Position Opening: Executive Director, IAVE
Executive Director International Association for Volunteer Effort Washington, DC The International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) seeks a globally-minded, dynamic... Read More
Our Initiatives
Volunteer Centers
With the Global Network of National Volunteer Centers and a directory of national volunteer centers worldwide, IAVE aims to enhance volunteering worldwide through reliable, strong, and effective volunteer centers.
Youth
IAVE is committed to advocate for volunteering as a powerful tool that builds leadership among youth, helping develop compassionate agents of change, active in the present and working for a better future.
Corporate
IAVE believes that corporate volunteering is a dynamic, global force, driven by companies that want to make a significant difference to serious global and local problem.
IAVE Leaders
Consisting of the executive officers, regional and national representatives, steering committees, and the secretariat team, IAVE’s leadership consists primarily by volunteers who are elected by the general membership.
About Us
IAVE is the only international organization that exists to promote, strengthen and celebrate the development of volunteering worldwide.
Universal Declaration on Volunteering
The Universal Declaration on Volunteering is the framework for IAVE’s advocacy efforts. First issued in 1990 during the World Volunteer Conference in Paris, it has been revised and re-issued in 2001 at the Word Volunteer Conference in Amsterdam to kick-off the United Nations International Year of Volunteers. This Declaration supports the right of every woman, man and child to associate freely and to volunteer regardless of their cultural and ethnic origin, religion, age, gender, and physical, social or economic condition.
European University for Volunteering – 9th Session
From May 21-23, 2019, the European University for Volunteering (EUV), together with National Research University Higher School of Economics, will... Read More
Galina Bodrenkova awarded the IAVE Life Membership
Galina Bodrenkova has been a long time member of IAVE and leader of volunteering in Russia. For her great contribution... Read More
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