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The new website for the 23rd IAVE World Volunteer Conference to be held in Gold Coast, Australia, on September 17-20, 2014, is up and running.

Global Youth Service Day is an annual event to celebrate and mark the voluntary work of young people all over the world.

Next week on Thursday, March 21, the Hong Kong Agency for Volunteer Service will launch a new Institute of Volunteering (HKIoV) at a ceremony with guests of honor including the chief secretary for adm

The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) seeks to find and bring to scale the most incredible stories on people’s

IAVE and its Global Corporate Volunteer Council (GCVC) were pleased to present the inaugural Global Corporate Volunteering Awards at the special Closing Dinner of the 22nd IAVE World Volunteer Conf

Hosted by Manulife, the closing celebration reception and dinner at the 22nd IAVE World Volunteer Conference in London on December 12, 2012, saw participants gather together one last time.

It’s not hard, anyone can do it, and we should be doing more of it. The issue in question was of course measuring the impact of employee volunteering.

With a little sadness and some relief on the final morning of the 22nd IAVE World Volunteer Conference, the event manager and moderator of the last plenary session, Kenn Allen (pictured) talked abo

From business partnerships, to cross-border volunteering, corporate volunteering councils, volunteering research, youth volunteering, and volunteer centers – these were just some of the topics of d

The world is facing a crisis of youth unemployment: 75 million young people are officially seeking work, and that number will increase to 95 million in 2020; but as education and training becomes m

“Small actions build up to do great good.” That seems to be a continuing theme of the 22nd IAVE World Volunteer Conference in London, England, which moved into its second day on Tuesday, December 1

After the excitement of the opening ceremony, delegates at the 22nd IAVE World Volunteer Conference settled down for an afternoon of the forums on “re-imagining volunteering”, divided into three se

Volunteers can change the world by working on small things with persistence.

On the eve of the 22nd IAVE World Volunteer Conference, which kicks off in London, England, on Monday, December 10, the Church House Conference Center was already a hive of activity as members of t

Forty-three percent of the world’s population is currently under 25. The number of young people is rising fastest in those parts of the world with the lowest economic growth.

The Fiji Council of Social Services National Volunteer Centre (NVC) hosted the National Volunteer Conference 2012 from 3rd to 5th of December at Studio 6 conference room in Suva Fiji Islands.

Organized by the National Volunteer Center, the December Conference takes place every year, and celebrates International Volunteer Day on December 5th: volunteers meet with colleagues, researchers

Today, December 5, is International Volunteer Day (IVD): it is a time when people all over the globe celebrate the commitment and impact that volunteering brings to making the world a better place.

IAVE's 21st World Volunteer Conference, which took place in Singapore in January 2011, picked up the Singapore Experience Award for the best associate conference of the year.

With only days left before the World Volunteer Conference opens in London on December 10-12, 2012, IAVE is calling on anyone who has not yet registered for the event to sign up NOW or miss out on a

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) has announced ten winners of the “Online Volunteering Award 2012” and launched a global voting campaign for the public’s favorite winner.

IAVE's Global Corporate Volunteer Council members IBM and Citigroup came first and second in a list of the top 50 civic companies in the United States, announced on Thursday, November 8.

Volunteer Centers and other volunteer involving organizations all over the world celebrated the much overlooked volunteer manager on November 5, under the slogan of "Go Crazy".

The Colombia Council on Corporate Volunteering held the first National Conference on Corporate Volunteering in Bogota on October 25-26. Around 300 participants took part.

The deadline to vote for the next IAVE world president has been extended to November 9.

Maureen Cane is the new acting CEO of Volunteering Australia, taking over the reigns at the national volunteer center to oversee its move from Melbourne to Canberra.

IAVE is pleased to announce the Global Corporate Volunteer Awards: two honors will be presented for the first time at the 2012 IAVE World Volunteer Conference in London on December 12 to recognize

Life-long volunteer and founding member of IAVE's Global Corporate Volunteer Council, Jeff Hoffman, now has an award named after him.

The spectacular Opening Ceremony at the London Olympics would not have been possible without the 700 dedicated volunteers who played the nurses, suffragettes, and hip-hop dancers in the show.

We are pleased to announce that Lord Michael Hastings, of Scarisbruck CBE, of KPMG International, will be a keynote speaker at the 22nd IAVE World Volunteer Conference.

This week, the world’s greatest athletes gather in London for the XXX Olympics.

The UK's National Council on Voluntary Organizations, Volunteering England, and other civil society organizations have written an open letter to the British Minister for Civil Society regarding Lor

Dr Kang-Hyun Lee, IAVE World President, has announced the appointment of these new National Representatives: Ouedraogo Georges, Burkina Faso (right); Moussa Guettari, Algeria (top left);

The annual Points of Light Conference was attended by 5,000 volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, corporate and government sectors.

World leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, came together at the Rio+20 Conference, to discuss how to reduce poverty, advance so

Alzheimer Scotland, the Scottish Youth Parliament, Sue Ryder, and Down’s Syndrome Scotland were among the winners of this year's prestigious Scottish Charity Awards.

Kenn Allen’s latest book, “The Big Tent: Corporate Volunteering in the Global Age” is an analysis of the origins of corporate volunteering, its benefits to companies and society, and the ways that

Did you know half the French population over the age of 18 do volunteer work? Did you have an idea that the investment company Skandia gives employees two hours a month to do voluntary work?

During the first week of May, the United Way Community Leaders Conference was held in Nashville, TN bringing together nearly 2,000 individuals in support of the mission and to celebrate the 125th y

The UBM Group is the latest multinational to join IAVE’s Global Corporate Volunteer Council. UBM is a global live media and B2B communications, marketing service and data provider.

Have you ever felt like your individual acts of volunteering never get noticed? Does your contribution to society slip under the socioeconomic radar?

Up and down England, individuals and organisations held events to celebrate the contribution of volunteers and inspire others to take part.

National Volunteer Week (NVW) is the largest celebration of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia, and provides an opportunity to highlight the role of volunteers in our communities and to say t

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) hosted a three-day meeting in New York on March 19-21, 2012 to consult other stakeholders on follow-up work after the tenth anniversary of the International Year of

Millions of children, teens, and young adults, ages 5-25, and adult allies and champions take part in Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) every year.

We are very pleased to announce that IAVE’s 22nd World Volunteer Conference (WVC2012) will be held in London, England, on December 10-12, 2012.

IAVE’s Global Corporate Volunteer Council (GCVC) was launched at the 19th IAVE World Volunteer Conference in New Delhi, India in November of 2006. What an exciting occasion that was!

As one of the outcomes of the strategic planning by IAVE’s board of directors, a decision was reached to retain the Civil Society Consulting Group LLC (CSCG), based in Washington DC, to provide com

Leading Tomorrow’s Global Volunteer Community – Together

UPS and the Motorola Mobility Foundation are our first corporate sponsors for the 2012 World Volunteer Conference.

There are three categories in the 2012 Northern Territory Volunteer of the Year Awards, which will be announced in May during Australia's National Volunteer Week.

The United Nations released its resolution on the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers 2011 this month.

IAVE founding president Mary Ripley has won the Bernice Behrens Award, given by the American Women for International Understanding (AWIU).

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.

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.

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!

The deadline to submit applications for the "film", "volunteer leadership", and "innovative ideas" contests for scholarships to take part in the 2nd IAVE World Summit for Youth Volunteering is Sept

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.

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011- IAVE, Partners of the Americas (Partners), and Universidad del Norte (UNINORTE) seek presenters to lead workshops and breakout panels at the 2nd IAVE World Summit for Yout

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

The President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, spoke at the National Award to Volunteer Action and Solidarity, last Thursday, at his Official Residence in Los Pinos.

An imaginative flight of fancy with paper airplanes from Canada, and an inspirational film about stocking a library with books in Thailand were the final two winners of the IAVE IYV+10 Volunteer Vi

Judges Making Final Decision On Winners

The “World Giving Index” is the first report of its kind looking at charitable behavior across the world.

The United Nations Fund for Democracy (UNFD) invites civil society organizations to submit funding proposals for projects and initiatives dedicated to strengthening democracy.

The International Year of Volunteering +10 will officially launch on December 2nd, 2010, in Bonn, Germany and will be closely followed by the

The IAVE member organization Voluntary Action for Development (VAD), based in Togo, works to give young people from different countries the opportunity to become involved in the construction of soc

From 1-3 October 2010, in Brussels, Belgium, 20 researchers, experts and practitioners from various universities, international and voluntary-based organizations participated in the Workshop &ldquo

The 2010 CGI Annual Meeting took place

In 2010, global youth unemployment reached 13.0 %, the highest number on record, with an estimated 80-100 million youth worldwide that simply can't find work.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the UN International Year of Volunteers (IYV +10), we are inviting volunteers and volu

We are pleased to have strong slates of candidates for the three elections to be contested this year.  Voting papers – background information on the candidates, the ballot and the voter

At its annual meeting in late July, the IAVE Board of Directors took the following actions regarding board membership.

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

You are invited to participate in the First IAVE Regional Volunteer Conference for the Arab Nations in Lebanon, September 15-18, 2010.

IAVE Board Members had the pleasure to meet with the Board of Directors from Partners of the Americas. It was an opportunity too for both boards and staff to meet and get to know each other.

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.

Vision statement on the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10) in 2011 from the United Nations Volunteers and partner organizations in the volunteer family.

TO PROPOSE A WORKSHOP FOR THE WORLD CONFERENCE: THE FORM YOU NEED

From the 27 to the 29 of September of this year the Regional Conference of Latin America will take place in the city of Bogotá, capital of 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.

IAVE is calling on volunteers worldwide to sign up in support of the tenth anniversary of the UN International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10) in 2011.

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)

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.