra Grell-Kunzinger (Austria), Friederike Moser von Filseck (Germany), and Andrew Grech (Malta).
From 7–14 July, youth leaders and volunteers from the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe Regional Association Weser-Ems spent a week on Malta for an inspiring international exchange with the St John Ambulance and Rescue Corps Malta.
The Johanniter-Akademie Mitteldeutschland is part of the European SimPRENA project. The project consortium has produced various materials for teachers and students of nursing and paramedic, available on an e-learning platform.
Following three successful tests in Austria and Belgium, the latest Laboratory Test in Germany concluded the first testing cycle of CBRNE safety technology developed within the TeamUP Project.
Around 3,000 Johanniter volunteers and professionals gathered in Erfurt for the nationwide ‘Tag der Johanniter’ (Johanniter Day)