21st IAVE World Volunteer & Youth Conferences 2011

21^st IAVE World Volunteer Conference 2011

The event had taken place in Singapore on January 24 - 27, 2011. Hosted by Singapore’s National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, the event was run in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the UN International Year of Volunteers (IYV +10) and IAVE’s 40th anniversary. In the tradition of recent IAVE conferences, an affiliated Youth Volunteer Conference was held on January 21 - 23.

For more details, see http://iave2011.org/home/index.php

News of conference, see http://www.iave.org/ &  GCVC news http://www.iave.org/gcvc

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About IAVE

Introducing IAVE

The International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) was founded in 1970 by a group of volunteers from around the world who saw in volunteering a means of making connections across countries and cultures. It has grown into a global network of volunteers, volunteer organisations, national representatives and volunteer centres, with members in over 70 countries, and in all world regions. The majority of IAVE members are in developing countries. IAVE is registered as a charity in the USA, in California, with By-Laws which set out the governing principles and procedures. IAVE has special consultative status with the UN ECOSOC Committee, and associate status with the UN Department of Public Information. It is a member of the UN Confederation of NGO’s, and has a strong working relationship with UN Volunteers, underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding.

Aims

IAVE exists to promote, strengthen and celebrate the development of volunteering worldwide. It is the only international organisation for which this is the primary aim.

National Volunteer Centres

IAVE supports the development of strong national and local volunteer centres throughout the world. It has researched and published the first directory of existing national volunteer centres. There is a position on the IAVE Board of Directors for a member from the NVC network.                     http://www.iave.org/content/national-volunteer-centres

IAVE National Representatives                         http://www.iave.org/content/national-representatives

For IAVE Events
http://www.iave.org/events