January 26, 2010

Voluntary Management and Empowerment from 17th IAVE World Conference

IAVE IRC

Presentations made at Workshop 1 at the 17th IAVE Conference on "Voluntary Management and Empowerment" by ONG Bee Eng The National Volunteer Centre, Singapore

 Workshop Objectives

1. To trace the progress of volunteering movement in Singapore
2. To share with participants National Volunteer Centre’s role in voluntary    management and empowerment
3. To identify key volunteer development strategies for application 

Workshop Details:

1. Introductions
2. The Volunteering Movement in Singapore
- the key players
- the progression
- National Volunteer Centre (NVC) mission 

3. Position of Volunteering in Singapore
4. NVC’s Role in Voluntary Management and Empowerment
- first-stop centre
- fields of volunteering available
- capacity building of people sector 

5. The Road Ahead
- towards national standards and accreditation 

6. Question and Answer with Discussions