The collection includes publications devoted to international volunteering and issued by the United Nations (UN). They cover 2019-2021 years.
UNV Special Voluntary Fund. Report 2019
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme was established in 1970 aiming at developing volunteerism in the world. UNV’s Special Voluntary Fund (SVF) is an open trust fund consisting of financial contributions from UN Member States. It allows for the rapid allocation of resources to fulfill the two-pronged mandate of the UN: to promote volunteerism for the 2030 Agenda and to send volunteers to support the UN. The report contains information about contribution of SVF to strengthening national volunteerism; realization of advanced research and knowledge exchange in the field of volunteerism; carriage an Action Plan to integrate volunteerism into the Agenda for the period up to 2030.
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Volunteering to achieve the SDGs. UNV Annual Report 2019
The annual report focuses on how volunteering contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Statistical data is given, for instance, total number of volunteers including online volunteers, Program partners, and gender distribution of volunteers. The publication contains several key sections: volunteering for people (education for all, gender parity, and tackling hunger); volunteering for the planet (climate action, environmental protection); volunteering for prosperity (opportunities for persons with disabilities, strengthening community volunteering), etc.
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Volunteering practices in the 21st century. - 2020. - 24 p.
The publication consists of three parts. The first one examines attempts to describe changes in volunteering over the years. The advanced concepts of volunteering as a social practice are analyzed. In addition, the authors study how the research took into account the contribution of volunteerism to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda. The second section is devoted to the review of the 1999 typology and its revision. The final part presents the framework for understanding the practice of volunteering in the XXI century. The document was prepared at the request of the Secretariat of the Plan of Action to Integrate Volunteering into the 2030 Agenda for the 2020 Global Technical Meeting on Volunteerism.
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