UN Volunteers Programme

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UN Volunteers Programme
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Mission statement

• It supports sustainable human development
  globally through
• promotion of Volunteerism,
• mobilization of Volunteers,
• sharing of expertise

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UN Volunteers

• The added value of UN Volunteers
• ability to combine
• technical skills and professionalism
• with
• motivation, dedication and flexibility

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UNV Activities in Bangladesh

• 36 National UNV Specialists are serving in UN
  Agencies (UNDP-28, UNHCR-5, UNODC-2, Private
  Sector 1)
• 6 International UNVs serving in Agencies (UNDP-4,
  UNHCR -1, Ministry of Environment (GEF)- 1 WFP
  -1)
• Interacting with UN Agenices to develop project
  under Special Voluntary Fund (SVF)
• Partnerships and networking with VIOs, NGOs, CSOs
  to promote V4D and MDGs
• Support to Bangladeshi UNVs going on
  international UNV assignments
• Currently 30 Bangladeshi UNVs are serving as IUNV

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UNV initiatives

• National and International UNVs
• UNV Associates
• On Line Volunteering
• Corporate/Private Sector Programme (UNISTAR)
• United Nations Information Technology Service
  (UNITeS)
• TOKTEN
• UNV Internship Programme

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NUNV Modality

• The NUNV concept was developed globally in the
  early 1990s
• It provides an opportunity for national
  individuals to devote a period of their
  professional life to serve for the people without
  concern for financial gain
• Experience indicated that use of NUNV,
  particularly in combination with IUNV is an
  effective means to build and strengthen local and
  national capacity

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National UNV added value
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Areas of Support
23 NUNVs have Masters degree with 5 or more years
of experience

• Field coordinator/Camp Manager
• Community mobilizations
• Community development and empowerment
• Institutional building support
• Capacity building/Skills Training
• Coordination between stakeholders
• Community surveys, Needs assessment
• Facilitating dialogues
• Programme monitoring
• HIV/AIDS (IEC/BCC, peer-led interventions)
• Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Management
• Conservation management plans
• Health and Nutrition

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International UNV

• Highly qualified and experienced
• Brings in International Experience in the country
• Helps to build capacity of the national counter
  part
• Experience indicated that use of NUNV,
  particularly in combination with IUNV is an
  effective means to build and strengthen local and
  national capacity

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UNV Associates

• the most recently introduced Volunteer modality
• UNV Associates work under an agreement with
• UNV Programme, instead of individual UN
  organizations
• very flexible modality
• can be part-time and for flexible duration
• no VLA
• no age constraints

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On Line Volunteering

• tasks completed by a person via Internet
• and instead of employees, it involves
  Volunteers!
• UNV provides a large database of online
  Volunteer opportunities in development
  cooperation!

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Corporate/Private Sector Programme

• current and retired professionals put their
  expertise
• to good use in the field of development
• short term advisory services to clients
• mission expenses covered by sponsoring
  companies/organizations

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UNITeS (United Nations Information Technology
Service)

• an UN initiative anchored in UNVs experience
  to address building capacity for people for
  digital opportunities
• an international University Volunteer Network
• universitys role in international cooperation
  and development to help bridge digital divide
• easy way to involve University Volunteers in
  ICT across thematic development areas

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TOKTEN

• Transfer Of Knowledge Through Expatriate
  Nationals
• opportunity for professionals from developing
  countries
• who live abroad to return to their home countries
  
• and offer technical short-term assistance
• based on a spirit of Volunteerism
• cultural and linguistic affinities facilitate
  the transfer of technology and pave the way for
  more permanent relationships with national
  experts

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UNV Internship Programme

• financed by Italian, Swiss and Irish Governments
  and established to give national interns the
  opportunity to be involved in development
  projects and activities at the field level
• Masters degree, 12-month assignments
• UNV Interns contribute to the host countrys
  overall development, gaining a better
  understanding of realities of international
  development cooperation

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UNVS Results FrameworkKey Lines of Activity
MOBILIZATION OF VOLUNTEERS
INTEGRATION OF VOLUNTEERISM IN DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMING
ADVOCATING FOR VOLUNTEERISM AS A DEVELOPMENT
RESOURCE
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UNVS Results FrameworkKey Lines of Activity
MOBILIZATION OF VOLUNTEERS
INTEGRATION OF VOLUNTEERISM IN DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMING
ADVOCATING FOR VOLUNTEERISM AS A DEVELOPMENT
RESOURCE
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• Deploy and manage UNVs
• Facilitate involvement of
• other volunteers into
• development programmes

MOBILIZATION OF VOLUNTEERS

• Advantages of UNVs
• Embedded into communities and mechanisms trust,
  acceptance
• Flexible modality capacity building at
  different levels
• Pool of expertise draw from previous
  experiences, promote indigenous knowledge
• Share knowledge with peer group AND promote
  volunteer spirit
• Good at networking/outreach/coordination
  including within UN country team

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INTEGRATION OF VOLUNTEERISM IN DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMING

• UNV-funded demonstration projects
• Participation in partner programming processes
  and strategic initiatives
• - use UNV modality where it adds value
• - promote local volunteer initiative and
  citizens involvement
• - establish / support domestic volunteer
  schemes at different levels
• Expanding resource base and donor partnerships

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ADVOCATING FOR VOLUNTEERISM AS A DEVELOPMENT
RESOURCE

• Involvement in global and regional events to
  widen recognition of the role
• of volunteerism in development
• Communicating about volunteerism (world
  volunteer web, publications,
• media campaigns, NHDR, MDGR)
• Research, knowledge networking with
  international and national partners

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UNVS Results FrameworkAREAS in which UNV makes
a distinctive contribution

• Community mobilization for voluntary action

B. Bringing stakeholders into inclusive dialogue
C. Enhancement of service delivery
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Focus in Asia / Pacific / Europe / CIS (APEC)
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SUCCESS STORIESCASE STUDIES
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Democratic Governance and Volunteerism
WHAT community mobilization, participatory local
development

• Albania Local Governance Project
• Communities and local authorities assisted in
  mobilizing local action
• 126 CBOs created in 3 regions and 70 community
  projects implemented
• Lao PDR Support to Local Governance
• Provincial and local staff trained in
  participatory planning/monitoring
• National field worker scheme introduced to
  organize village-level volunteer activities
• Kyrgyzstan Support to Decentralization
• 6 regional administrations supported in
  participatory planning.
• 1,200 CBOs and over 40 Self-Help Associations
  formed.
• Over 200 small scale projects implemented in 6
  regions.
• Ukraine Local Development Programme (EU/TACIS)
• Integrating volunteerism and youth dimensions
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• local development template and replication
• nation-wide

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Poverty Reduction and Volunteerism
WHAT community dialogue and provision of
services, engaging local NGOs for community
outreach

• Samoa Empowerment of rural people with
  disabilities
• Community dialogue about people with
  disabilities,
• Local NGOs engaged to reach out to rural
  communities with income-generation training and
  services
• Focusing on rural areas where 70 of people
  with disabilities live
• Kyrgyzstan Poverty Reduction
• Community action mobilized and 30,000 in
• poorest areas reached out
• 200 self-help groups operational
• Women engaged in priority-setting
• at the community level

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Disaster Response and Preparedness
WHAT integrate V in DRM programming, build
local capacity to engage volunteers/communities
as change agents, regional cooperation, align
with larger programmes, support domestic
volunteer schemes

• India 1999 Orissa cyclone, 2001 Gujarat
  earthquake and others
• 3000 community-based disaster-preparedness plans
  
• Networking with CBOs, NGOs and VIOs
• Community task forces for disaster management
• Sri Lanka 2003 floods and 2004 tsunami
• Local capacity development in DRM
• 1.76 m UNV project to support Government, UN,
  NGOs
• Engaging NGOs in community initiatives (GEF)
• Pakistan October 2005 earthquake
• Supporting National Volunteer Movement
• National UNV scheme of 400 UNVs
• 1 m project to support volunteerism initiatives

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Youth for Development and Volunteerism
WHAT facilitation of youth fora and dialogue,
improving access to services and mobilizing for
local action, promoting youth participation of
youth in development (elections), networking,
youth policy

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Integrated Youth
  Programme
• Youth Development centers, youth dialogue /
  networking
• Support to youth policy
• Engaging youth in youth-centered initiatives
• Vietnam Preservation of cultural heritage
• 370 local volunteers mobilized to work on
  heritage preservation
• Awareness raising in the communities
• Kyrgyzstan Youth and Volunteerism
• Youth volunteer centers, national volunteer
  coordinators trained
• 125 young people trained to work with
  communities
• Youth engaged to support elections in
  small-scale initiatives

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Energy and Environment and Volunteerism
WHAT community mobilization for environmental
action, engaging local volunteer organizations
and user associations in natural resource
management, promoting local and regional networks
and dialogue

• Aral Sea Basin Water Resources and Sustainable
  Land Management
• Support to local-level user groups
• Small-scale irrigation and water supply systems
• Strengthening institutional collaboration at
  local level
• Cambodia Biodiversity Conservation
• Awareness raising in the communities to
  appreciate biodiversity
• Involving local communities in ecosystem
  management
• Community-to-Community Dialogue in Mekong River
  Basin
• Facilitating community dialogue
• Building capacity of community leaders for
  regional networking
• Awareness raising in local communities

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Support to Volunteer Infrastructure
WHAT integrate support to volunteer
infrastructure into relevant programmes, bring
substantive expertise and international
practices, monitor experiences and share knowledge

• RiVER SEE Support to Youth Volunteering in the
  Balkans
• Sub-regional cooperation and exchanges between
  CSOs including VIOs
• Youth volunteer exchanges to rebuild
  inter-ethnic relations
• Pakistan Support to National Volunteer Movement
• Integrating volunteer infrastructure into
  disaster response
• Use of UNVs to reinforce and capacitate national
  organization
• Initiatives under development
• Pacific Support to regional volunteer scheme
• Mongolia and Kazakhstan Support to volunteer
  NGO networks

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Thank you. For more detail please contact/visit
Rakesh.Jani_at_undp.org UNV Programme Officer,
Dhaka. Bangladesh M.Alauddin_at_undp.org UNV
Programme Assistant For Research and More
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