Transcript Making distinctive contributions

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Volunteerism for
Development
Presentation to the Romanian Development
Camp
Dagmar Schumacher
Chief, Partnerships Unit
UN Volunteers
September 2008
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Volunteerism for development
Volunteerism
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Can transform the pace and nature of development
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Benefits society at large and individual volunteers
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Is universal, inclusive, diverse
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UN General Assembly
“volunteerism is an important component of any strategy aimed
at…poverty reduction, sustainable development, health, disaster
prevention and management, social integration and…overcoming
social exclusion and discrimination”
“volunteering, in particular at the community level, will help to achieve
the internationally agreed development goals, including those
contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration”
A/RES/57/106 (November 2002)
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Why Volunteerism for Development?
Meeting the MDGs needs millions of people to get involved.
Societies need to build their own solutions. Volunteerism is a key way
to include citizens in development.
Volunteerism is part of the fabric of most societies.
UNV advocates the benefits of volunteerism for development, and
helps integrate volunteerism into development planning.
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UN Volunteers
Overview
Established in 1971 by the UN General Assembly.
Administered by the UN Development Programme.
A development partner for the UN system.
Works with UN organizations, governments, NGOs, individuals
Our Goal
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contribute to peace and development through volunteerism
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UNV’s Key Results
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Global recognition of volunteers for peace and
development
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Ensure the integration of volunteerism into development
programmes
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Mobilization of increasing numbers and the diversity of
volunteers contributing to peace and development
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The UNV business model
Mobilization
Advocacy
of UNV volunteers
and communities
for global recognition of
volunteerism for
peace and development
Integration
Encouraging partners to
integrate volunteerism into
development programming
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UNV volunteer assignments
Demand remains strong
7,766 assignments in 2007
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Partnerships are important to UNV
UN organizations
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DESA
FAO
OCHA
OHCHR
UNAIDS
UNCCD
UNCDF
UNEP
UNFPA
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Cooperating organizations
UN-HABITAT
UNHCR
UNICEF
UNIFEM
UNITED NATIONS
UNDOC
UNOPS
WFP
WHO
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Asian Productivity
Organization
European Commission
Hiroshima University
Medicus Mundi
Norwegian Church Aid
Plan International
CISCO
CIVICUS
IAVE
IVCO
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Who are UNV volunteers?
37 years average age
5-10 years average working experience
162 nationalities
100+ professional categories:
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Project managers and administrators
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Policy advisors
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Engineers & technicians
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Doctors and health professionals
Men
60%
Women
40%
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Where UNV volunteers work
Latin America
& Caribbean
Africa
Europe & CIS
Asia & Pacific
In 2007:
7,521
Arab
States
UNV volunteers
77%
from developing countries
33%
volunteered within their own countries
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Sources of assignments
UNDP
3956
United Nations
2530
UNHCR
793
WFP
235
UNOPS
131
UNFPA
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UNICEF
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UNV is the UN’s focal point for volunteerism
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Online Volunteering .org
A service of UN Volunteers
In 2007:
1,030
registered development organizations
2,700
online volunteers
3,700
assignments
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Online Volunteers’ performance
84%
‘very good’
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‘outstanding’
(as voted by Development Organizations, 2006)
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Donor Contributions to UNV
• Special Voluntary Fund (SVF) general purpose (voluntary
contributions)
• Co-Financing (project-specific
contributions)
• Full Funding - financing for
individual volunteer assignments,
including UNV interns
Aust ria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republ ic
Denmar k
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Locally m obili sed
Luxem bourg
Norway
Spai n
Sweden
Switzerland
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FF - Some donors fund nationalities other than their own…
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Own Nationals
Other Nationals
National UNVs
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2008 UN Secretary General’s Report to the UN
General Assembly on Follow-up to the International
Year of Volunteers (2001)
Why?
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Inform Governments of the implementation status of IYV
outcome recommendations
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Inform all stakeholders of the contribution of volunteerism to
achieving the MDGs
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Outline proposals for marking IYV+10 (2011)
Who?
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UNV is designated UN focal point for IYV Follow-up
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Inputs received from: Governments, RCs/RRs,
UN agencies, CSOs and other stakeholders
When?
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UN General Assembly (63rd session) – Fall 2008
To the right – an Idea for a logo
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THANK YOU
Dagmar Schumacher
Chief, Partnerships Unit
UN Volunteers
[email protected]