FRANCAISMédecins Sans Frontières - Comments
3) The networking
-MSF has several sister organisations around the world. In 2002, the movement was composed of five “operational” sections (France, Belgium/Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands), independent financially, legally and regarding their logistics. The role of the twelve “partner” sections (Germany, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Great-Britain, Hong-Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA) was to inform the general public, to provide volunteers, to raise funds, and sometimes to conduct joint missions abroad. “Operational” and “partner” sections pay between 0,22% and 0,4% of their income to the international secretariat of MSF in Brussels. Every national section also has specialised or associated organisations like Epicentre since 1986 in France, which aims to train volunteers and provide epidemiological expertise, the AEDES (European Agency for Health and Development) in Belgium since 1984, which consults on project management, and HealthNet International in Holland since 1992, which supports the rehabilitation of social services in the aftermath of crisis.
