Jochen Kirsch

Executive Director at Mission 21

Basel Metropolitan Area

About

Fostering international cooperation, learning and exchange for more than 40 years

Experience

  • Member at Global Health Catalysts
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • President of the Board at Mission 21 e.V.
    Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Mission 21 e.V. is a legally independent non-profit organisation founded in Germany in 2022. Through direct collaboration with its partner organisations, the association is committed to building peaceful, just and inclusive societies worldwide in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16+. Mission 21 e.V. pursues its goals by promoting projects in the areas of peacebuilding, education, health, food sovereignty and income generation as well as gender equality and good governance. This worldwide commitment is combined with the promotion of programmes for transcultural exchange and interreligious cooperation as well as the promotion of an understanding of global interrelationships.

  • Mission 21 (22 yrs)
    • Executive Director
      Sep 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

      Head of the Management Board

    • Head International Relations
      Sep 2014 - Aug 2019 · 5 yrs

      Member of the Management Board

    • Programme Officer South Sudan
      Jan 2014 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

      ecumenical relationships, programme management, personnel exchange, networking, advocacy, publicity, fundraising

  • President of the Board at Kooperationsgemeinschaft (KoGe)
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2023 · 5 yrs

    Members of the Community of Cooperation (https://koge.ch/en) are Connexio, Horyzon, International Blue Cross, Mission 21, Mission Evangélique Braille (MEB), Service de Missions et d’Entraide (SME), Salvation Army Switzerland and TearFund.

  • Advisor at World Council of Churches
    Jul 2019 - Jun 2023 · 4 yrs

    Advisor to the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME)