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Dear Friends and Colleagues, I extend to you my best wishes for the New Year and wish to take this opportunity to report to you on the work of IAVE in 2011 and our plans for the year ahead.

The final report of the 2nd IAVE African Regional Conference on the theme of "Getting the Word Out -  Volunteering in Africa" is out now! Download a copy at the bottom of this page.

In an ambitious review of the current picture of volunteering around the world, the United Nations Volunteer Program's "State of the World's Volunteerism Report: Universal Values for Global Well-Be

On December 5th, volunteer organizations, government branches, corporate offices and individual volunteers around the world celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD).

It is a great pleasure and honor to be invited to join my distinguished colleagues on today’s panel.

The 13th IAVE Asia-Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference at CECO, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea from 28-31 October 2011, was co-hosted by IAVE, Volunteering Korea and Gyeongsangn

Walking in to a room packed with more than 800 young people from across the globe is an overwhelming experience. People run around, making introductions and claiming seats.

Delegates at the 13th IAVE Asia Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference in South Korea called for more volunteer involvement in climate change control, poverty alleviation, conflict resolution a

It is with much regret that IAVE and Volunteer Ireland must announce the cancellation of the next IAVE World Volunteer Conference that was scheduled to be held in Dublin, Ireland, in September 2012.

Organized by UNV and the Red Cross, the Global Volunteer Conference: "Volunteering for a Sustainable Future" took place in Budapest, Hungary, on September 15-17, 2011.

The Civicus World Assembly was a wonderful opportunity for IAVE to network and share our inspiring practices around volunteering.

The European Volunteer Centre is offering IAVE members a discounted participation fee of 100EUR for this year's CEV Symposium, which is only available if you register before Friday, September 16th.

At the 64th annual NGO conference organized by the UN Department of Public Information in Bonn, Germany, on September 3-5, 2011, IAVE sponsored a workshop session on “Volunteering for Better Communiti

Are you running a project in which volunteers can help others via the Internet? This is the final week to join the ‘Discover e-volunteering’ Competition!

After three months postponement for the reason of the Japan Northeastern Earthquake/Tsunami, the Japan IYV+10 Promotion Committee officially announced the launch

75 Days! That’s about how long there is before IAVE and Partners of the Americas convenes the World Summit for Youth Volunteering in Barranquilla, Colombia.

IAVE is holding its second-ever regional convening in Africa.

The International Association for Volunteer Effort is calling for bids from interested organisations to host the 2014 World Volunteer Conference.

The 13th IAVE Asia-Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference (Korea) seeks presenters who will avail themselves of rich experiences and knowledge of volunteering efforts.

Taipei, Taiwan - Sunday, July 9, 2011 - What is the best way for a volunteer organization to build a website?

On June 20-24, 2011 SEEYN (South East Europe Youth Network) held a conference titled “See Youth for European Year of Volunteering 2011”.

Washington, DC, USA – June 15, 2011 – The report, "Global Companies Volunteering Globally" was recently introduced during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orle

IAVE's GCVC presented its much anticipated Corporate Volunteer Research Project at the GCVC members meeting in New Orleans on June 4, 2011.

It has been 11 years since IAVE held a conference in Africa; so we are pleased to announce that with the arrival of the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers, IAVE will be organi

The India Volunteer Awards (IVA) recognize volunteers and organizations in three categories: volunteers, companies, and NGOs.

The first ever IAVE regional volunteer conference for Arab Nations took place at UNESCO Palace in Beirut, Lebanon on March 27-29, 2011.

Dear IAVE fellows, today is one month after a massive earthquake and tsunami, called the “Great Eastern Japan Earthquake”, that occurred at 2:46 p.m. JST on Friday, March 11, 2011.

As the focal point organization for the International Year of Volunteers +10, UNV is planning several communications activities.

A fourth report on the crisis from A. Seto, IAVE National Representative in Japan: Thank you indeed for your warm and thoughtful messages to us.

I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the IAVE’s friends for the messages with sympathy and encouragement.

As the full scale of the disaster in Japan starts to sink in, our deepest sympathies go out to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

This story comes from the IAVE national representative in New Zealand, Tim Burns: There are so many different groups and their volunteers involved that I could not name them all here.

We are very pleased with the interest of people who received the information about the rescheduling of the conference for March 27-29 at UNESCO Palace in Beirut.

Goodbye to the Singapore Youth Conference and see you in Colombia for the World Summit for Youth Volunteering in November, as youth take center stage at the IAVE Wor

After a nail-biting finale reminiscent of a reality television competition, YWCA from Rwanda and Osmijeh from Bosnia and Herzegovina shared the honors at The Pitch to find the best volunteer propos

The flag was handed over to Ireland the bell was rung to signal the end of the unforgettable 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Singapore. 

The second day of the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Singapore started with a video celebrating 40 years of IAVE.

Michelle Yeoh and Jet Lee spoke about why they became volunteers at a Luncheon Plenary at the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Singapore on Tuesday, January 25, 2011.

Two giants of quantitative research into volunteering spoke to a packed room at the start of the Mega Trends forum at the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Singapore, on Tuesday, January 25,

Companies around the world genuinely want to make a positive contribution to communities through employee volunteer programs.

In a discussion about upcoming conferences and expanding participation for Pacific islanders, members of IAVE from countries around the Asia-Pacific region met together at the IAVE World Volunteer

At IAVE's National Representatives meeting in Singapore, on Monday morning of January 24, 2011, Canadian representative Ruth MacKenzie was chosen to replace outgoing NR represen

The 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference opened at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Monday, January 24.

Statement from the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) on the IAVE Youth Office in Catalonia (IYOC):

There has been enormous interest in the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference, which will take place on 24 to 27 January 2011 in Singapore. Unfortunately, all available scholarships have b

L'organització Acció Voluntària pel Desenvolupament (VAD son les seves sigles en anglès), membre de IAVE a Togo, treballa per donar a joves de tot el món l'oportu

Perquè els joves d'Amèrica del Nord són voluntaris? quins són els seus interesos i motivacions? com el voluntariat es percep pels propis voluntaris?

De l'1 al 3 d' octubre de 2010, a Brusseles, Bèlgica, 20 investigadors, experts i tècnics de  diferents universitats i organitzacions internacionals van participar en un taller d

El Desè Aniversari de l'Any Internacional dels Voluntaris AIV+10  tindrà com a data  d' inici oficial el proper 2 de

L’«Índex Mundial de la solidaritat» (World Giving Index 2010), és el primer informe que analitza el comportament solidari de la població en les diferents regi

El Fons de les Nacions Unides per a la Democràcia (UNDEF, en les seves sigles en anglès) convida a les organitzacions de la societat civil a presentar sol licituds de finançame

El 2010, la taxa d'atur juvenil va aconseguir a escala global la xifra del 13%, la major taxa d'atur de la qual es tenen dades, el que suposa que entre 80 i 100 milions de joves no poden trobar una

The IANYS 9th Global Conference on National Youth Service is hosted by the IANYS Secretariat, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP), in partnership with Bibliotheca

In preparation of marking the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10) in 2011, UNV has been reviewing material on the National Committees, which existed in many countries

IAVE has selected Partners of the Americas to host the second World Youth Summit, which will take place on November 3-5, 2011 in Barranquilla, Colombia.

We are very pleased to announce that Mr Marcel Umesi of Nigeria has been elected as the new Anglophone Regional Representative to the IAVE board from Africa.  It seems the best way to introduc

Wendy Osborne, Director of the Volunteer Development Agency for Northern Ireland, has been elected to the IAVE Board of Directors to represent national volunteer centers.  This position became

Fiji’s first volunteer center opened this month.

The closing ceremony of the 12th IAVE Asia Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on November 28, 2009, saw the handover of the IAVE flag to Gyeonsangnamdo, Korea. Ms.

The minister of the National Youth Commission, Wang Yuting, said she had conducted research in the townships of Taiwan to find the real needs of local communities.

“This is it!” cried Debbie Huang, the chairperson of the organizing committee, as the 12th IAVE Asia Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference kicked off in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on Thursday, N

Asia Pacific is holding its breath, and we are, too!

IAVE was one of the volunteer organizations invited by UNV to attend a consultative meeting to discuss preparations for 2011, the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10)

Els darrers 22 i 23 d'octubre, a la seu de Voluntariat Nacions Unides, a Bonn, Alemanya, va tenir lloc una trobada consultiva al més alt nivell per a coordinar esforços i preparar l'

The IAVE board of directors held its annual meeting in the French capital city of Paris on October 10-12, 2009.

This conference, which took place in Prague on 16 May 2009, brought together diverse members of IAVE, as well as the world president, Dr. Kang Hyun Lee, who explained about IAVE and some of its initiatives, campaigns and actions that are being carried out.

Dr Kang-Hyun Lee, President of IAVE, visited Taiwan on November 26-28, 2008 to promote the 12th IAVE Asia-Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference, which will take place in Kaohsiung in November 2009,

IAVE’s Global Corporate Volunteer Council (GCVC) held its fourth meeting in partnership with the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) in Rio de Janeiro and Teresópolis, Brazil on September 16-19, 2008.