At a hastily arranged media conference at a law firm in Zurich main station at Martin Bäumle on Thursday, the balance sheet, of Green Cross Switzerland was fined. “Yes, there are errors from happening,” said Board of Trustees President, confirming a disclosure by this newspaper and the “observer”.
Specifically, it was inflated the balance sheet by 2017, the environmental organization, around five million Swiss francs. The cause, according to Bäumle Green Cross had spent much more money than you could afford to – and then the expenditure in the balance sheet, hidden: “That was very well camouflaged, we have found out with a lot of detail work.”
The responsibility of the GLP-politicians saw in the case of the managing Director of Green Cross, was not for this newspaper to reach. Already at the end of June 2018, you’ve made an Ad-Interim Manager, after the flow of information between the Board of Trustees and the Executive Board did not work properly. “We were at the time of excessive demand and not realized that there was more to it was,” Bäumle. It was then, but not better, but worse. So more and more questions on the accounting of revenue had occurred. At the end of August, finally, you got separated immediately by the Director.
“In the case of a bankruptcy all”
lose The financial hole, however, remained for months a secret. The Board of Trustees have not decided in the autumn of 2018, unanimously, to inform the Public about it, so Bäumle. This might have led to the bankruptcy of Green Cross Switzerland, and had also to work in the foreign branches of the network failures. “This was an extremely difficult balancing of interests,” said Bäumle. Thus, donors believed, during about six months, to transfer a healthy organization money, while Green Cross Switzerland was over-indebted in truth. “We were of the opinion that The worst would be a bankruptcy. Then all lose.” 23. December 2018 submitted to the Board of Trustees a criminal complaint against the Ex-managing Director.
The politician presented on Thursday at the same time, the new balance sheet in 2018. This indicates a slightly positive organization capital. Bäumle said, Green Cross Switzerland have reduced the cost of staff amounts to from may 2019, only 400 instead of 1000 percent, we have set projects and IT and rental costs saved. “We are now at a point where we are looking again optimistic into the future.”
“bake Smaller buns”
Green Cross Switzerland now wants to “bake smaller buns,” and on social-medical programs in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Vietnam focus. Also the umbrella organisation, Green Cross International with headquarters in Geneva, there was a cost cut, since the organization is strong from the Swiss branch as a financial donor-dependent. The Geneva office of Green Cross International were closed, the management runs today from Zurich.
Whether he would make, in retrospect, something different, wanted to know a Journalist at the end of the media conference by Martin Bäumle. He wondered if he might need to see the alarm signals would have been sooner replied the politician. And: He does not know whether he would accept the Green-Cross-mandate again. “But as you look at it: in The end, someone had to take the responsibility.”
The Zewo Foundation, the seal of quality gives to charitable organizations, has now launched a formal special examination of Green Cross Switzerland Zewo-business Manager, Martina Ziegerer confirmed on request. You’ll have to request documents from the organization. The Zewo can make Green Cross pads or in extreme cases, the seal of approval to escape.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 04.04.2019, 17:53 PM
