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UN Volunteers Policy Paper
‘Caring Cities’
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 2
Introduction 4
PART I
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND VOLUNTEERISM 6
1. The Challenges of Urbanization 6
1.1. Urban Poverty 7
1.2. Urban Opportunities 9
2. Meanings and Typology of Volunteerism 10
2.1. Meanings and Definitions 11
2.2. A Typology of Volunteering 13
3. The Importance of Volunteerism in Urban Development 16
3.1. Economic Benefits 16
3.2. Grassroots Work/Organizations 17
3.3. Social Cohesion and Capital 18
3.4. Cultural Heritage and Local Pride 23
3.5. Benefits to the Volunteer 24
PART II
THE UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS PROGRAMME 26
1. Introduction to UNV 26
2. The international response to the urban problematique
of developing countries and UNV’s role 28
3. UNV’s niche in urban work 30
3.1. Promotion and support to volunteerism 30
3.2. The Mobilization of UN Volunteers 31
4. Thematic view and illustrations 40
4.1. The political & institutional domain 40
4.2. The social domain 48
4.3. The economic domain 54
4.4. The physical domain 59
4.5. The cultural domain 61
4.6. An integrated approach 63
Conclusion 64
References 66
Colophon 68