1 International Volunteer Day 2004

2 About IVD 1985: UN General Assembly passes resolution proclaiming 5 December as International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 2002: Another GA resolution calls on stakeholders to include IYV follow-up activities in IVD celebrations

3 Post-IYV, wider participation in industrialized and developing countries About IVD More strategic use of IVD since 2002 IYV logo adopted for IVD and WorldVolunteerWeb site IYV national committees evolve into IVD country focal points

4 IVD Campaign 2003 Green: Countries that marked IVD – 125 Blue: Countries that featured one or more MDGs - 76 Grey: No IVD information from these countries (2002: 61) (2002: 7)

5 Africa: 72%Asia: 68%Americas: 49% IVD Campaign 2003 Europe: 43%Oceania: 16% ( Percentage of countries that marked IVD in a region )

6 Composition of IVD committees UN organizations Civil society (NGOs, associations) Governments Media Academia Private sector Religion/faith-based Others

7 The Day’s activities Awards ceremonies & recognition events Dissemination of volunteer-related information Support for socially marginalized HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns Legislation/policy initiatives Cambodia – AIDS walk Vietnam – Biking for MDGs Kyrgyzstan – Young volunteers help orphans

8 The Day’s activities Distributing products & promotional materials (links to MDGs) Corporate volunteer programmes Environmental protection initiatives Conferences, seminars & workshops Guinea-Bissau – For cleaner environment Egypt – Corporate involvement Albania – Exhibition on wheels

9 IVD 2004: The agenda Further increase stakeholders’ involvement Mainstream MDGs into IVD activities Emphasize on IVD as an opportunity to recognize constantly ongoing voluntary activities Bring national committees together, solicit support, provide legitimacy Reflection & discussionaction China – Recognition for volunteers Eritrea – Community involvement

10 IVD 2004: The tools Find it here: