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 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 and the National Committee for De-mining and Rehabilitation.

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 1.6 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. Community Development Centre are situated in a disadvantaged area of Amman and are 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.