NATIONAL UN VOLUNTEERS FOR

IYV+10 ........................ 1

SHARING GLOBAL VOICES

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SPREADING THE WORD AROUND THE

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Ready, Set, Go! IYV+10 takes off

News flash 6 ISSUE 6 > FEBRUARY 2011

As 2011 kicks off, celebrations to mark

IYV+10 begin to flourish. On January 11,

the World Scout Conference brought

together 1.000 participants in Curitiba,

Brazil as they launched their support to

the International Anniversary.

Celebrations moved on to Singapore,

where the International Association for

Volunteer Effort (IAVE) held its 21st

World Volunteer Conference on 24- 27

January, centered around the theme

“volunteering to change the world”. The

conference aimed at reviewing the impact

of volunteers since the International Year

of Volunteers in 2001, and to assess

what‟s needed to better impact societies

in more strategically and in tangible, felt

ways. During the first quarter of 2011 a

series of four regional meetings will be

held in Ecuador, The Philippines, Jordan

and Senegal, bringing together key stake-

holders from UNV Field Units, UN enti-

ties, civil society, the private sector,

national authorities, and academia.

As the year evolves, a Global Volun-

teerism Conference will be held in

Kenya in June, under a tripartite coop-

eration between UNV, the International

Federation of the Red Cross and the Red

Crescent Societies (IFRC), and IAVE.

AFTER AN INSPIRING INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, AN EXCITING ARRAY OF

ACTIVITIES AWAITS FOR IYV+10 TO BEGIN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

National UN Volunteers for IYV+10

As countries prepare to set off with plans for the International Year of Volunteer‟s

Tenth Anniversary, a number of IYV+10 national UN Volunteers have been as-

signed to help coordinating IYV+10 activities in countries with an enabling envi-

ronment for volunteerism.

The IYV+10 News Flashes are designed for UNV field units, focal points, staff and volunteers. They are available, along with any related resources and promotional material, on the Knowledge Platform and on WVW, where we have created a hidden page for Field Offices: www.worldvolunteerweb.org/iyv+10/field.

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Aiming at replicating the success of the

committees involved in the International

Year of Volunteers 2001, a meeting will be

held on 20-22 February in Bonn, engaging

a number of coordinating committees

involved in the 10th Anniversary of the

International Year of Volunteers 2011

(IYV+10) as well as a number of National

Coordinating Bodies (NCBs) for the Euro-

pean Year of Volunteering (EYV2011).

The two day meeting will provide an op-

portunity for networking, sharing best

practices, mutual learning and opportuni-

ties for cooperation between the various

entities in order to develop synergies.

This will be facilitated through plenary

sessions, breakout discussions as well as a

„Share Fair‟ allowing those attending to

creatively share their plans for the year

and to find points of possible collabora-

tion. On 8th January, as the EYV 2011

was launched in Budapest with the first

thematic conference on volunteerism,

UNV‟s Executive Coordinator Flavia Pan-

sieri gave a keynote speech, stressing the

linkages between both initiatives. An

IYV+10 stand is joining the EYV Road

Show through all 27 European countries.

A number of IYV+10 National Committees will meet the National Coordinating

Bodies (NCB) for the European Year of Volunteering 2011 on February.

Sharing Global Voices:

coordinating bodies meet in Bonn

More information on celebrations

taking place to mark IYV+10

Update on the State of the

World’s Volunteerism Report

Updates on organisational Cam-

paigns

The IYV+10 News Flashes are designed for UNV field units, focal points, staff and volunteers. They are available, along with any related resources and promotional material, on the Knowledge Platform and on WVW, where we have created a hidden page for Field Offices: www.worldvolunteerweb.org/iyv+10/field.

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International Volunteer Day concluded in

Serbia with delightful news: just one day

after the celebrations, the Serbian Parlia-

ment passed a law on volunteerism that

envisions to ease the procedures and

recognize volunteer programs. Young

Researchers of Serbia, the Scouts Move-

ment, and the Nature Conservation

Movement were among the NGOs that

took part in the working group to design

the law, and they are now setting up an

IYV+10 National Committee. During a joyful IYV+10 launch in Nepal, a

“Volunteerism for Development Coordi-

nating Committee” was announced, and

it was resolved that volunteerism will be

incorporated into Nepal‟s Three Year

Plan now being drafted.

In the Democratic

Republic of Congo,

following the resolu-

tions of the National

Committee for the

International Year of

Volunteers 2001 and

the National Work-

shop on Volunteerism

also held in 2001, the National Volunteer

Secretariat was created by the Ministry

of Planning. It now operates as a public

service with a financial and administrative

autonomy, under the supervision of the

Ministry. IYV+10 Committees are also

active or in the starting blocks in Senegal,

Rwanda, Turkey, Ecuador, Brazil, Hong

Kong and many other places.

Several volunteering organizations throughout the world have joined their efforts

to set up national coordinating bodies and legislation to boost IYV+10.

More IYV+10 National Committees Spreading the word around the globe

Linking at the national level

We are in the process of collecting information about

national members of international stakeholders such as

the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red

Crescent Societies, the World Organization of the Scout

Movement, the World Association of Girl Guides and

Girl Scouts, CCIVS, and many others in order to facili-

tate linkages at the national level. Please contact us

if you would like to receive the list of members in

your country at iyv+10@unvolunteers.org.