January 13, 2010
Guidelines for proposals to host the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference (Expired)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTEER EFFORT
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Please tell us about the organisation which will give leadership to the Conference.
1. Name
2. Contact person and title
3. Contact information: address, telephone, fax, email, web site
4. Description of the organisation’s purpose
5. Overview of the organisation’s activities
6. Scope of operations (international, national, local)
7. Size of the organisation: number of paid and volunteer staff, budget
8. Source of the organisation’s funds
9. Names and positions of members of the board of directors
10. To what extent does the organisation’s board and staff reflect the diversity of its country?
Please tell us about your plans for the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference:
1. Proposed dates
2. Proposed location (both city and the specific venue or describe the process to be used in selecting a venue)
3. Planned number of delegates (from host country, from immediate region, from rest of the world)
4. Estimated registration fee to be charged and what it will include
5. Estimated budget, including projected expenses, including IAVE grant, and projected revenue
6. Projected sources of revenue and percentage of total revenue (registration fees, government support, contributions within host country, international contributions)
7. Number and nature of scholarships to be offered
8. Languages to be provided (English, Spanish, French and Japanese are required at least at the plenaries; with others to fit host country and its region of the world)
9. Any anticipated 'patrons' or 'sponsoring committee'
10. Membership and structure of the host committee
11. Nature, number and source of paid staff and volunteers working on conference planning and management
12. Preliminary ideas about theme, nature of the program, etc.
13. Why will this be an important meeting in your country at this time? What ongoing benefits would you expect your country to gain from hosting the conference?
14. Are there any factors which would restrict participants from attending a conference in your country (transportation difficulties, countries precluded by visa regulations, lack of facilities for people with disabilities, etc.)?
15. Describe how the planning, management and execution of the conference will reflect the diversity of the host country.
16. Please describe what help, if any, you anticipate receiving from the IAVE Secretariat.
17. Please attach any additional information, endorsements, etc. that will be helpful to the Board in considering your application.
Applications may take the form of your choosing but must include all of the information requested above and must include a formal resolution of commitment from the board of directors of the proposed host organisation. The closing date for bids is November 30 2007. Four (4) hard copies of the bid package should be couriered to: Rose Ekeleme See also: Download the Guidelines below.
Vice President, IAVE
14 Bende Road
Umuahia
Abia State
Nigeria
Tel. + 234 88 221 900
Fax + 234 88 221 900
(E-mail: adaekeleme1@yahoo.co.uk)
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