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Country of Publication: Unknown48. Source: ‘<strong>Volunteering</strong>: Underpinning Social Action in Civil Society for the NewMillennium’, by Margaret Bell (Regional Direc<strong>to</strong>r CIVICUS Asia Pacific),published in “Civil Society at the Millennium” Kumarian Press, Inc., March 1999.Key point:• Government needs <strong>to</strong> make policy about volunteering in collaboration with civilsociety organisations <strong>and</strong> leaders in volunteering. It needs <strong>to</strong> <strong>promote</strong> the notion,resource its infrastructure <strong>and</strong> then st<strong>and</strong> back <strong>and</strong> let it happen. Government does notneed <strong>to</strong> run volunteer programs because it does it badly. <strong>Volunteering</strong> is part of civilsociety (p.6)49. Source: ‘Winning the Generation Game – chapter 6 : What the Government can donow: Improve Opportunities <strong>and</strong> Incentives <strong>to</strong> Volunteer’ (prin<strong>to</strong>ut from a website)Key points:Government’s role in increasing volunteering• Providing information <strong>and</strong> inspiration (by working with the media <strong>to</strong> target promotionon people who do not traditionally volunteers – targeting should focus on mediaoutlets used by this group <strong>and</strong> on images with which they identify)• Improving routes in<strong>to</strong> volunteering (supporting voluntary sec<strong>to</strong>r for infrastructuredevelopment <strong>and</strong> capacity building. Also by promoting volunteering with services forwhich it has responsibility – e.g. Ensure employment service <strong>promote</strong> volunteering <strong>to</strong>those seeking work)• Removing disincentives in the benefits system• Providing new <strong>and</strong> different volunteering opportunities• Promoting recognition <strong>and</strong> rewards51

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