Jan A. Monsbakken is Immediate Past President in Rehabilitation International (RI Global). He was President in RI Global from 2012- 2016.  He is also President of RI Norway. He was Deputy Vice President of RI Europe from 2008 – 2011. He is an EC Member of RI Global. He has also been Chair of the RI Foundation from 2013-17. He is now a Board member. 

He is Treasurer of the Global Rehabilitation Alliance since 2018 when this organization was formally established. 

He was a Board member (Treasurer) of International Federation of Psoriasis Associations from 1999 – 2007. He also was leader of the Committee for World Psoriasis Day. 

He was Chairman of the Norwegian Federation of Disability Organization from 1999 – 2001. He was a Board member of European Disability Forum from 1998 – 2005. He was also a member of the Finance Committee. He has also served as a President for the Nordic Disability Organization. 

He has also worked with developing projects in China – Russia – in the Baltic States and in Africa.  

He is a former director of Negotiations in the Norwegian Nurses Association. He is also a former sec. general for the Norwegian Psoriasis Association. He was working as special advisor in The Norwegian Women’s Public Health Association from 207-17. 

He has also been working as a teacher in Nursing Education for several years. 

He has been a member of a large number of different Boards and Project committees both on a National and International level.