February 2010

IN THIS ISSUE

FROM THE WORLD PRESIDENT

IYV+10…THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES

• Have You “Signed On” Yet?
• Update on the 2011 World Volunteer Conference
• IAVE’s IYV+10 Calendar

NEWS FROM IAVE

• Marcel Umesi Elected to the IAVE Board from Africa
• Plans for the IAVE Latin America Regional Conference

FROM IAVE MEMBERS

• GCVC Member Starbucks Hosts Community Service Summit
• Volunteer Management and Leadership Training in Kenya

FROM THE EDITOR 

Yes, we noticed.  This February issue is coming at the end of the month.  Oh, well.  Isn’t it worth waiting for?

The main reason for delay is that we have geared up our Global Corporate Volunteering Research Project and I had the opportunity to spend a week in London meeting and interviewing companies that are participating.  

The major feature of this month’s newsletter – the first complete details on the Singapore conference!

-- Kenn Allen

FROM THE WORLD PRESIDENT

We are moving fast toward 2011, IYV+10.  I want to encourage each member of IAVE to begin planning now how to use that occasion to call attention to volunteering in his or her own country or region – and will plan to participate as much as possible in IAVE’s planned activities.

Here are five specific ideas:

1. Next month we will announce the process for reviewing and revising the Universal Declaration on Volunteering first articulated in 2001 through a participatory process open to all IAVE members.  Once again, we will want your input – your reactions to the current version and your ideas for the new one.  Our goal is to announce it at the IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Singapore next January.  It will be a key part of our effort to have the UN General Assembly declare volunteering a basic human right.
2. United Nations Volunteers is campaigning for the year 2011 to be declared by all UN member countries as the Year of Volunteering.  I urge you to support this effort in your own country and to let us know the results.
3. Later this year, as lead-ups to Singapore, we will have our first ever regional conference in the Arab Nations and our first regional conference in several years in Latin America.  I urge all of our members in those regions to take advantage of these opportunities to convene and to use the conferences as platforms for strengthening volunteering in their regions.
4. In order to encourage IAVE members to strengthen their activities and position within their countries, I would welcome the opportunity to participate in or send a message to any country in which you are holding a national volunteer conference.
5. The Singapore conference next January will be the launch point for IAVE’s celebration of IYV+10 and also an important time for our members to come together in solidarity.  I urge you to begin planning now to attend the conference, to seek the funding you require and to be there.

Thank you all for your continued leadership for volunteering and for what you are doing to take full advantage of IYV+10.

Dr. Kang Hyun Lee
World President

IYV+10…the countdown continues
ONLY 10 MONTHS TO GO!
2011 is the 10th Anniversary of the United Nation’s International Year of Volunteers in 2001.  As it did in 2001, IAVE is giving leadership to the nongovernmental volunteer community in celebrating this global recognition of volunteering. 

HAVE YOU SIGNED ON YET?

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. To build momentum for this important anniversary, we need you to add your voice to the call to make IVY+10 another landmark year for volunteering and to encourage others to do so.  

Here is all you need to do:

1.  Go to http://www.iave.org/iyv10 and sign the online statement of support for IYV+10.

2.  After you have signed on, use the “Tell A Friend” feature that comes up automatically to invite others to join as well.

3.  Help us build this into a true viral online campaign by forwarding the address http://www.iave.org/iyv10 to as many volunteers, volunteer-involving organizations, government agencies and others as you can find.  Urge them to “Sign On” as well.

UPDATE ON THE 2011 WORLD VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE
The 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference is now gathering momentum.  Singapore is preparing to open its doors to host 1000 volunteer sector practitioners. With Honorable President of Singapore, Mr. S.R. Nathan as Patron and other internationally acclaimed speakers and delegates present, the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference 2011 promises to be an event not to be missed!

Registration
Registration fees have been finalised and IAVE members stand to benefit from generous discounts.  For the World Volunteer Conference, we have drawn a clear distinction in fees between the non-profit organisations and other categories.  Within each of these categories, IAVE members enjoy more than 25% discount off their fees. Each delegate stands to pay fees starting from a modest sum of US $400 for a 2.5 day conference, which includes world-class speakers, site visits and numerous social events.

Early-bird registrations commence March 2010.  Check the ‘World Volunteer Conference’ website regularly at www.iave2011.org for updates.

Accommodation Details
A special deal has been worked out with the conference venue, Resorts World Sentosa, with room rates starting at US$166++ per night. Limited rooms are available in the conference hotels - Hard Rock Hotel & Festive Hotel. Register early for a guaranteed place at the conference venue itself. The rooms are generously sized with further accommodation available for triple sharing in Hard Rock at a fee.  Listed below are Special Rates at these hotels, only for WVC delegates.  
Visit the following links to gather more information on these exciting new hotels: 

http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Hotels/HardRockHotel
http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Hotels/FestiveHotel

Programming:  "Volunteering to Change the World"
 
With emphasis on impactful volunteering, the conference will be presented along 5 tracks:

a.    The Power of One
This track brings into focus the initiatives by high profile volunteers that are impacting local communities in a big way. Hear from speakers like actress Michelle Yeoh, UN Global Ambassador, "Make our Roads Safe" campaign.  Be inspired by accounts from Michelle and others, like Singapore's very own Ashoka Fellow, Jack Sim, who founded the World Toilet Organization.

b.    Many Helping Hands
Recognizing that one person can only do so much, this track focuses on the volunteer agencies that have successfully partnered governments, businesses and other non-profits to achieve their life mission.  This is also where delegates will hear for the first time the significant findings of the global research piece related to corporate volunteering that IAVE's Global Corporate Volunteering Council (GCVC) commissioned.

c.    From Good to Great
New to IAVE world conferences, the focus in this track is ‘Leadership’.  To truly change the world through volunteering efforts, able leaders are required to take volunteer programmes to the next level.  This platform is specifically designed for world-class, volunteer-driven agencies to share how they have grown their programmes to reach international recognition, through the practice of wise leadership principles applied to non-profit sector operations.

d.    Volunteering Megatrends
This track focuses on identifying volunteer needs and supply trends in the current day and age.  Humanitarian relief, mega events, faith-based volunteering and elderly volunteering rank highly amongst areas that call for discussion of issues. Volunteering Megatrends provides the ideal stage for these discussions.

e.    Strategic Issues in Volunteer Management
This track aims to take delegates beyond the traditional discussions revolving around volunteer recruitment and retention. Moving into the strategies behind successful implementation of these discussions, hear from top industry practitioners on topics like ‘Usage of Staff Versus Volunteers’.
 
The Pitch
We are proud to announce that UBS has signed on as a strategic partner volunteering their corporate resources as well as sponsoring the prize money for a global competition for well-led promising volunteer programmes to pitch and win additional funding to upscale and grow in impact. Look out for more details in future issues or on the 21st World Volunteer Conference 2011 website.

Call for Papers
Please consider to contribute to the World Volunteer Conference 2011, workshops. Authors are now invited to submit comprehensive synopses of papers developed around the aforementioned tracks, which are not under review in any other conference or journal. 

Accepted papers will be followed by an invitation to the author to present at a World Volunteer Conference workshop alongside other esteemed workshop leaders. Please visit the conference website for more details – www.iave2011.org.

Talk to Us
We welcome feedback and suggestions on how to make the 21st IAVE World Volunteer Conference 2011 the best ever. For enquiries or suggestions please e-mail iave2011@nvpc.org.sg for assistance.

IAVE'S IYV+10 CALENDAR
Here is how our calendar is shaping up for the lead-in to and celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers:

NEWS FROM IAVE

Marcel Umesi Elected to IAVE Board from Africa

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 introduce him to you is to share what he provided as background on himself that was sent to African members in the voting papers. (READ THE REST OF THIS STORY HERE)

PLANS FOR THE IAVE LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL CONFERENCE

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 want to welcome you by telling you about our country, our capital and the conference. (READ THE REST OF THIS STORY HERE)

FROM IAVE MEMBERS

GCVC Member Starbucks Hosts Community Service Summit

As all companies with employee volunteer and community service programs will attest to, measuring the value and capturing the impact of our efforts is often the most difficult and elusive process.  To initiate a dialogue on the subject, Starbucks determined to invite people from a number of companies, non-profits and other community organizations together for a day of lively interaction and great networking around the topics of what constitutes value, what are key trends in social impact, what and how to measure these important things.  The event took place on January 6 at Starbucks headquarter location in Seattle, Washington, USA. (READ THE REST OF THIS STORY HERE.)

Volunteer Management and Leadership Training in Kenya

[Johnson Kinyua, head of NAVNET, the national network for volunteering in Kenya and an IAVE member, shared this information about their training programs.]

National Volunteer Network Trust (NAVNET) is in the business of strengthening the volunteer sector in Kenya by training volunteers and volunteer managers in Volunteer Management and Leadership Courses in 2010.  Organizations can sponsor their volunteers and CBO/NGO partners who work with volunteers. The courses are:

• Foundation training on Volunteerism (1 day) every month,
• Basic Certificate Course on Volunteer Management (3 days) every month;
• Leadership and Management Course for Volunteer Managers (3 days) every month; and,
• Monitoring and Evaluation Course of volunteer programs (3 days) every month.

The Foundation Training is FREE for all registered and renewed (2010) NAVNET members.

All courses are non-residential.  Participants receive a Certificate of Training for each completed course.

NAVNET is committed to the advancement of knowledge in Volunteer Management and
Leadership.  We build the capacity of individuals, volunteer involving organizations, Government Ministries/departments, corporations (private sector), universities, NGOs, CBOs, schools and colleges to improve their volunteer management and leadership skills for improved service delivery, volunteer satisfaction & organizational growth.