Yerevan, Armenia: The booklet 'Culture of Volunteerisms in Armenia' explores three focus areas - the regulatory environment, motivations behind volunteerism, and volunteer management practices - to explain the under-utilization of volunteers and to suggest opportunities for the promotion of volunteerism in the country. It is the result of the joint efforts of the researcher, Ms. Mane Tadevosyan, and Ms. Lusine Hakobyan, National Coordinator for the CIVICUS Civil Society Index in Armenia, a project within Counterpart International. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Armenia helped to define the methodology and to gather the data for the study.  Read article

Yerevan, Armenia: The Armenian authorities, UN representatives and civil society activists discussed the social and economic importance of volunteerism for development during a round table discussion which honoured International Volunteer Day.  Read article

Yerevan, Armenia: The new United Nations Volunteers programme office in Armenia made use of International Volunteer Day on 5 December to draw more attention to volunteerism and volunteers' contributions in a country where it has rarely been recognized before.  Read article

The first National Workshop on Volunteering was convened in Armenia on 5 December 2000 at the UN Conference Hall.  Read article