Promoting Volunteerism for Peace and Development

PRIOR TO YOUR ASSIGNMENT . 9Prior to your assignmentUNV strives to infuse volunteerism intoevery stage of your assignment, from yourinitial recruitment to your eventual returnhome. Together, we are strengtheningvolunteerism for peace and development.Volunteerism for peace anddevelopment in your Description ofAssignmentThe expectations of both UNV and yourhost organization are explained in theDescription of Assignment (DoA).Promoting volunteerism for peace anddevelopment is an integral part of everyUNV assignment. Your DoA outlines waysto promote volunteerism through yourassignment, as well as ways to integratevolunteerism into your assignment to helpyou achieve its objectives.We encourage you to discuss yourDescription of Assignment with yoursupervisor and the UNV ProgrammeOfficer or UNV Programme Manager sothat together you can ensure that this ismaterialized.concerned how volunteerism can addvalue to the assignment. According toSarah Gleave, former UNV ProgrammeOfficer for Laos, including volunteerism forpeace and development in the Descriptionof Assignment helps to achieve thefollowing:■ It creates a better match between anindividual‘s reasons for becoming a UNVolunteer and the output expectationsof their managers;■ It improves integration of volunteerisminto peace and development, and inprogrammatic areas in which UNV isengaged;■ It provides UN Volunteers space tomobilize other local volunteers;■ It increases the impact of eachvolunteer at the community level, whichfurther integrates the volunteer into thecommunity;This results in happier volunteers!Reflecting volunteerism for peace anddevelopment in the Description ofAssignment makes clear to everyone