Red Cross embraces challenges
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To date, only 21 of the 187 global Red Cross societies worldwide have completed the certification process and Konoe praised China for its openness.
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“It’s like operating on yourself to heal your own defects and this takes courage,” Zhao said.
The society is at the first stage of the certification process. This involves an internal evaluation that is carried out domestically by specialists, society decision makers and some branch leaders.
Internal governance, organizational independence, leadership capacity, volunteer mobilization, and public supervision need to be substantially improved to meet today’s challenges, Zhao said.
These are also in line with the current reform measures, she said.
Konoe agreed, adding that “great adaptability is an important asset for strong Red Cross societies”.
Many leaders of national societies were promoted from the lower ranks.
“I myself also started as a volunteer,” Konoe said.
After the self-evaluation phase, the society will launch a peer review. This will see the society evaluated by other national societies in the global Red Cross family.
The whole process will take at least two years.
“We may release a global ranking of Red Cross national societies,” Konoe said.
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