Promoting Volunteerism for Peace and Development

CONTENTS . 1TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Volunteerism for peace anddevelopment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00What is volunteerism for peace anddevelopment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00UNV and volunteerism for peace anddevelopment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00What does it mean to volunteer?. . . . . . . 00Prior to your assignment . . . . . . . . . . . 00Volunteerism for peace anddevelopment in your descriptionof assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Preparatory and ongoing reflectionon volunteerism for peace anddevelopment in your assignment . . . . . 00During your assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Useful concepts and approaches tovolunteerism for peace anddevelopment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00‘Expertise‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00A person-to-person approach. . . . . . . . 00Inclusiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Building individual capacity . . . . . . . . . 00Transcending boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . 00Taking an inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Mapping your environment. . . . . . . . . . 00Local traditions of volunteerism . . . . . . 00Sources of support for volunteerism . . 00Volunteer contributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Implementing volunteerism fordevelopment throughout yourassignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Building up organizational capacity . . . 00Sources of support for localvolunteer groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00The multiplier effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Public education and advocacy . . . . . . 00Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Integrating volunteerism fordevelopment into different kinds ofUNV assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Assignments in emergency andrehabilitation situations. . . . . . . . . . . . 00Assignments with United Nationspeacekeeping, peace-building,political and electoral missions . . . . . 00Integrating volunteerism fordevelopment into the UNDP/UNVCountry Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Contribute your thoughts –as well as your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Periodic reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00International Volunteer Day . . . . . . . . . 00International Year of Volunteersplus Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00After your assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Debriefing and End-of-AssignmentReport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Keeping up-to-date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Staying involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00Advocating for volunteerism fordevelopment at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00